Product Technical Lead (Analytics Platform)

Samaritan's Purse; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site Medical Clinic

Flexible Spending Account

Long-term and Short-term disability

Paid Family Medical Leave

Term Life Insurance

401(k) retirement savings plan

10 paid holidays

12 vacation/personal days

Job summary

Samaritan's Purse is seeking a Product Technical Lead to join the Information Technology team in Irving, TX. The role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining a multi-tenant SaaS analytics platform with scalable, secure architecture and data pipelines.

You will lead a small development team, collaborate with the Product Owner, and drive CI/CD, automated testing, and secure coding practices while actively coding on core components.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, or related field with 7+ years in software engineering or data platform development.
• Deep expertise in modern software architecture including microservices, API design, cloud-native infra, and full-stack development across front-end, back-end, and database technologies.
• Proven leadership experience guiding and mentoring engineering teams while contributing hands-on to core components.
• Comfortable in agile, product-centered environments with the ability to pivot as priorities evolve.
• Experience building or supporting enterprise analytics platforms using Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Airflow, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, C#/.NET or Java, Tableau, Power BI, and D3.js.
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain a multi-tenant SaaS analytics platform with scalable, secure architecture and ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a small development team, fostering a collaborative, high-trust, high-performance culture.
• Partner with the Product Owner to translate user needs into technical plans and deliver maximum value through trade-off discussions.
• Drive engineering best practices including automated testing, CI/CD, secure coding, and performance monitoring, with hands-on coding on foundational components.
• Oversee deliverable quality, manage technical debt, lead retrospectives, and use engineering metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Software architecture

Microservices

API design

Cloud-native

Full-stack dev

Hands-on coding

Mentoring teams

Agile environments

ETL pipelines

Data platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Airflow

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

C#/.NET

Java

Tableau

Power BI

D3.js

Job description

Get Involved!

What do we believe?

Demonstrate Biblical Integrity

At Samaritan's Purse, the Gospel is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and prayer for each other, our staff, and volunteers who serve around the world. As a faith-driven organization, our Statement of Faith shapes every aspect of our global work.

We are seeking a Product Technical Lead to join our Information Technology team in Irving, TX. Through humanitarian work, the goal and purpose of Samaritan's Purse are to help people in Jesus' name and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

In the role of Product Technical Lead, you will have the opportunity to:

Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ

Design, build, and maintain a multi-tenant SaaS analytics platform with scalable, secure architecture and ETL/ELT data pipelines

Lead, mentor, and grow a small development team, fostering a collaborative, high-trust, high-performance culture

Partner with the Product Owner to translate user needs into technical plans and deliver maximum value through trade-off discussions

Drive engineering best practices including automated testing, CI/CD, secure coding, and performance monitoring, with hands‑on coding on foundational components

Oversee deliverable quality, manage technical debt, lead retrospectives, and use engineering metrics to drive continuous improvement

Other duties as assigned

What are the qualifications?

Serve with Excellence

As a qualified candidate, you will have the following skills and experience:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Science, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 7+ years in software engineering or data platform development

Deep expertise in modern software architecture including microservices, API design, cloud-native infrastructure, and full-stack development across front-end, back-end, and database technologies

Proven leadership experience guiding and mentoring engineering teams while contributing hands‑on to core components

Comfortable in agile, product-centered environments with the ability to pivot as priorities evolve

Experience building or supporting enterprise analytics platforms using technologies such as Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Apache Airflow, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, C#/.NET or Java, Tableau, Power BI, and D3.js

12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies preferred but not required

What are the benefits?

Walk in Bold Faith

Samaritan's Purse is proud to offer a competitive benefits package, including:

On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Long-term and Short-term disability insurance

Paid Family Medical Leave

Term Life Insurance

401(k) retirement savings plan

10 paid holidays

12 vacation/personal days

Type: Full-Time

Department: Information Technology

Location: Irving, TX

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Samaritan’s Purse is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity. All contributions designated for specific projects shall be applied to those projects, and we may assess up to 10 percent to be used for administering the gift. Occasionally, we receive more contributions for a given project than can be wisely applied to that project. When that happens, we use these funds to meet a similar pressing need.