Senior Data Engineer

Who We Are

At Murmuration, we believe that America’s promise is shaped and reshaped by the best ideas and ideals of its communities and the dreams of the people who believe in a better life for themselves, their families, and each other.

We help organizations build power in their communities in four key ways: we organize a network of values-aligned partners; we provide deep, data-driven insights into people, places, and perspectives; we develop tools that make organizing and engagement easy and more effective; and we offer services that strengthen our partners’ capacity to build power and lead change in their communities.

We envision an America where every community has what it needs to help people lead healthy, free, and dignified lives. We work to redesign the systems and structures we all depend on — how we learn, live, govern, and solve problems — so that they are just, equitable, resilient, and rooted in shared responsibility. By strengthening the ties that hold communities together, we aim for civic life defined by collective action and care, with effective leadership that truly represents everyone.

We are a collaborative, curious, and creative team of organizers, scientists, teachers, technologists, campaign veterans, and more who share the unwavering belief that we can use our gifts in service of transforming America — together. We’ve built our team guided by the belief that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. And so we support each other relentlessly — rallying together to face challenges the same way we celebrate each other’s wins.

About the Position

Do you see yourself as a collaborative technical leader who bridges teams, anticipates challenges, and designs scalable data systems that drive impact?

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain the core data platform and data pipelines that power Murmuration’s Organizer web application - a tool our users rely on to organize and engage with their communities. You will take ownership of complex projects, from streaming data and live entity resolution to batch load processing, using your advanced knowledge of scalable systems to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance.

As a senior individual contributor, you’ll provide technical leadership for your team: shaping architecture, mentoring others, solving complex coding and data model challenges, and collaborating closely with engineers and product partners to deliver features that directly empower our users to make an impact in their communities.

Job Level:  P4

What You’ll Do:

• Build and deliver reliable, well-tested, and maintainable data software aligned with specifications and designs;
• Own your work end-to-end, from architecting to coding to releasing to production, with a focus on long-term stability and maintainability;
• Lead feature development, breaking complex implementations into manageable steps and ensuring quality at every stage;
• Serve as an expert on the data platform, representing your team when collaborating with other engineering groups;
• Shape technical direction by presenting and defending design proposals in demos, reviews, and architecture discussions;
• Continuously improve systems by identifying performance optimizations and reducing technical debt;
• Contribute to team practices through Agile ceremonies—refining tickets, leading retrospectives, and demoing your work; and
• Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical coaching.