Staff Data Systems Architect

permanent
Fully Remote

Only accepting applications from: United States

  • 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, coordinating contributions from Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, Product Analytics, and backend engineering teams
  • Define and enforce data movement and standardization discipline across the stack
  • Lead architecture review of new tool decisions, vetting vendors against the existing stack, surfacing duplication, and collaborating on proof-of-value evaluations
  • Contribute to the compliance architecture for user data, including PII tagging and a deletion/DSR policy by which every tool receiving user data is governed
  • Administer access and licensing across the data stack, maintaining a single view of spend and access
  • Document and evangelize architecture decisions, standards, and ownership models across the organization

Experience

  • 8 - 12+ years in systems design, architecture, or engineering roles, including 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 — product analytics, experimentation, attribution, and marketing activation tools
  • Experience in Snowflake or similar cloud data platform, including performance tuning, cost optimization, and role-based access design
  • Experience leading vendor evaluations, tool consolidations, or platform migrations
  • Experience implementing data governance, security, and compliance frameworks, including PII handling and deletion/DSR workflows across multiple destinations
  • Demonstrated experience defining architecture standards adopted across a team or organization, and enforcing them through automation rather than manual review
  • Cost-conscious ownership of infrastructure and vendor spend, balancing performance and reliability against cost
  • Proven ability to drive architecture decisions across teams and organizations
  • Experience deploying semantic layer and metrics layer best practices via dbt or similar tooling
  • Experience with data cataloging/governance tools and metadata stewardship programs
  • Advanced SQL knowledge and experience

Salary and Perks

Pay range: $160K - $220K

  • Healthcare, including medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Parental planning and paid maternity/paternity leave
  • Mental health benefits
  • Annual performance bonus
  • 401(k) plan and employer match
  • Responsible time off
  • Monthly wellness allowance
  • Technology allowance
  • Mentorship program
  • Volunteer days off
  • Recognition platform
  • MyFitnessPal Premium access
  • Virtual learning and development library
  • Diverse and inclusive workplace initiatives

About MyFitnessPal

MyFitnessPal provides tools that make it easy for everyone to live a healthier life by tracking meals and physical activity.

MyFitnessPal provides tools that make it easy for everyone to live a healthier life by tracking meals and physical activity.

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