The role:

• The position is responsible for overseeing complex accounting transactions and related projects, as well as ensuring that high risk accounts are properly accounted for. 
• You will work closely with our FP&A, Content, Technology, and Legal teams to set operational excellence standards on the team by improving day-to-day accounting processes and related documentation.
• The position will require technical accounting research and accounting documentation while actively maintaining and updating Newsela’s accounting policies. 
• Your work will help enable quality reporting and accounting operations that support the growth of our business. 
• You will report directly to the Controller and will be responsible for leading the general ledger team (of 2-3 staff) which includes accruals, accounts payable, taxes, and capitalized software
• Ultimately, this growth will broaden our product’s reach and bring engaging, culturally responsive learning content to K-12 teachers and students nationwide.

Why you’ll love this role:

• Lead the research and evaluation of transactions, legal contracts, business practices, new and modified accounting guidance, and policies for compliance with accounting and reporting standards
• Interact with external auditors on accounting issues and assist in the support of the annual audit
• Prepare and/or update technical accounting memos and process walkthroughs related but not limited to accounting for capitalized software, stock based compensation, and purchase price accounting, providing both technical and/or operational knowledge
• Draft original footnote disclosures during the financial statements preparation
• Respond to technical accounting inquiries from auditors and communicate technical accounting matters and concepts to all levels within the organization
• Your work will enable quality reporting and accounting operations that support the growth of our business, enabling the expansion of Newsela’s reach and bringing engaging, culturally responsive learning content into the hands of K-12 students and teachers nationwide. 
• You love a “team-first” mentality and are someone who enjoys problem solving and adapting to the constantly changing conditions typical to a fast-growing company.

Why you’re a great fit: 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field and CPA required
• 7+ years of accounting experience with public accounting experience
• 3+ years of people management experience
• Well-versed in technical accounting documentation and providing support for financial statement audit
• You have a strong understanding of financial reporting and US GAAP with experience in public accounting and/or public company experience.
• Skilled in solving problems, making decisions, andin sharing information with others and facilitating the open exchange of ideas and information
• You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, are very organized and detail-oriented, thrive on process improvement, clean documentation, and enjoy working in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
• A self-starter, you’re excited to apply what you know to strengthen the financial reporting and controls of our fast-growing company with a mission to transform the K-12 education industry.

Compensation:$136,000 - $154,000 per year. Total compensation for this role also includes stock options and benefits.

Why you’ll love working at Newsela:

• Health & Wellness: Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare (pets included!). Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
• Work From Home:Almost all of our roles are fully remote - tech stipend included!
• Supporting ALL Families: Supplemental programs and time off to take care of your family and yourself.
• Time Off:Flexible PTO to recharge, including Sabbatical Leave
• Inclusive Experiences:Robust DEIB curriculum, Identity & Experience Groups (Affinity Groups + Employee Resource Group), Authentic & Transparent conversations with Executive Leadership Teams, and integration of DEIB lens across Talent lifecycle processes.
• Professional Development:Holistic Learning & Development Programs that enable meaningful & inclusive experiences, programs that build future-focused competencies, cohort & community learning sessions that foster a sense of belonging, and individual development plans aligned with your personal and professional aspirations to turn goals into reality.
• Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

About Newsela:

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

The role: 

• Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Sales, the Enterprise Sales Representative (CA) will be responsible for building relationships with key decision makers at the district level and selling Newsela’s suite of products, to bring engaging learning content to school districts in your region. 
• You’ll employ solution-based selling techniques and solution mapping, along with your strong negotiation and closing skills, to ensure school board preparation and approval. 
• You’ll create and maintain an aggressive pipeline, and will build and adjust strategic account plans for key accounts to move each account through the sales cycle. 
• In your day to day, you will do everything from pipeline creation, pipeline management and forecasting to designing lead generation campaigns and managing sales through the entire lifecycle while collaborating closely with other departments.
• Based in California, you will be well-versed in your territory’s funding, state initiatives, demographics, and K-12 education landscape, which will help inform your overall sales strategy. 

Why you’ll love this role:

• You’ll be part of a regional sales team and the face of Newsela in the Florida market 
• You’ll also have direct, regular exposure to our executive leadership team during meetings to discuss specific deal strategies, introduce industry trends, and build support for district-specific initiatives
• You will have a highly skilled team dedicated to supporting you and your book of business, and will also receive extensive support from our Learning & Enablement team
• In addition to achieving your own revenue targets, you will get to work with an enthusiastic, cross-functional team to catapult Newsela’s growth as we scale our national sales organization

Why you’re a great fit:

• You are a proven Sales Rep with 5+ years of demonstrated success selling supplemental products to school districts in the K12 market
• You have extensive experience in networking, prospecting, and building a pipeline in Florida
• You are well-versed in MEDDPICC sales methodology 
• You have proven success forecasting business in the EdTech industry
• You must be based in California to be considered for this position. 

Compensation:

• Base salary: $125,000
• On-target commission (OTC): $150,000
• On-target earnings (OTE): $275,000

Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. 

