Staff Data Systems Architect

The role

You will own the end-to-end systems design of the MyFitnessPal product data stack. You will develop the systems architecture roadmap and coordinate data contributions across multiple engineering teams.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end systems design of the MyFitnessPal product data stack
• Develop, drive, and maintain the systems architecture roadmap for the product data stack
• Serve as the primary point of contact in Data Platform for the consolidated data stack
• Define and govern event tracking architecture
• Define and enforce data movement and standardization discipline across the stack
• Lead architecture review of new tool decisions and vendor vetting
• Contribute to the compliance architecture for user data
• Administer access and licensing across the data stack
• Document and evangelize architecture decisions, standards, and ownership models

Required qualifications

• 8 - 12+ years in systems design, architecture, or engineering roles
• 3 - 5 years designing end-to-end data platform architecture at the architect / staff level
• Experience architecting the integrations of a modern customer data stack
• Experience in Snowflake or similar cloud data platform
• Experience leading vendor evaluations, tool consolidations, or platform migrations
• Experience implementing data governance, security, and compliance frameworks
• Demonstrated experience defining architecture standards adopted across a team or organization
• Experience designing and governing event tracking schemas and taxonomies
• Cost-conscious ownership of infrastructure and vendor spend

Nice to have

• Experience deploying semantic layer and metrics layer best practices via dbt or similar tooling
• Experience with data cataloging/governance tools (e.g., Secoda, Snowflake Horizon) and metadata stewardship programs
• Experience in high velocity experimentation organizations
• Advanced SQL knowledge and experience
• Experience working in consumer-facing subscription app environments
• Experience making governed data safely available to AI assistants and agents

Benefits

• Healthcare, dental, and vision benefits
• Parental planning
• Mental health benefits
• Annual performance bonus
• 401(k) plan and match
• Responsible time off
• Monthly wellness and technology allowances
• 2 days per calendar year for volunteer service
• Mentorship program
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Assistance for fertility-related matters
• MyFitnessPal Premium access

Before you apply

• MyFitnessPal participates in E-Verify

About the company

MyFitnessPal provides tools, resources and support to enable users to reach their health goals. The company builds and maintains mobile applications, a web application, and a large nutrition database.