Senior Staff Data Platform Architect

GoFundMeSan Francisco, CA

Hybrid Full-time $233.5K/yr - $350.5K/yr

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Key Responsibilities:Modernization & Optimization: Transform our cloud-native data stack into a scalable, secure, and high-performing ecosystem, utilizing both SQL and NoSQL repositories to handle diverse workloads. Architectural Development: Employ modern data principles such as lakehouse, data fabric, and data mesh architectures to enhance scalability, decentralization, governance, and interoperability. Design Scalable Solutions: Create flexible architectures that support analytics, real-time reporting, AI/ML Ops pipelines, feature stores, and graph-based data relationships. Unified Data Platform: Develop high-performing, cost-effective solutions capable of managing both structured and unstructured data at high volume and velocity. Modeling Standards: Define enterprise-wide standards for data modeling, semantic layers, and golden datasets to promote consistency and reuse. Data Governance & Quality: Implement frameworks for data lineage, quality, privacy, and security (GDPR, CCPA, PII protections). Personalization & Insights: Design data capabilities that support advanced recommendations, relationship mapping, and interconnected user experiences.

About the job

Join Our Mission to Empower Communities!

At GoFundMe, we are the world’s leading platform dedicated to harnessing the power of community to help individuals support one another. Since our inception in 2010, we have facilitated the raising of over $40 billion for various causes, uniting both individuals and nonprofits in a safe and secure environment.

We are on the lookout for a Senior Staff Data Platform Architect to become an integral part of our Data Platform team. In this critical role, you will lead the modernization of our existing data platform and architect a scalable data, reporting, and AI ecosystem that not only enhances our product offerings but also meets evolving business needs. Your vision will shape a robust, secure, and future-ready cloud-native data architecture. By establishing best practices, optimizing performance, and collaborating across teams, you will empower GoFundMe to leverage data as a strategic asset for insights, innovation, and sustainable growth.

This position is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with an in-office requirement of 3 times a week.

About GoFundMe

GoFundMe is dedicated to creating a world where anyone can easily and safely request help and support for their causes. By connecting individuals and nonprofits, we have fostered a community that has raised over $40 billion, empowering countless lives since 2010.

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