About Newsela:

One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

The role: 

• The Vice President of People (VP of People) will play a pivotal role in shaping the organization’s HR strategy and ensuring its alignment with business objectives. 
• This leadership position oversees talent acquisition, talent management, and people operations. 
• The VP of People is a driver of organizational culture, talent optimization, and HR operational excellence, partnering with senior leadership to deliver impactful results. 

Why you’ll love this role:

• Strategic Leadership and Transformation
• Develop and execute HR strategies that align with the company’s mission and growth objectives.
• Lead HR initiatives during periods of structural or cultural change, providing strategic guidance and maintaining employee engagement throughout transitions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite leadership, leveraging HR insights to influence business decisions and enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Talent and Culture Optimization
• Oversee strategies for talent acquisition, retention, and development to meet evolving business needs.
• Champion a vibrant, inclusive organizational culture, assessing and evolving it to reflect company values and strategic priorities.
• Design and implement leadership development and team performance programs to foster continuous learning and skill enhancement across the organization.
• Operational Excellence and Data-Driven Decision Making
• Streamline HR processes, including payroll, benefits, and compliance, ensuring operational efficiency and alignment with best practices.
• Use HR analytics to drive planning, measure HR initiative impact, and continuously improve HR performance.

Why you’re a great fit: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5 years in senior HR leadership roles with people management experience.
• Proven success in delivering HR initiatives that align with and support business goals.
• Experience in leading organizational transformation and effectively managing change.
• Strong capability to partner with executive leadership as a trusted advisor.
• Expertise in programs for talent acquisition, employee engagement, and leadership development.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all organizational levels.
• Proficiency in leveraging data and analytics for HR strategy and decision-making.
• Preferred experience in dynamic, growth-oriented organizations undergoing transformation or restructuring.
• Preferred demonstrated success in driving measurable outcomes in HR initiatives and cultural enhancement.
• Preferred strong knowledge of employment laws and compliance requirements.

Why you’ll love working at Newsela:

• Health & Wellness: Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare (pets included!). Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
• Work From Home:Almost all of our roles are fully remote - tech stipend included!
• Supporting ALL Families: Supplemental programs and time off to take care of your family and yourself.
• Time Off:Flexible PTO to recharge, including Sabbatical Leave
• Inclusive Experiences:Robust DEIB curriculum, Identity & Experience Groups (Affinity Groups + Employee Resource Group), Authentic & Transparent conversations with Executive Leadership Teams, and integration of DEIB lens across Talent lifecycle processes.
• Professional Development:Holistic Learning & Development Programs that enable meaningful & inclusive experiences, programs that build future-focused competencies, cohort & community learning sessions that foster a sense of belonging, and individual development plans aligned with your personal and professional aspirations to turn goals into reality.
• Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

About Newsela:

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

The role:

• As the Manager of Sales Development, you will help lead the growth engine of our sales team by coaching and developing a team of Sales Development Representatives (SDRs).
• Reporting to the Sr. Director, you will play a key role in designing and implementing lead generation strategies that drive success in strategic conversations with District and School Administrators. 
• Your ability to continuously improve team performance and exceed territory goals will be integral to Newsela’s mission of bringing meaningful classroom learning to every student

Why you’ll love this role:

• You’ll contribute to an inspiring mission to transform teaching and learning in classrooms across the U.S.
• You will lead and develop a front-line team that plays a critical role in initiating partnerships with K-12 schools and districts.

• Your work will directly drive business growth and enable educators to create personalized learning experiences that support diverse student needs.
• You’ll have the chance to collaborate across the Customer organization to design strategy and processes that enhance overall sales performance
• You will coach, train, and manage a team of SDRs to achieve quarterly and annual metrics.
• You'll partner with sales leaders across the Customer organization to align on strategies and goals.
• You'll develop and implement lead generation strategies that resonate with District and School Administrators.
• Continuously monitor and improve territory performance and identifying opportunities for growth and optimization.
• Collaborate with internal teams to enhance inter-departmental processes and execute on company-wide goals.
• Leverage sales tools and platforms, such as Salesforce and Salesloft to manage team performance and workflows effectively.

Why you're a great fit:

• You bring 4+ years of sales experience or 2+ years of sales management and a proven track record of coaching others 
• Direct experience of hitting goals, and holding yourself and coaching others to be accountable to success metrics.
• You have a strong ability to develop and execute lead generation strategies across your team.
• You have a strong ability to identify and develop talent.
• You are proficient in Salesforce and other sales tools, enabling you to manage and support a remote team effectively, and have experience coaching using platforms such as Gong or Salesloft.
• You excel at inter-departmental collaboration and understand the value of partnering across teams to achieve company goals.
• You are passionate about education and share an appreciation for Newsela’s mission of transforming learning experiences for students and teachers alike.

Compensation:

• Base salary: $80,000
• On-target commission (OTC): $40,000
• On-target earnings (OTE): $120,000

Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. 

