Data Engineer

• Lead a team of 2-3 engineers
• Working with fellow Nava engineers to design, review, and build well-crafted software
• Working in an agile manner to efficiently ship new features that meet user needs
• Design and develop scalable data ingestion and processing pipelines
• Implement large-scale data ecosystems within cloud-based platforms that include data management and data governance of structured and unstructured data
• Implement data validation and quality checks to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Work with cross-functional project teams to gather business requirements and translate to detailed technical specifications
• Work with Government partners to assist and develop data engineering applications and pipelines that will enable data services and processing capabilities
• Participate in software design and code reviews
• Maintain security and privacy standards in all aspects of the data pipeline
• Taking part in hiring activities (e.g., submitting referrals, conducting interviews, and attending interview debriefs), as needed

Senior Software Engineer, Data

• Build and maintain full-stack product features that use data and AI to improve customer, agent, supervisor, and administrator experiences
• Develop backend services, APIs, workflows, and integrations that connect product systems with data and AI capabilities
• Work with customer interaction data, conversation data, analytics models, and operational datasets to support AI-powered features
• Partner with AI, Data Platform, Product, QA, and other engineering teams to design and deliver reliable customer-facing systems
• Contribute to data pipelines, data models, and internal tools that make product and operational data easier to use
• Build user-facing experiences and internal interfaces using modern JavaScript/TypeScript when needed
• Write maintainable, well-tested code and participate in design reviews, code reviews, debugging, and production support
• Take ownership of ambiguous problems, break them down clearly, and drive them through delivery
• Learn new parts of the stack as needed and help raise the engineering quality bar for the team

Full Stack Engineer, Data-Focused

• Own the building, maintenance, and optimization of pipelines to ingest data from both operational databases and third-party tools into a data lake/warehouse.
• Architect highly efficient ingestion patterns that handle evolving data schemas and high-volume, multi-source data streams seamlessly.
• Optimize pipeline performance to ensure maximum uptime, high throughput, and cost-effective compute usage.
• Use dbt to transform raw data within the data warehouse into structured, production-ready schemas.
• Write templated SQL and Jinja code to enforce macro-driven, modular, and DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) development practices.
• Perform rigorous data quality checks by implementing native dbt tests.
• Set up monitoring and alerting frameworks around both ingestion routines and dbt builds.
• Track pipeline health metrics to measure and report on overall data freshness and platform reliability.
• Build data applications that interact with the data warehouse to empower decentralized self-service analytics.
• Build internal tooling and libraries to facilitate analytics and ML work.

Staff Data Engineer

• Solving our unique data-lake challenges: transforming and seamlessly normalizing highly varied partner datasets (such as donation data);
• Design robust batch-processing pipelines capable of extracting and loading massive datasets from a variety of internal, external, and public sources;
• Developing processes for data mining, data modeling, and data production;
• Leveraging modern technology knowledge to champion evolving industry trends, updated design patterns, and engineering excellence across the team;
• Autonomously scope, design, and execute complex data projects from day one, turning ambiguous requirements into clear, decisive technical plans;
• Developing robust testing and monitoring systems for scheduled processes;
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to support their data infrastructure needs;
• Joining each and every one of your colleagues in creating an inclusive workspace.

• Collaborate with other Engineers and Architects to define the enterprise data architecture roadmap.
• Drive the design and optimization of OLTP and OLAP models for scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Establish standards for data modeling, storage, and integration across systems.
• Partner with other key stakeholders within engineering in developing a comprehensive data and BI strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Define data governance practices, data access control, compliance, and quality standards.
• Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs) for new data technologies and frameworks.
• Own the architectural review process and guidance to development teams on data-related projects.
• Establish and ensure best patterns and practices for ORM usage (Entity Framework and others) and SQL optimization, according to business needs.
• Evaluate and recommend where AI/ML can enhance data-driven decision-making.
• Stay current with modern data engineering trends, cloud-native architectures, and big data platforms.
• Actively participate and take ownership of Data Architecture artifacts via ADR process.
• Drive AI adoption by introducing and guiding teams in leveraging AI capabilities within the data engineering space to enhance internal efficiency, innovation, and decision-making in everyday workflows.
• Liaison between technology and product teams assisting teams in translating business requirements into tangible architectures that meet business needs now in and in the future.
• Design data architectures that accurately reflect and support evolving complex product and business processes and are required by our customer base.
• Lead data architecture initiatives, collaborating with cross functional teams, from concept through implementation, including governance and quality frameworks.
• Identify opportunities for predictive analytics and advanced modeling.
• Support and promote the company values through positive interactions with both internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Other strategic business initiatives or special cross-functional project involvement as required.

Data Architect

• Evolving data infrastructure and data analytics capabilities
• Building architecturally-sound data systems and pipelines for analytics and data science
• Leading full stack development projects
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Managing data logistics including specifications, transfers, and structures
• Accessing, extracting, and transforming data from various sources using tools like Hadoop, Spark, and SQL
• Supporting analytical proof of concepts and tool exploration
• Developing scalable ETL pipelines and ensuring data quality and reliability
• Assisting in Agile/Lean methodologies and DevOps practices

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