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Job Summary:
YouVersion is a technology company focused on helping people connect with God. As a Staff Data Engineer, you will lead the design and implementation of scalable data platforms and pipelines, ensuring data quality and reliability while mentoring engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities:
• Own the Data Problem Space~ Lead the design and implementation of large-scale, chapter-wide data solutions that impact multiple teams, products, and decision-makers.
• Architect Data Platforms~ Design scalable, reliable data architectures including ingestion, transformation, storage, and analytics layers with long-term sustainability in mind.
• Set Technical Standards~ Establish and uphold best practices for data modeling, pipeline design, testing, monitoring, and documentation across the organization.
• Champion Data Quality & Trust~ Drive initiatives focused on data accuracy, completeness, timeliness, consistency, and observability to ensure trusted, decision-ready data.
• Influence Across Chapters~ Partner with engineering, product, analytics, and leadership teams to align data strategy with business and ministry goals.
• Resolve Complex Issues~ Diagnose and solve the most complex data reliability, performance, and scaling challenges across pipelines and platforms.
• Enable Insight at Scale~ Support and evolve event instrumentation, user data processing, and analytical datasets that power insights and experimentation.
• Mentor & Develop~ Guide data engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Drive Governance & Security~ Collaborate with architects and stakeholders to advance data governance, privacy, and security practices across the data ecosystem.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Proven ability to design, build, and operate complex data systems at scale.
• Ability to influence technical direction beyond your immediate team and lead through impact, not authority.
• Strong intuition for data architecture tradeoffs, with experience balancing short-term needs and long-term strategy.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, setting direction, and prioritizing high-leverage work.
• Able to explain complex data concepts to engineers, analysts, and non-technical partners.
• Passion for using data and technology to help people grow spiritually and connect with God.
• View your work as a calling to serve others and advance God’s Kingdom.
• Highly proficient in Python, Go, Java, or similar general-purpose languages used for data systems.
• Expert-level SQL skills, including complex queries, performance tuning, and analytical modeling.
• Deep experience with warehouse design and modeling principles (e.g., BigQuery, Postgres, MySQL).
• Extensive experience building and operating ETL/ELT pipelines using tools such as Airflow, dbt, Fivetran, Pub/Sub, or similar.
• Strong background in streaming data and API-based integrations.
• Experience designing and running data systems on cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Familiarity with user event instrumentation and processing (e.g., Firebase, GA4, or similar systems).
• Advocate for testing, monitoring, anomaly detection, and automated validation.
• Partner with stakeholders to uphold standards around data privacy, access, and compliance.
• Create clear diagrams and documentation to support shared understanding and adoption.
• 7+ years of hands-on data or software engineering experience delivering impactful, production-grade systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data, or a related field.
• A track record of mentoring others and raising the technical bar around you.
• Passion for continuous learning and adapting to new technologies.
• Excitement about building data systems that support meaningful decisions and spiritual growth at global scale.
Company:
YouVersion is an online Bible engagement application for Android, iOS and Windows 8 operating systems. It is a sub-organization of Life.Church. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in Edmond, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.