The role:

• As a Sales Development Representative (SDR) you will work across Newsela’s Sales organization to support aggressive growth by researching, prospecting through calls and emails, and qualifying leads in order to build pipeline for Sales Representatives. 
• Your days will be composed of responding to inbound inquiries, proactive cold outreach to potential new customers, and providing online product demonstrations that draw prospects into initial discovery calls and identify key needs that ultimately lead to qualified opportunities for our Sales team.

Why you'll love this role: 

• You will collaborate within the Sales organization to inform strategy and process that enhances sales performance
• You will be part of a team that has incredible support through sales training and enablement, as well as through marketing and operations
• As the initial point of contact with prospects, you’ll represent the future of education, enhancing how districts and teachers engage students, and helping provide approaches that allow educators to design customized learning for different levels of reader
• Your feedback from the market will also help drive future product enhancements

Why you're a great fit:  

• You have 1+ year of lead generation or inside sales experience
• Your pipeline generation experience includes engaging prospects through email and  phone conversations that lead to qualified meetings
• You leverage your Salesforce.com experience and sales process training to tactfully manage a pipeline to meet and exceed team goals 
• You are familiar with sales platforms such as Salesloft, Outreach.io, or Yesware 
• You are an excellent communicator who can truly empathize with the challenges our different buyers face 
• You’re able to establish clear value propositions that connect buyer/user needs to the product and services we offer 
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and use your creativity when partnering with team members to ensure flawless execution

Compensation:

• Base salary: $55,000
• On-target commission (OTC): $25,000
• On-target earnings (OTE): $80,000

Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. 

The role:

• The Accounting Manager will be responsible for delivering accurate, reliable, and timely monthly financial reporting. 
• You’ll be part of the team helping scale our accounting operations (documentation, processes, and systems) as Newsela grows. 
• You will work closely with our FP&A, Content, Technology, and Legal teams to set operational excellence standards on the team by improving day-to-day accounting processes and related documentation. 
• You will report directly to the Controller and will be responsible for leading the general ledger team (of 2-3 staff) which includes accruals, accounts payable, taxes, and capitalized software
• You’ll be instrumental in scaling our month-end close and financial reporting process by taking the lead in the process for all accounts outside of revenue 
• As a leader on the accounting team, you will be a key player in our operational improvements, financial statements audits, and managing tax compliance requirements as Newsela scales our business.

Why you’ll love this role: 

• You will have an opportunity to make a real impact by driving process improvement and system implementation efforts to streamline operations and improve the close process and overall scalability of our finance function. 
• Your work will enable quality reporting and accounting operations that support the growth of our business, enabling the expansion of Newsela’s reach and bringing engaging, culturally responsive learning content into the hands of K-12 students and teachers nationwide. 
• You love a “team-first” mentality and are someone who enjoys problem solving and adapting to the constantly changing conditions typical to a fast-growing company.

Why you’re a great fit: 

• You have 5+ years of experience in accounting, with a range of operational experience--from month end close reporting to process improvements. 
• You have an accounting educational background (Bachelor’s degree or higher) 
• You have a strong understanding of financial reporting and US GAAP with  experience in public accounting and/or public company experience. 
• You are a certified public accountant (CPA). You are all about efficiency and building a foundation for the finance function to scale, and have demonstrated success managing a team. 
• You have experience as team leader with managing teams of 1 or more staff
• You are an Excel guru, with a comprehensive background in building out models and templates to streamline processes; Netsuite and Salesforce system experience is a plus. 
• You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, are very organized and detail-oriented, thrive on process improvement, clean documentation, and enjoy working in a challenging, fast-paced environment. 
• A self-starter, you’re excited to apply what you know to strengthen the financial reporting and controls of our fast-growing company with a mission to transform the K-12 education industry.

Compensation:

Base salary:$105,850 - $125,000.

Total compensation for this role also incentive stock options and benefits. 

 Why you’ll love working at Newsela:

• Health & Wellness: Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare (pets included!). Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
• Work From Home:Almost all of our roles are fully remote - tech stipend included!
• Supporting ALL Families: Supplemental programs and time off to take care of your family and yourself.
• Time Off:Flexible PTO to recharge, including Sabbatical Leave
• Inclusive Experiences:Robust DEIB curriculum, Identity & Experience Groups (Affinity Groups + Employee Resource Group), Authentic & Transparent conversations with Executive Leadership Teams, and integration of DEIB lens across Talent lifecycle processes.
• Professional Development:Holistic Learning & Development Programs that enable meaningful & inclusive experiences, programs that build future-focused competencies, cohort & community learning sessions that foster a sense of belonging, and individual development plans aligned with your personal and professional aspirations to turn goals into reality.
• Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

About Newsela:

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Argentina or Mexico for Senior Software Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

• As a Contractor of our growing Technology team, you will help the team deliver high-quality work on time.
• You will be a key contributor within a software development team, and will craft great software and automated tests to assure the design and quality of your code.
• You will also own delivery of features, independently, and will provide thoughtful input that helps with scoping and design for your team.
• Reporting to the Engineering Manager for Content Engineering; temporarily reporting to the CTO.
• You will partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, and Product Design to refine ambiguous work items into clearly defined, valuable work items. 
• The Content Management Systems team owns the content production systems at Newsela and plays a vital role in the life blood of our platform. This system includes editorial tooling and publishing flows for a variety of content types, as well as content metadata and curricular standards alignments.

