Staff Data Systems Architect

Description

At MyFitnessPal, we believe good health starts with what you eat. We provide tools, resources and support to enable users to reach their health goals.

We are looking for a Staff Data Systems Architect to join the MyFitnessPal Data Engineering team. Our users rely on MyFitnessPal to power their health and fitness journeys every day. As a member of our MyFitnessPal Engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to positively impact those users with your expertise in the backend systems that drive the MyFitnessPal ecosystem. In addition to technical expertise, you’ll find that your teammates value collaboration, mentorship, and inclusive environments.

MyFitnessPal encourages innovation and adoption of the latest technologies available to deliver an amazing experience for our members. Our diverse team of brilliant technologists builds and maintains native mobile applications, a web application, the world’s largest nutrition database, constantly evolving data science and AI/ML assets, the backend infrastructure and data platform required to support these applications and databases, as well as the business systems and data required to manage an awesome company. Technologies and languages we work with include: Airflow, Snowflake, dbt, Git Hub, PlanetScale, Elasticsearch, Scala, Python, SQL, Amplitude, Appsflyer, Kubernetes, Kafka, Docker, Okta and Claude Code. We care more about your general engineering skills and technical leadership than your knowledge of a specific language and or framework.

What you'll be doing:

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

Requirements

• 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 (e.g. Amplitude, Eppo, Harness, AppsFlyer, Braze)
• 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
• Preferred Qualifications:
• 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, including exposure/assignment pipelines and experiment metric governance
• Advanced SQL knowledge and experience
• Experience working in consumer-facing subscription app environments, with an understanding of acquisition, retention, and engagement metrics
• Experience making governed data safely available to AI assistants and agents — AI-ready data models, agent context, and guardrailed access patterns
• Values you’ll model
• Be Kind and Care — build with empathy; assume positive intent; support teammates and members.
• Live Good Health — champion healthy habits and balance in how we work and what we ship.
• Be Data-Inspired — ground decisions in research and data; measure what matters.
• Champion Change — lean into ambiguity; iterate, learn, and improve continuously.
• Leave it Better than You Found It — raise quality, clarify systems, and document as you go.
• Make It Happen — bias to action; deliver impact with craft and accountability.
• The reasonably estimated salary for this role at MyFitnessPal ranges from $160,000 - $220,000 . Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, MyFitnessPal offers a wide range of comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, parental planning, mental health benefits, annual performance bonus, a 401(k) plan and match, responsible time off, monthly wellness and technology allowances, and others.
• Exciting Full-Time Employee Benefits, Perks and Culture
• Face-to-Face Connections : We value personal connections. Enjoy opportunities to meet and connect with your team members in person to help forge meaningful relationships that extend beyond the virtual realm. Teams meet as often as needed and all of MyFitnessPal gathers annually.
• Flexibility At Its Best: Achieve the work-life balance you deserve. Enjoy a flexible time-off policy with our Responsible Time Off benefit.
• Give Back: Use your volunteer days off to support what matters most to you. Each full time teammate receives 2 days per calendar year to give back to their community through service.
• Mentorship Program: Take control of your career through our mentorship program where, if you’d like, you will be matched with a teammate who can help you scale your skills and propel your growth.
• Family-Friendly Support : Embrace the journey with confidence and care. Enjoy our paid maternity and paternity leave, to provide time to balance family responsibilities with your career and take the time needed to strengthen family relationships. We understand the complexities of starting or expanding a family, which is why we provide best-in-class comprehensive assistance for fertility-related matters.
• Wellness Comes First : Live Good Health is one of our core values. Receive a monthly Wellness Allowance, empowering you to focus on your physical and mental well-being by choosing from a range of wellness initiatives, including dedicated mental health days.
• Celebrate Greatness: Your hard work deserves recognition! Our reward and recognition platform empowers peers to acknowledge and reward each other for the exceptional contributions they make.
• Elevate Your Health & Fitness: Get access to MyFitnessPal Premium, allowing you to take your fitness, health and wellness journey to new heights.
• Unlock Your Potential: Access our virtual learning and development library, and participate in training opportunities to continuously grow and enhance your skills.
• Championing Inclusion : Our dedicated DEI Committee actively fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace by setting actionable goals and evaluating progress across the organization.
• Healthcare Matters: Your well-being is our priority. Take advantage of our competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits that cater to your holistic healthcare needs. Feel secure and supported on your wellness journey.
• Secure Your Future: Benefit from our retirement savings program, giving you peace of mind for your financial goals. Reach them sooner with MyFitnessPal’s competitive employer match.
• At MyFitnessPal, our mission is to enable people to make healthy choices. And it wouldn't be possible without our team. We celebrate the unique POV that each person brings to the table and believe in a collaborative and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, military or veteran status, sex, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability. These are our guiding ideologies and apply across all aspects of employment.