Life.Church · 10 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer
Edmond, OK
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expLife.Church is a multi-site Christian church committed to reaching people worldwide through innovative technology. The Senior Data Engineer will shape, implement, and maintain data pipelines and systems, ensuring reliable data to support analytics and decision-making.
CommunitiesNon ProfitReligion
Responsibilities
Drive data awareness and provide accurate and actionable data for analytics and decision making
Collaborate with platform and product teams to ensure all relevant data is being collected
Help develop a data catalog and data definitions for clear usage and understanding
Understand and advocate our data delivery tools
Provide documentation and diagramming for the understanding of other engineers and leaders
Align data needs to business objectives and formulate a data roadmap
Plan and build automated pipelines and processes for ingestion, ETL, and data integrations
Develop expert level knowledge of the data infrastructure, tools, and processes
Develop and maintain data governance, security, and stewardship best practices
Optimize and performance tune pipelines and queries for excellence in stewardship and scalability
Prepare data for predictive, prescriptive modeling with ML possibilities
Continuous learning on tools, technologies, and best practices of data engineering
Build and maintain testing and monitoring to provide the highest of quality
Lead, mentor, and develop other data engineers
Understand and support user events processing to bring our data knowledge to the next level
Engage as an active contributor within our agile development process
Own projects and oversee them with minimal direction
Manage schedules and duties to efficiently meet the needs of the organization in the pursuit of leading others to become fully devoted followers of Christ
Qualification
Required
Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions, and solve problems with innovation
Effective at multi-tasking and time management to meet strict deadlines while remaining flexible and open to change
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to clearly explain complicated processes and foster partnerships
Strong presentation creation and facilitation skills
Effective at process and organizational management to coordinate, structure and provide vision to projects
Strong SQL knowledge, with the capability to write complex SQL and performance tune
Skilled in Python, Go, Java, scripting, or other general-purpose programming languages
Proficient with data orchestration tools such as Airflow, Pub/Sub, FiveTran, and streaming, etc
Proficient in Database Management Systems, such as Postgres, BigQuery, or SQL Server
Understanding of user event data collection products such as Firebase, GA4, or similar
Excellent at problem-solving complicated technological issues
Strong analytical, critical, and strategic thinking skills
Bachelor's Degree + Advanced Certification
5+ years of related work experience preferred
Experienced in API and streaming data integration
Experienced in data warehousing models and design fundamentals
Experienced with Google Cloud Platform or other cloud data solutions
Preferred
Preferred experience with JIRA, Gitlab, Amplitude, Backstage, Notion
Benefits
Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.
Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health.
Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase.
Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.
Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.
Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment!
$160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.
Casual dress and work environment.
Company
Life.Church
Life.Church is dedicated to leading people to become fully devoted followers of Christ.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Brandon Donaldson
YouVersion Senior Director of Church Partnerships
Danielle Callahan
Recruiting Partner
Recent News
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