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have 5+ years of full-stack experience in software development and have demonstrated success working in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) environment.
• You are able to leverage your intermediate experience in Python to effectively build and deploy highly performant REST APIs.
• Additionally, you have a firm understanding of relational databases and experience in SQL creating and modifying data models, as well as writing and optimizing queries with scalability and performance in mind. 
• You also have some experience in Javascript.
• On top of your technical skills, you are excited to work in a collaborative and inclusive environment that supports continued improvement through code reviews and feedback. 
• You will be measured by demonstration of your technical expertise and involvement in scoping and preparing for delivery via groomed user stories, as well as execution of individual contributor tasks (architectural patterns and adherence, high-quality code and tests written, PR review cycle, QA findings, completing sprint commitments, identifying missing requirements, adherence to accessibility standards, and non-bias terminology in code. 

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

The role: 

• As a member of our Customer Success team, the Mid-Market Customer Success Manager will be the go-to partner for district leaders and manage a portfolio of our mid-market accounts. 
• Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Mid-Market Customer Success, you will work with districts to identify their goals and intended use with Newsela, and will build out a partnership plan to achieve those goals.
• You’ll leverage data, our tech stack, and customer insights to drive company results in product adoption, renewal, and expansion. 
• You will also manage customers as they go through the Newsela Customer Journey, and will ensure they have the necessary support and resources at each step in the process to create an exceptional experience from the pre-sale team introduction throughout the full lifecycle.
• You will partner closely with our Professional Learning team to ensure professional development training is meeting the specific needs of your clients.

Why you’ll love this role:

• You’ll have the opportunity to directly influence how district administrators engage with Newsela.
• You will get to represent the future of education, enhance how districts and teachers engage with students, and provide time-saving approaches that allow educators to design customized learning for different levels of learners. 
• You will build partnerships that are outcome oriented and always focused on achieving client success criteria while making Newsela an embedded part of a district’s curricular strategy.
•  Your work will directly impact the expansion and adoption of Newsela products in K-12 classrooms nationwide, and will ultimately help bring engaging, culturally responsive learning content to students and teachers.

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have 3+ years experience managing a portfolio of accounts in EdTech and have demonstrated the ability to drive revenue through growth, retention, and expansion.
• You are meticulous about understanding your clients’ goals and are their biggest advocate in ensuring they achieve them.
• You are experienced in client success planning, and are able to ask discovery questions, actively listen, and synthesize client goals.
• You leverage your strong product knowledge and regional expertise with your relationship building skills to make yourself a trusted partner that clients love working with.
• You have a mastery in strategically planning and executing your client interactions, regularly checking the pulse and proactively reaching out to them to ensure satisfaction and renewals.
• Gainsight and Salesforce (SFDC) experience is a plus.
• Experience owning renewals as a CSM at an EdTech company is strongly preferred.
• This role requires PST or Central working hours. 

Compensation:
Base salary: $75,000 - $80,000
On-target commission: $20,000
On-target earnings: $95,000 - $100,000

Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. 

About Newsela:

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

Why you’ll love working at Newsela:

• Health & Wellness:Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare (pets included!). Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
• Work From Home:Almost all of our roles are fully remote - tech stipend included!
• Supporting ALL Families: Supplemental programs and time off to take care of your family and yourself.
• Time Off:Flexible PTO to recharge, including Sabbatical Leave
• Inclusive Experiences:Robust DEIB curriculum, Identity & Experience Groups (Affinity Groups + Employee Resource Group), Authentic & Transparent conversations with Executive Leadership Teams, and integration of DEIB lens across Talent lifecycle processes.
• Professional Development:Holistic Learning & Development Programs that enable meaningful & inclusive experiences, programs that build future-focused competencies, cohort & community learning sessions that foster a sense of belonging, and individual development plans aligned with your personal and professional aspirations to turn goals into reality.
• Make A Difference:No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Argentina or Mexico for Backend Software Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

• As a Backend Engineer Contractor, you will help the team deliver high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment. 

• You will be a key contributor within a software development team, and will craft great software and automated tests to assure the design and quality of your code.
• You will also own delivery of features, independently, and will provide thoughtful input that helps with scoping and design for your team.
• Reporting to the Manager of Engineering, you will partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, and Product Design to refine ambiguous goals into clearly defined, iterative work items.

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have 3+ years of backend experience in software development and have demonstrated success working in a software as a service (SaaS) environment.
• You are able to leverage your intermediate experience in Python to effectively build and deploy highly performant and well tested REST APIs and create performant data models.
• Additionally, you have a firm understanding of relational databases and experience in writing SQL and optimizing data models, as well as writing and optimizing queries with scalability and performance in mind. 
• Experience working with LLMs or machine learning models is a plus but not required.
• On top of your technical skills, you are excited to work in a collaborative and inclusive environment that supports continued improvement through code reviews and feedback. 
• You take pride in your ability to identify missing requirements early in the development cycle, create and maintain performant and scalable backend systems, write  resilient and testable code, and deliver on sprint commitments. 

