Life in Mobile

Staff Data Engineer

Edmond, OK · Staff+ · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 161 days ago

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About the role

YouVersion was created by the local church in 2007 and remains a ministry of Life.Church today.
We believe technology-and especially trustworthy data-is a powerful tool for stewarding insight, guiding decisions, and helping people engage with Scripture in life-changing ways.
Deep mastery in one or more areas from the 'Technical Areas You Excel In' section is expected, along with the ability to provide leadership across the broader data domain.

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.
Enable Insight at Scale: Support and evolve event instrumentation, user data processing, and analytical datasets that power insights and experimentation.
Drive Governance & Security: Collaborate with architects and stakeholders to advance data governance, privacy, and security practices across the data ecosystem.
Deep Data Expertise: Proven ability to design, build, and operate complex data systems at scale.
Staff-Level Leadership: Ability to influence technical direction beyond your immediate team and lead through impact, not authority.
Clear Communication: Able to explain complex data concepts to engineers, analysts, and non-technical partners.

Leadership Mindset: A track record of mentoring others and raising the technical bar around you.
Data Warehousing: Deep experience with warehouse design and modeling principles (e.g., BigQuery, Postgres, MySQL).
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data, or a related field.
Learning Orientation: Passion for continuous learning and adapting to new technologies.
Passion for Impact: Excitement about building data systems that support meaningful decisions and spiritual growth at global scale.
Benefits We Offer
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.

Expert-level SQL skills, including complex queries, performance tuning, and analytical modeling.
Experience designing and running data systems on cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
Passion for continuous learning and adapting to new technologies.

$160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.

Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost.
Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase.
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.
Mentor & Develop: Guide data engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning.
Architectural Vision: Strong intuition for data architecture tradeoffs, with experience balancing short-term needs and long-term strategy.

This listing is sourced directly from Life in Mobile's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.