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We recognize that without coaches, parents, and volunteers, organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community, we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports.\nSo if you love sports and their community-building potential, or building cool products is your sport, GameChanger is the team for you. We are a remote-first, dynamic tech company based in New York City, and we are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today.\nThe Position:\nEvery pitch scored, game streamed, and subscription started in GameChanger becomes data that the rest of the company runs on. The Data Engineering team builds the platform that collects that data for analytics use cases and puts it to work for our commercial and product teams. As a Staff Data Engineer, you’ll set technical direction, lead complex initiatives across teams, and stay hands-on building data systems and self-service frameworks. You’ll partner with engineering and business teams to anticipate their needs, strengthen the platform, and enable new capabilities. You’ll also lead the adoption of AI-assisted development practices that help data teams deliver faster and with greater confidence.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nSet multi-quarter technical direction for the data platform, in partnership with the Data Engineering Manager. Turn project ideas into execution plans and drive clarity and alignment on scope on large ambiguous cross-functional projects.\n\nBuild relationships and regularly meet with technical and non-technical partners to support their goals and understand where your intervention is a priority. Lead advocacy conversations/training to influence adoption.\n\nArchitect and build scalable, robust and efficient data platforms serving analytic and operational needs across the organization. Review relevant specs and PRs across the company to influence strong design decisions.\n\nChampion the changes that will enable AI-assisted self-service analytics and AI-assisted development\n\nImprove existing systems' performance, observability, reliability, and scalability, identifying new infrastructure and software patterns as needed\n\nRaise the bar for the company. Share your knowledge through technical documentation, code reviews, tech talks, mentoring, and proposing new standards.\n\nTake part in DE’s on-call rotation. Debug and troubleshoot complex problems across multiple systems and services.\n\nWho You Are:\nYou are an AI-forward engineer, excited by the new possibilities and challenges created by the adoption of AI.\n\nYou are an excellent communicator, written and verbally, proficient in tailoring your message to your audience, and can influence without direct authority.\n\nYou prioritize the success and growth of the team ahead of individual ego and genuinely enjoy helping others learn and improve.\n\nYou are naturally curious and self-motivated to bring new tools and techniques to the team.\n\nWhat You’ll Bring:\n8+ years building data or backend systems, including experience with leading technical work that spans multiple teams\n\nExpertise with AI-assisted software development\n\nExpertise in Python for data pipelines and maintainable production software\n\nExpertise with SQL and cloud data warehousing in Snowflake or BigQuery.\n\nExperience building software systems, or partnering closely with the teams who do\n\nProficient with containers and orchestration tools, preferably Airflow\n\nProficient with IaC tools like Terraform.\n\nProficient with K8s/Kafka and streaming data pipelines\n\nProficient with cloud computing services such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.\n\nBonus Points:\nPrior experience with building CDC platforms, front-end behavior tracking, MLOps platforms, or AI self-service tooling\n\nPerks:\nWork remotely throughout the US* or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.\n\nUnlimited vacation policy.\n\nPaid volunteer opportunities.\n\nTechnology stipend - $4,000 every 2 years after your start to make sure you have the latest and greatest technology.\n\nWFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.\n\nLearning stipend - $500 annually towards continued development.\n\nMonthly physical, mental, wellness & learning stipend offered through Holisticly.\n\nMonthly lifestyle stipend offered through Fringe.\n\nFull health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.\n\nRetirement savings - Traditional and Roth 401K plans are offered through Vanguard, with an immediate company match.\n\nLife insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.\n\nDisability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.\n\nCompany paid parental leave - up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.\n\nFamily building benefits offered through Progyny.\n\nDICK'S Sporting Goods and their family of brands teammate discount.\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.\nThe target salary range for this position is between $170,000 and $185,000. This is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes incentive, equity, and benefits for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all teammate pay regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay.\nDICK’S Sporting Goods has company-wide practices to monitor and protect the company from significant compliance and monetary implications as it pertains to employer state tax liabilities. Due to said guidelines put in place, we are unable to hire in AK, DE, HI, IA, LA, MS, MT, OK, and SC.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.\nOur Interview Process & AI\nWe recognize that AI has become a common part of everyday life and professional work, and its use continues to evolve rapidly. Our perspective on AI in the hiring process will evolve as well. At this time, we ask that candidates please refrain from using AI tools during interviews and assessments, as we want to see your authentic self. We will clearly indicate if and when AI use is acceptable in the process. If you have any questions or need accommodations, we're here to help. Thanks for helping us keep the process fair and secure for everyone!\nIMPORTANT NOTICE: All official recruitment communications from GameChanger will come from an email address ending in @gc.com or . 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