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Argentina or Mexico for Frontend Software Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

• As a Frontend Engineer Contractor, you will help the team deliver high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment. 
• You will be a key voice within a cross-functional development team and will own the delivery of features and act as a subject matter expert to solve important problems for your team’s domain. 
• Reporting to the Manager of Engineering, you will partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, and Product Design to refine ambiguous goals into clearly defined, iterative work items.

Skills & Experience:

• You have 3+ years of experience with frontend software development experience. 
• You have demonstrated success in building complex web applications with simple, elegant, and maintainable solutions.
• You are able to leverage your experience in Javascript, Typescript, semantic HTML, responsive CSS, and either React or Next.js to find the right solution to meet your team’s goals. Experience with Node JS and Express is a plus.
• You have experience with modern web standards, responsive design, and web accessibility requirements (WCAG 2.0+).
• You not only provide the technical expertise in the design and implementation of the solution, but collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure potential risks and challenges are identified and resolved throughout the development process.
• While not required, experience with web accessibility guidelines, Node.js, or AWS is a plus.     

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Argentina or Mexico for Senior Backend Software Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

• As a Backend Engineer Contractor, you will help the team deliver high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment. 

• You will be a key contributor within a software development team, and will craft great software and automated tests to assure the design and quality of your code.
• You will also own delivery of features, independently, and will provide thoughtful input that helps with scoping and design for your team.
• Reporting to the Manager of Engineering, you will partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, and Product Design to refine ambiguous goals into clearly defined, iterative work items.

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have 5+ years of backend experience in software development and have demonstrated success working in a software as a service (SaaS) environment.
• You are able to leverage your intermediate experience in Python to effectively build and deploy highly performant and well tested REST APIs and create performant data models.
• Additionally, you have a firm understanding of relational databases and experience in writing SQL and optimizing data models, as well as writing and optimizing queries with scalability and performance in mind. 
• Experience working with LLMs or machine learning models is a plus but not required.
• On top of your technical skills, you are excited to work in a collaborative and inclusive environment that supports continued improvement through code reviews and feedback. 
• You take pride in your ability to identify missing requirements early in the development cycle, create and maintain performant and scalable backend systems, write  resilient and testable code, and deliver on sprint commitments. 

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

The role: 

• Newsela is looking to hire a Demand Generation Marketing Specialist to execute and optimize our campaigns. 
• This role will report to the Manager, Demand Programs and will partner closely with our Content, Product Marketing, Marketing Operations and Sales teams. 
• As Newsela’s Demand Generation Marketing Specialist, you are ready to dive in and execute integrated national demand programs that generate qualified leads and opportunities within our target audience.

In this role, you will: 

• Drive impact by helping to achieve demand generation goals by executing campaigns that will drive leads, MQLs, and pipeline
• Project manage and execute webinar, direct mail, and email campaigns campaigns end-to-end to generate pipeline and accelerate opportunities
• Measure campaign performance and generate data-driven insights to improve future campaign performance
• Run data-informed experiments to uplevel our campaigns 
• Partner with Sales and SDRs on campaigns to maximize their impact

Why you’ll love this role:

• You are passionate about demand generation marketing and love working collaboratively to bring the best version of a program to life
• You love data and want to dig into campaign performance and follow your leads through the funnel into closed-won opportunities
• You love working in a fast-paced, high-output setting, while also finding opportunities to scale for broader impact and efficiency
• You are looking for an opportunity to build on your repertoire of marketing skills by coordinating across channels like direct mail, email, paid media, virtual events, thought leadership, and more
• You are curious and have a desire to learn

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have 1+ years of B2B demand generation experience in a SaaS environment
• You have strong writing skills and experience creating content for emails, ads, webpages, and other marketing collateral built for conversion
• You are extremely data-driven and committed to experimenting to improve and optimize programs for success
• You have experience working closely with Marketing cross-functional teams Sales to get things done
• You have strong project management and entrepreneurial skills to work independently on complex projects
• You are meticulously organized with an ability to work and demonstrate grace under pressure
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and can move forward in this environment
• You love problem solving and thrive in organizing and executing on demand programs and enabling sales teams with the resources and communication needed to be successful

Base compensation: $68,000 - $76,000 per year.

Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience.

 Why you’ll love working at Newsela:

• Health & Wellness: Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare (pets included!). Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
• Work From Home:Almost all of our roles are fully remote - tech stipend included!
• Supporting ALL Families: Supplemental programs and time off to take care of your family and yourself.
• Time Off:Flexible PTO to recharge, including Sabbatical Leave
• Inclusive Experiences:Robust DEIB curriculum, Identity & Experience Groups (Affinity Groups + Employee Resource Group), Authentic & Transparent conversations with Executive Leadership Teams, and integration of DEIB lens across Talent lifecycle processes.
• Professional Development:Holistic Learning & Development Programs that enable meaningful & inclusive experiences, programs that build future-focused competencies, cohort & community learning sessions that foster a sense of belonging, and individual development plans aligned with your personal and professional aspirations to turn goals into reality.
• Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

About Newsela:

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Brazil, Argentina, or Mexico for Marketing Operations Services.

