GoFundMe

Staff Data Engineer, Analytics Engineering at GoFundMe (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

GoFundMe· Buenos Aires, Argentina·

Role details

Level
Staff

Job description

Want to help us help others? We’re hiring!

GoFundMe is the world’s most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place, GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves and each other. Together, our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.

Join us! The GoFundMe team is searching for our next Staff Data Engineer to join our Analytics Engineering squad within the Data team. In this role, you’ll help make our data reliable, high-performing, and easy to use for analysts, scientists, engineers and business teams. You’ll also explore using AI to assist our team in building and maintaining data models, ensuring we move fast without sacrificing quality. You’ll have a unique chance to own the normalized layer, improve how we monitor and test our models, and shape the way our analytics work at the company.

This is a hybrid position. Candidates considered for this role will be located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Job

  • Own and improve our normalized data layer, ensuring consistency, scalability, and high performance.
  • Build automated tests and monitoring to catch issues before they reach production.
  • Work closely with engineers, analysts and scientists to ensure data pipelines and models produce accurate, consistent, and well-structured data, coordinating on model design, testing, and quality checks to support reliable reporting and analytics.
  • Contribute to warehouse performance and cost optimization, helping ensure queries are fast, reliable and efficient.
  • Explore ways to use AI to help the team design models, generate code suggestions, review changes, and detect anomalies.
  • Maintain clear documentation and standards so everyone on the team can move fast with confidence.

You

  • 8+ years as a data engineer crafting, developing and maintaining business data warehouse alternatives consisting of structured and unstructured data.
  • Proficiency with building and orchestrating data pipelines using ETL/data preparation tools.
  • Strong SQL and python skills.
  • Experience with data observability, automated testing, and monitoring frameworks.
  • Comfortable with Snowflake performance tuning and managing large datasets.
  • Collaborative and proactive — you like helping teams move faster and more reliably.
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken).
  • Familiarity with BI tools (Looker, Hex, Mode, Tableau) and semantic layers.
  • DBT experience.

Preferred

  • Experience with AI tools like GitHub Copilot, OpenAI API, or LangChain to assist engineering workflows.
  • Experience working with Snowflake or Databricks a plus

Why you’ll love it here

  • Make an Impact: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year.
  • Innovative Environment: Work with a diverse, passionate, and talented team in a fast-paced, forward-thinking atmosphere.
  • Collaborative Team: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together.
  • Competitive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits.
  • Holistic Support: Enjoy financial assistance for things like hybrid work, family planning, along with generous parental leave, flexible time-off policies, and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being.
  • Growth Opportunities: Participate in learning, development, and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow.
  • Commitment to DEI: Contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups.
  • Community Engagement: Make a difference through our volunteering and Gives Back programs.

We live by our core values: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose. Be a part of something bigger with us!

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, or military or veteran status.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact us at accommodationrequests@gofundme.com.

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Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or certain US privacy laws may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is availablehere. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required.

Learn more about GoFundMe:

We’re proud to partner withGoFundMe.org, an independent public charity, to extend the reach and impact of our generous community, while helping drive critical social change. You can learn more about GoFundMe.org’s activities and impact in theirFY ‘24 annual report.

Ourannual “Year in Help” report reflects our community’s impact in advancing our mission of helping people help each other.

For recent company news and announcements, visit ourNewsroom.

Why work at GoFundMe

  • Culture & Recognition: 88% of employees say GoFundMe is a great place to work (vs. 57% at a typical US company) greatplacetowork.com. Named a Best Workplace multiple times (e.g., #1 Best Medium Workplaces 2016).
  • Mission-Driven: Employees report feeling good about the company’s community contribution (95% agree) greatplacetowork.com.
  • Remote & Hybrid: Most roles are remote; offices in Redwood City, San Diego, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Dublin, and London. Many positions are fully remote.
  • Comprehensive Benefits (from welcometothejungle.com):
    • Enhanced parental leave, 401(k) matching, $600 annual fitness/wellness reimbursement
    • 100% employee health insurance premium coverage (80% for dependents)
    • Weekly massages, standing desks, dog-friendly offices, fully stocked kitchens
    • 10 paid holidays, 17 days accrued vacation, unlimited sick time, 3 volunteer days
    • Caltrain GoPasses for Bay Area commuters, $50/month transit/parking subsidy
    • “Gives Back” program – employees nominate fundraisers for weekly donations
  • DEIB: Strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging with employee resource groups and inclusive initiatives gofundme.com/c/careers.
  • Growth & Learning: Access to Udemy, guest speakers, internal brown bag sessions, and development programs.

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