Data Lead

The role

You will build the data foundation the company runs on, including a single trusted model of providers, children, and families. You will also deliver state-mandated data work for a government platform, and use AI agents heavily in your daily work.

What you will do

• Build the canonical data model for providers, sites, children, and families across BigQuery, HubSpot, Stripe, and product databases
• Structure data so AI agents can read it and act on it, including entity tables, snapshots, and pre-computed briefings for provider coaching
• Own data delivery for the state government platform: bi-directional Data Hub sync, historical licensing data migration, staging-to-prod loads, validation, and governance sign-off
• Lead identity resolution and deduplication across legacy state systems so each provider and child has one accurate record
• Define and document the metrics the business runs on, from active provider to churn risk, and make them self-serve
• Set the data quality bar: monitoring, alerting, lineage, and handling of sensitive data per government agreements
• Use agents to automate your own workflows first, then help other teams do the same

Required qualifications

• Hands-on experience writing SQL, shipping models, loading data, and debugging pipelines
• Experience as a first or early data hire at a startup
• Experience shipping data work in a regulated environment such as govtech, healthtech, or fintech, including governance, masking, and audit trails
• Experience with dbt modeling
• Experience with entity resolution and deduplication work
• Daily use of AI agents as part of how you work
• Ability to work independently and figure things out on your own

Benefits

• Founding data hire with direct access to the CEO
• Mandate to build from zero
• Small, fast-moving team that values action over process

Before you apply

• In-person work required, 5-6 days a week in the San Francisco office

About the company

Wonderschool helps small business owners who run child care programs start, operate, and grow with software, coaching, and support. It also partners with governments to modernize the public child care system, and is a Series B company backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, Long Journey Ventures, and First Round Capital.