Scope of Services:

• Build and execute marketing programs in our Marketing Automation Platform (currently Marketo) for email campaigns, events, nurture programs, webinars, and operational programs (including participation in design, A/B testing and other quality assurance processes, and reporting)
• Create and maintain smart lists and segmentation to support automated nurture, ABM, and lead scoring initiatives
• Build and maintain lead management automation in Marketo (including scoring models, assignment/routing logic, and sync to Salesforce)
• Ensure marketing emails adhere to industry best practices/benchmarks, e.g. on deliverability, open rates, and mobile rendering
• Troubleshoot campaigns, email deliverability, lead scoring, and other kinds of automation
• Execute updates to landing pages and assets, in tools including Marketo, Splash, Vidyard, and others
• Provide support in analyzing the performance of all marketing activations, including analysis of website data

Skills/Experience:

• You have at least 2+ years of experience with a Marketing Automation Platform (e.g. Marketo) and a CRM (e.g. Salesforce) and want to keep building upon your skills
• You have direct experience with B2B or Edtech SaaS demand generation and digital marketing campaigns
• You have experience with multiple Marketing Automation Platforms (e.g. Marketo, Hubspot, Pardot) and email automation software (e.g. Iterable, Braze) and enjoy learning new systems and tools

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

The role:

• The Accounts Payable Analyst is responsible for accurate processing and coding of invoices and expense reports in a timely manner. You’ll be part of the team helping scale our accounting operations (processes and systems) as Newsela grows. 
• You’ll be responsible for monitoring the Accounts Payable inbox, processing vendor invoices, responding to A/P inquiries, managing employee expense reports, and monitoring credit card transactions and compliance
• In addition to AP and general accounting responsibilities, you’ll work with vendors to sign them up for e-payment to ensure timely delivery, as well as work through any other issues a vendor may have (ie. invoice not approved internally, routed to wrong approver, invoice not received). 

Why you’ll love this role: 

• You will have an opportunity to make a real impact by driving process improvement and system implementation efforts to streamline operations and improve the quality of the accounts payable process. 
• Working directly with FP&A, you’ll gain insight into the operations of the business and your impact on Newsela’s financial statements. 
• Your work will directly enable Newsela to grow and scale efficiently, and will ultimately help increase our ability to get engaging, culturally responsive learning content into K-12 schools and districts nationwide.

Why you’re a great fit: 

• With a minimum of 1 year of accounting experience, you are a problem-solving self-starter with a strong background in accounts payable. 
• Ideally, you have experience working with a high volume of invoices and are used to working at a rapidly growing company. 
• You’re well-versed in an array of accounting software including Bill.com,  Navan and Netsuite; bonus points if you’ve been part of a new software implementation process. 
• Additionally, you can masterfully navigate expenses, prepaids and accruals, and can seamlessly perform an accounts payable reconciliation for the monthly close process. 
• You are organized, detail-oriented, and are always looking to improve processes and help teammates.
  

Compensation:

Base salary:$48,000 - $53,000

Total compensation for this role also incentive stock options and benefits. 

 Why you’ll love working at Newsela:

• Health & Wellness: Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare (pets included!). Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
• Work From Home:Almost all of our roles are fully remote - tech stipend included!
• Supporting ALL Families: Supplemental programs and time off to take care of your family and yourself.
• Time Off:Flexible PTO to recharge, including Sabbatical Leave
• Inclusive Experiences:Robust DEIB curriculum, Identity & Experience Groups (Affinity Groups + Employee Resource Group), Authentic & Transparent conversations with Executive Leadership Teams, and integration of DEIB lens across Talent lifecycle processes.
• Professional Development:Holistic Learning & Development Programs that enable meaningful & inclusive experiences, programs that build future-focused competencies, cohort & community learning sessions that foster a sense of belonging, and individual development plans aligned with your personal and professional aspirations to turn goals into reality.
• Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

About Newsela:

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

Disclaimer: Please be aware of recruitment phishing scams affecting Newsela and other employers. Newsela does not use third party services for full time hires. Our recruiting emails will come from an @newsela.com email address. You can reach out to jobs@newsela.com if you have concerns about the legitimacy of an email sent by or on behalf of Newsela’s talent acquisition team. Newsela will never ask for financial or banking information from candidates, nor will you be asked for any type of payment as part of consideration for employment with Newsela.

The role: 

• The Sr. FP&A Analyst (Corporate, G&A & R&D), will join a tight-knit FP&A team that is committed to building out a best-in-class operational and analytical function.
• Reporting to the Corporate FP&A Manager, you will support all Corporate FP&A activities ranging from revenue and expense planning, balance sheet and cash forecasting, investor reporting, corporate metrics, board reporting, and ad-hoc analysis to support the business.
• In addition, you will support the Manager on all day to day budget and expense management for the R&D and G&A organizations, and interface with those leaders to provide reporting and analysis as needed. 
• Finally, you will support the continuous improvement of monthly and quarterly reporting, perform administrative activities to support our FP&A system, and participate in process improvement initiatives to support our growth and efforts to scale as an FP&A team.

