Staff Data Engineer, GoFundMe
$181-271k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
Social fundraising platform
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Social fundraising platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$181-271k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help people fundraise for the personal, business, and charitable causes that matter most to them.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, with a strong focus on data ingestion, ETL/ELT pipeline design, and large-scale data processing
- Proven experience in designing and managing data ingestion frameworks for structured and unstructured data
- Expertise in data observability and monitoring tools (Monte Carlo, Databand, Bigeye, or similar)
- Strong experience with batch and real-time data ingestion (Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming, or equivalent)
- Proficiency in orchestration tools like Apache Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster
- Strong understanding of data lineage, anomaly detection, and proactive issue resolution in data pipelines
- Proficiency in SQL and Python for data processing and automation
- Strong knowledge of API-based data integration and experience working with third-party data sources
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake and best practices for data warehouse ingestion and management
- Experience working with data governance, security best practices, and compliance standards
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience with event tracking, behavioral analytics, and CDP data pipelines (GA, Heap, Segment, RudderStack, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with DBT for data transformation
- Understanding of data science and machine learning pipelines and how ingestion supports these workflows
What the job involves
- The GoFundMe team is searching for our next Staff Data Engineer to lead and own design strategy and implementation within data ingestion, data attribution, data security and data reliability and quality workstreams within our Data Platform team
- We work with the latest and greatest data platforms and technologies including Snowflake, Databricks, mParticle, Kafka and Flink, amongst others
- Your work will directly empower diverse teams in analytics, data science, and data-driven product development, fueling our mission to drive a culture of generosity worldwide
- This position requires deep expertise in data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration across our diverse technologies, as well as a passion for data observability, pipeline reliability, and proactive monitoring
- Candidates considered for this role will be located in the San Francisco, Bay Area
- There will be an in-office requirement of 3x a week
- Lead the design, development, and optimization of data ingestion pipelines, ensuring timely, scalable, and reliable data flows into the enterprise data warehouse (Snowflake)
- Define and implement best practices for data ingestion, transformation, governance, and observability, ensuring consistency, data quality, and compliance across multiple data sources
- Develop and maintain data ingestion frameworks that support batch, streaming, and event-driven data pipelines
- Implement and maintain data observability tools to monitor pipeline health, track data lineage, and detect anomalies before they impact downstream users
- Design and enforce automated data quality checks, validation rules, and anomaly detection to ensure teams can rely on high-integrity data
- Own and optimize ETL/ELT orchestration (Airflow, Prefect) and ensure efficient, cost-effective data processing
- Proactively support the health and growth of data infrastructure, ensuring it's secure and adaptable to future needs
- Partner with data engineering, software engineering, and platform teams to integrate data from transactional systems, streaming services, and third-party APIs
- Provide technical mentorship to other engineers on data observability best practices, monitoring strategies, and pipeline reliability
- Stay curious—research and advocate for new technologies that enhance data accessibility, freshness, and impact
Our take
One of the most well-known fundraising platforms in the world, GoFundMe makes raising money online exceptionally easy. The platform started initially with a focus on charity and good causes, but its scope has now expanded to include start-up business funding. What makes the platform attractive is its ability to democratize fundraising through the medium of online.
GoFundMe's rapid rise in popularity has been helped by its social media integrations and the speed at which individuals can start funds. With strategic foresight, the company launched its GoFundMe Guarantee in 2016, a pledge to protect donors from fraud or platform misuse - knowing that its continued growth could only be hampered by security issues or donor deception.
This guarantee is what has enabled the company to remain the largest crowdfunding platform in the world. Notably, it stands amongst the likes of Airbnb, Facebook, and Netflix in being backed by tech investors TCV.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Wide range of health insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision (GoFundMe covers 100% of employee premiums, and 80% of spouse and dependents)
- $600 annual fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Weekly massages
- Standing desks
- Fully-stocked kitchens & daily lunches
- Team off-sites & monthly social events
- Many of our offices are dog friendly
- 10 paid holidays, 17 days of accrued vacation per year, unlimited sick time & three volunteer days
- Enhanced parental leaves
- $50/month for employees commuting to and from work (public transit and/or parking)
- Caltrain GoPasses for our Bay Area commuters
- "Gives Back" program, where employees nominate fundraisers weekly for donations from GoFundMe
- Quarterly volunteer events in each office to give back to our local communities
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- Access to learning tools and resources, including a subscription to Udemy, guest speakers, and internal brown bag sessions
Company HQ
Centennial, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Margaret Richardson
(Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, not founder)Formerly worked at Airbnb as Vice President of Trust and Director of Global Policy. They worked in Trust & Safety at Apple prior to becoming a Member of Pipeline Angels.
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