Why you’ll love this role: 

• You’ll manage and enhance forecasting models to ensure we are managing expenses with a high degree of accuracy, and perform analysis to help guide the business on key decisions
• You will be a trusted advisor partnering across the organization, using your exceptional communication skills to translate complex financial concepts across a variety of audiences 
• You’ll help drive the refinement of a best-in class cloud FP&A system and the operational models that support it 
• You’ll have exposure to executive leadership, with the opportunity for growth in supporting other areas of the business 
• You will support the research and development teams that are building the products that fuel Newsela’s growth 
• You will have an invaluable opportunity to participate in the digital transformation of the K-12 education market

Why we’ll love you: 

• You have 2+ years of FP&A experience, with an interest in being part of a fast paced SaaS environment
• You have a Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field
• You have experience and knowledge in several functions within Finance (budgeting, consolidation, performance reporting and financial analysis)
• Additionally, you have advanced skills in Excel and experience using financial systems, preferably Adaptive Insights
• You are well-versed in financial modeling and budget management, with the ability to identify key variance drivers and create forecasting models to predict the future with accuracy 
• You are highly motivated, a team player, extremely detail-oriented and have a growth mindset 

Base compensation:$93,500 - $105,000. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience. 

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Brazil or Argentina for Mid-Senior Level Data Engineering Services.

Scope of Services: 

• This Contractor will develop a thorough understanding of the various data sources, data pipelines, and enterprise data warehouse models. 
• Play a crucial role as we assess the existing tools and processes and help team with critical migrations like prefect 1 to prefect 2 as well as incorporating tools like Dbt to analytics engineering cycle.
• Help the team rapidly meet the business needs by connecting new data sources as needed as well as building new data warehouse models
• Maintain reliable data and analytics platform by bringing in best practices and tools for data quality checks, monitoring as well as helping troubleshoot and address production issues.

Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering
• Proficient in Python programming and hands-on experience building ETL/ELT pipelines
• Experience using orchestration tools like Prefect, Airflow etc
• Working experience with column store Analytical Datastores like Snowflake/Redshift/Bigquery etc
• Hands-on experience in data modeling; including strong knowledge of SQL
• Experience with source control systems like GitHub
• Experience with a public cloud preferably AWS
• Detail-oriented, and take pride in the quality of your work 
• Experience working with a modern cloud-native data stack in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with Dbt is a plus
• Experience with BI tools like Tableau is a plus

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

Newsela is seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Brazil or ArgentinaMexico, Argentina, or Brazil for Senior-Level Product Design Services. 

 Scope of Services: 

• This Contractor will be responsible for crafting user-centric solutions for Newsela’s platform (across mobile, desktop, and tablet).
• As part of a highly collaborative, cross-functional team, your day to day will involve working closely with product managers, researchers, data analysts, and engineers at each step of the process to find the right problems to tackle, explore ideas for how to solve it and then refine it into a coherent solution and design strategy.
• You’ll play an active role in shaping the roadmap by understanding and advocating for the needs of our users.

Skills / Experience: 

• You have 5+ years of experience as a Product Designer working with complex user and business problems, understands feature requirements, and tech constraints, to create simple, engaging and scalable experiences.
• Your skill sets span from user research and testing to wireframes and user-flows to high fidelity and prototyping. You are curious, data-informed and unsatisfied with “good enough.” You are energized by solving complex problems and approach design holistically; users are at the center of your process and that is evident in your approach and solutions. You skillfully balance multiple projects to deliver materials on time and within scope, and know how to source input for stakeholders across the company to align with business goals and overall brand guidelines.
• You have demonstrated success in approaching patterns holistically and think about the larger experience.
• You have a strong understanding of web and mobile-web platform technologies, and you keep in mind accessibility. You know when to use broad stroke sketches, use a design system, or when to apply pixel-perfect attention to detail.
• Experience working in Figma as both a design and prototyping tool.
• Understands the value and has worked with a Design System or has collaborated with one.
• Knowledge of Visual Design and attention to detail when it comes to pixel-perfect design, and documentation for hand-off to Engineers.
• You understand the value of working cross-functionally and have a collaborative mindset. You partner with Product Management, Engineering, UX Research, Data, Content, and Marketing to define problems, align on solutions, and ensure feasibility; through workshops to coordinate on process to soliciting feedback at all stages of the product life cycle.
• While not required, experience with Educational products or in education in general is a plus.

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Mexico or Argentina for Lead-Level Data Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

• As a Contractor you will work alongside app developers and data stakeholders to create data system changes and to respond to data inquires
• You will Lead initiatives and problem definition scoping, design, and planning through epics and blueprints. 
• With your deep domain knowledge and radiation of that knowledge you will develop documentation, technical presentation, discussion, and incident reviews. 
• You will build and maintain data pipelines and DAG tooling 
• You will establish and maintain a data catalog with business-related metadata

Skills & Experience:

• Mastered proficiency in SQL, Python, and relational datastores (columnar and row databases)
• Proficiency in building and maintaining data pipelines and DAG tooling (Dagster, Airflow, etc)
• Advanced experience with event-based pipelines and CDC tooling
• Advanced experience in managing large-scale data migrations in relational datastores
• Advanced experience in optimizing SQL query performance
• Advanced experience with data testing strategies to ensure resulting datastores are aligned with expected business logic
• Experience with DBT orchestration and best practices
• Experience with enabling monitoring, health checks and alerting on data systems and pipelines
• Experience establishing and maintaining a data catalog with business-related metadata
• Experience building tools and automation to run data infrastructure
• Experience with writing and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure for data pipelines (AWS, GCP and Terraform) is a plus
• Experience in document, graph or schema-less datastores is a plus

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Mexico or Argentina for Lead-Level Data Reporting Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

• As a Contractor you will translate product data requests into insightful customer reporting metrics
• You will communicate with app developers and data stakeholders regarding data system changes and data inquiries
• You will lead initiative, define problems, and provide scoping to break down work for the team
• You will communicate with frontend engineers to create data visualization
• You will lead and work alongside customer-facing business intelligence, reporting, and data visualization teams
• You will conduct root-cause analyses relating to queries about data irregularities  and product metric definition requests 

Skills & Experience:

• Mastered proficiency in SQL, Python, and relational datastores
• Experience columnar relational databases is a plus
• Advanced experience in optimizing SQL query performance
• Experience leading and working on customer-facing business intelligence, reporting, data modeling, and data visualization teams
• Experience with maintaining custom, in house tooling is a plus
• Strong ability to conduct root-cause analyses relating to queries about data irregularities and product metric definitions requests 
• Experience with data testing strategies to ensure transformations and metrics are aligned with expected business logic
• Experience with DBT orchestration and best practices
• Experience with python web frameworks (Fast API, Flask)
• Experience with enabling application monitoring and health checks for systems within the team’s domain
• Experience with data pipelines and DAG tooling (Dagster, Airflow, etc) is a plus
• Experience with event-based pipelines and CDC tooling is a plus

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Brazil or Argentina for Senior-Level Site Reliability Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

• Be on an on-call rotation to respond to incidents that impact Newsela.com availability and provide support for developers during internal and external incidents 
• Maintain and assist in extending our infrastructure with Terraform, Github Actions CI/CD, Prefect, and AWS services
• Build monitoring that alerts on symptoms rather than outages using Datadog, Sentry and CloudWatch
• Look for ways to turn repeatable manual actions into automations to reduce toil
• Improve operational processes (such as deployments, releases, migrations, etc) to make them run seamlessly with fault tolerance in mind 
• Design, build and maintain core cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP that enables scaling to support thousands of concurrent users
• Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack 
• Provide infrastructure and architectural planning support as an embedded team member within a domain of Newsela’s application developers 
• Plan the growth of Newsela’s infrastructure 
• Influence the product roadmap and work with engineering and product counterparts to influence improved resiliency and reliability of the Newsela product.
• Proactively work on efficiency and capacity planning to set clear requirements and reduce the system resource usage to make Newsela cheaper to run for all our customers.
• Identify parts of the system that do not scale, provide immediate palliative measures, and drive long-term resolution of these incidents.
• Identify Service Level Indicators (SLIs) that will align the team to meet the availability and latency objectives.
• For stable counterpart assignments, maintain awareness and actively influence stage group plans and priorities through participation in stage group meetings and async discussions. Act as a steward for reliability.

Skills / Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in site-reliability 
• You have advanced Terraform syntax and CI/CD configuration, pipelines, jobs
• You have managed DAG tooling and data pipelines (ex: Airflow, Dagster, Prefect)
• You have advanced knowledge and experience with maintaining data pipeline infrastructure and large scale data migrations 
• You have advanced knowledge of cloud infrastructure services (AWS, GCP)
• You are well versed in container orchestration technologies: cluster provisioning and new services (ECS, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Background working with service catalog metrics and recording rules for alerts (Datadog, NewRelic, Sentry, Cloudwatch)
• Experience with log shipping pipelines and incident debugging visualizations
• Familiarity with operating system (Linux) configuration, package management, startup and troubleshooting and a comfortable with BASH/CLI scripting
• Familiarity with block and object storage configuration and debugging.
• Ability to identify significant projects that result in substantial improvements in reliability, cost savings and/or revenue.
• Ability to identify changes for the product architecture from the reliability, performance and availability perspectives with a data-driven approach.
• Lead initiatives and problem definition and scoping, design, and planning through epics and blueprints.
• You have deep domain knowledge and radiation of that knowledge through documentation, recorded demos, technical presentations, discussions, and incident reviews.
• You can perform and run blameless RCAs on incidents and outages aggressively looking for answers that will prevent the incident from ever happening again.

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits.