<div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div>

<div>The AVL Technical Engineer is primarily responsible for providing continuous support of technical needs for campus teams and during campus launches, renovations and major technical updates. This role will act as a resource to staff by providing education and answering technical questions about organizational systems. This role will provide ticket support from the AVL inbox and ensure all campus needs addressed and resolved by weekend services and Switch. The AVL Technical Engineer utilizes their skillset to deliver outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div>

AVL Technical Engineer

<div>The AVL Support Specialist is primarily responsible for providing continuous support of technical needs for campus teams and during campus launches, renovations and major technical updates. This role will act as a resource to staff by providing education and answering technical questions about organizational systems. This role will provide ticket support from the AVL inbox and ensure all campus needs addressed and resolved by weekend services and Switch. The AVL Support Specialist utilizes their skillset to deliver outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div>

AVL Support Specialist

<div>The Staff Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software for each platform and product they support and will approve code created by junior or mid-level engineers. This role will partner with other engineers to offer guidance on best practices, ensure that tasks are well thought out and documented and that the team has the same technical strategy. The Staff Engineer utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div><br></div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><div><br><strong>What You'll Do</strong></div><ul><li>Develop organizational software by using the appropriate tools and techniques for each platform in span of care.</li><li>Collaborate with various teams and team members to determine the technical approach and to organize development plans.</li><li>Evaluate complexity of tasks and provide realistic estimates on level of effort and completion time.</li><li>Manage the release process of any software changes.</li><li>Oversee contractors, vendors, and/or volunteers who are working within the domain of Life.Church products.</li><li>Provide support to other Interactive engineers through code and architectural reviews.</li><li>Partner with junior and mid-level engineers to offer training and guidance on best practices.</li><li>Help ensure that other engineers are moving in the same technical direction.</li><li>Maintain strategic outlook to plan for future development of processes and team.</li><li>Provide technical support on escalated software issues.</li><li>Research industry best practices and new technologies or tools that could be implemented at Life.Church.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Skills Needed to Succeed</strong></div><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, or related field preferred.</li><li>3+ years of related work experience.</li><li>Expert in Java (Kotlin preferred) &amp; modern development frameworks, including Spring Kotlin.</li><li>Experience with secrets management, background job scheduling systems, and familiarity with Microsoft SQL.</li><li>Experience in cloud platforms, such as GCP and cloud technologies, such as Cloud Function, and Kubernetes.</li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to maintain relationships and partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations.</li><li>Own technical design for projects and understands, and articulates, the tradeoffs in creating high-quality software.</li></ul>

Staff Engineer - APIs

<div>The Site Reliability Engineer is primarily responsible for ensuring the integrity, functionality, and reliability of the applications and platforms operated by Life.Church. This role will develop software, perform regular maintenance, and partner with senior-level engineers to handle escalated issues. The Site Reliability Engineer is also responsible for researching industry best practices and stewarding resources for the team. This role utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><div><br><strong>What You'll Do</strong></div><ul><li>Develop and maintain software to support network operations and ensure seamless deployments.</li><li>Determine solutions that meet business needs while defining short and long-term goals.</li><li>Limit system downtime by defining and enforcing standards for incident responses.</li><li>Perform regular maintenance and monitoring for organizational infrastructure systems.</li><li>Effectively respond to escalated site reliability issues any time of the day while on-call.</li><li>Collaborate with Senior Site Reliability Engineers to respond to escalated issues.</li><li>Conduct regular research on best practices and new technology for implementation.</li><li>Define and enforce process documentation procedures and hand-off guidelines.</li><li>Monitor costs for both infrastructure and development for site reliability.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Skills Needed to Succeed</strong></div><ul><li>Excellent verbal, written, and oral communication skills to clearly explain complicated processes and foster partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>High School Diploma or GED.</li><li>3+years of work-related experience.</li></ul><div><br><strong><em>Please include a portfolio or a link to your past work when submitting your application.&nbsp;</em></strong></div>

Site Reliability Engineer

<div>The Senior Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software for each platform and product they support and will approve code created by junior or mid-level engineers. This role will partner with other engineers to offer guidance on best practices, ensure that tasks are well thought out and documented and that the team has the same technical strategy. The Staff Engineer utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div><br></div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>Develop organizational software by using the appropriate tools and techniques for each platform in span of care.</li><li>Collaborate with various teams and team members to determine the technical approach and to organize development plans.</li><li>Evaluate complexity of tasks and provide realistic estimates on level of effort and completion time.</li><li>Manage the release process of any software changes.</li><li>Oversee contractors, vendors, and/or volunteers who are working within the domain of Life.Church products.</li><li>Provide support to other Interactive engineers through code and architectural reviews.</li><li>Partner with junior and mid-level engineers to offer training and guidance on best practices.</li><li>Help ensure that other engineers are moving in the same technical direction.</li><li>Maintain strategic outlook to plan for future development of processes and team.</li><li>Provide technical support on escalated software issues.</li><li>Research industry best practices and new technologies or tools that could be implemented at <a href="http://life.church/">Life.Church</a>.</li></ul><h3>Skills Needed to Succeed</h3><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, or related field preferred.</li><li>3+ years of related work experience.</li><li>Proficient in web technologies, such as Ruby, Ruby on Rails framework, Active Record, CRUD architecture, MVC architecture, background/worker systems such as sidekiq</li><li>Also experienced in Javascript, Coffeescript, and CSS frameworks such as SASS, SCSS, or <a href="http://tailwind.js/">Tailwind.js</a></li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to maintain relationships and partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations.</li><li>Own technical design for projects and understands, and articulates, the tradeoffs in creating high-quality software.</li></ul>

Senior Software Engineer

<div>The Staff Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software for The Church Online Platform and will lead technical direction for a given area as well as approve code created by junior or mid-level engineers. This role will partner with other engineers to offer guidance on best practices, ensure that tasks are well thought out and documented and that the team has the same technical strategy. The Staff Engineer utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity. It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div><br></div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><div><br><strong>What You'll Do</strong></div><ul><li>As part of the Church Online Platform team, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining the APIs and systems that enable thousands of churches to share the good news worldwide</li><li>Collaborate with product managers and designers to understand and assess feasibility and translate business requirements into deliverable solutions</li><li>Lead technical technical strategy and architecture for Church Online Platform</li><li>Review and test existing code-base or technical integrations for various projects.</li><li>Provide support to other engineers by reviewing, testing, and approving code/software development.</li><li>Partner with contractors and vendors in advancing the product</li><li>Help ensure that other engineers are moving in the same technical direction.</li><li>Maintain strategic outlook to plan for future development of processes and team.</li><li>Provide technical support on escalated software issues.</li><li>Research industry best practices and new technologies or tools that could be implemented at Life.Church.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Skills Needed to Succeed</strong></div><ul><li>Proficient in modern server technologies, such as Python, Ruby, and Node.</li><li>Experience in cloud platforms, such as GCP</li><li>Experience in cloud technologies, such as Cloud PubSub, Cloud Tasks, and Kubernetes</li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to maintain relationships and partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations.</li><li>Experience working with high-throughput systems, where milliseconds matter</li><li>Own technical design for projects and understand, and articulate, the tradeoffs in creating high-quality software.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science preferred.</li><li>3+ years of related work experience</li></ul>

Ruby Staff Engineer

<div>The Church to Church Product Manager is responsible for driving digital product development for Life.Church tools that serve pastors and leaders. This role drives a cross-functional team in solution delivery by leveraging data insights and anticipating challenges to achieve effective outcomes.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Church to Church Team equips pastors and leaders worldwide with free resources. Through Life.Church Open Network, pastors can access more than 80,000 digital church resources that help them reach the communities they’re called to reach. <em>The Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast</em> equips leaders of every kind to grow through practical, personal, powerful leadership teaching.</div><div><br><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></div><ul><li>Lead the creation of detailed product requirements, direction, design, and outomes for the Open Network platform</li><li>Collaborate with leaders to advance the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast site, craiggroeschel.com, and other ministry areas.</li><li>Effectively communicate with leadership, stakeholders, Digital Product Team, and users in various mediums.</li><li>Lead strong with data, uncovering key insights, tracking Key Performance Indicators (KPI), visualizing dashboards, and validating opportunities and success.</li><li>Become the acknowledged product expert on product data, users, organizational goals constraints, and the broader industry and tech landscape.</li><li>Steward engineering budget toward priority projects.</li><li>Maintain excellence in the site by correcting bugs, UI/UX issues, etc.</li><li>Research and implement new integrations, software, and third-party services as needed.</li><li>Analyze the pastor and leader audiences of Open.Life.Church and the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast by studying user stories and focus groups.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Skills Needed to Succeed</strong></div><ul><li>Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions, and solve problems.</li><li>Ability to manage conflict and differing opinions while maintaining composure.</li><li>Ability to lead through pastoral conversations with pastors and church leaders.</li><li>Maintain flexibility and initiate the creation of new processes and project strategies.</li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to foster collaboration.</li><li>Strong leadership skills and understanding of developing and guiding others.</li><li>Familiarity with product management tools such as Tableau, Google Analytics 4, Hubspot, Algolia, Amplitude, Figma, Craft, and/or Magnolia.</li><li>Bachelor’s Degree.</li><li>5 years of related work experience.</li></ul>

Product Manager

<div>The Marketing Manager is responsible for equipping pastors and leaders with free quality resources offered through Life.Church Open Network, the Church Online Platform, and the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast. This role will lead the marketing efforts for Open Network and Church Online Platform and support Church to Church and Life.Church initiatives. This role supports the team's direction, initiatives, and ministry efforts to achieve outcomes that further Life.Church’s mission and reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Church to Church Team equips pastors and leaders worldwide with free resources. Through Life.Church Open Network, pastors can access more than 90,000 digital church resources that help them reach the communities they’re called to reach. The <em>Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast</em> equips leaders of every kind to grow through practical, personal, powerful leadership teaching. And through the Church Online Platform, churches can stream their worship services online every week, reaching their local communities and people around the world.</div><div><br><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></div><ul><li>Lead development of growth-focused marketing plan and execute plan via email, social media, digital marketing, video, blog, case studies, SEO/SEM, PR, and more</li><li>Ideate and execute key messaging that tells the story of what Open Network and the Church Online Platform are and what God is doing through them</li><li>Develop and implement social media strategy for Open Network and the Church Online Platform, and develop key performance indicators for social media tracking to ensure objectives are achieved (impressions, engagements, etc.)</li><li>Manage search performance, SEO/SEM health, and organic traffic opportunities and cultivate a healthy email list</li><li>Steward the Open Network and Church Online Platform brands and optimize topics and practices that increase their visibility as a relevant source of resources and inspiration in the church community</li><li>Manage and report on marketing data, stories of impact, projections, and performance—accountable for interpreting data and making recommendations to key stakeholders</li><li>Create and execute paid advertisement strategy across major platforms</li><li>Collaborate with leadership to determine annual, ongoing, and project-based key performance indicators</li><li>Ideate and support marketing efforts for Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast across teams</li><li>Work with the Creative Media team and other teams on the visual branding of Church to Church</li><li>Steward the marketing site for Church Online Platform and optimize landing pages around marketing initiatives</li><li>Collaborate with other Life.Church Communications and Press roles and outside ministries on integrated campaign</li><li>Collaborate with Life.Church or partner ministries to cultivate and release resources or training materials to serve pastors outside of Life.Church</li><li>Build strong partnerships with other teams and ministries to support effective collaboration</li><li>Host pastors and leaders as part of the Church to Church team</li><li>Champion cross-team projects and support campuses as needed</li><li>Support projects and events from the Directional Leadership Team’s office and other leaders as needed</li></ul><div><br><strong>Skills Needed to Succeed</strong></div><ul><li>Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions and problem solve with innovation</li><li>Effective at multi-tasking and time management to meet strict deadlines while remaining flexible and open to change</li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and oral communication skills to clearly explain complicated processes and foster partnerships</li><li>Strong leadership skills and understanding of developing and guiding others</li><li>Proficiency in trade tools like Hubspot, Sprout Social, GA4, Instagram, YouTube, etc.</li><li>Expertise in data analysis as pertains to marketing, trends, user behavior, ads, etc.</li><li>Storytelling skills — you use emotion, examples, and stories of impact to reinforce brand goals and value</li><li>Excellent project management skills and the ability to plan and execute multiple complex projects at the same time</li><li>Entrepreneurial, proactive spirit, and passion for helping churches grow stronger</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in communications, digital marketing, public relations, English, or a related field</li><li>5+ years of experience in marketing and communications for a professional services firm, agency, or technology company or similar experience in a ministry setting</li></ul>

Marketing Manager

<div>The Platform Engineer is primarily responsible for ensuring the integrity, functionality, and reliability of the applications and platforms operated by Life.Church. This role will develop software, perform regular maintenance, and partner with senior-level engineers to handle escalated issues. The Platform Engineer is also responsible for researching industry best practices and stewarding resources for the team. This role utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><div><br><strong>What You'll Do</strong></div><ul><li>Develop and maintain software to support network operations and ensure seamless deployments.</li><li>Determine solutions that meet business needs while defining short and long-term goals.</li><li>Limit system downtime by defining and enforcing standards for incident responses.</li><li>Perform regular maintenance and monitoring for organizational infrastructure systems.</li><li>Effectively respond to escalated site reliability issues any time of the day while on-call.</li><li>Collaborate with Senior Site Reliability Engineers to respond to escalated issues.</li><li>Conduct regular research on best practices and new technology for implementation.</li><li>Define and enforce process documentation procedures and hand-off guidelines.</li><li>Monitor costs for both infrastructure and development for site reliability.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Skills Needed to Succeed</strong></div><ul><li>Excellent verbal, written, and oral communication skills to clearly explain complicated processes and foster partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>High School Diploma or GED.</li><li>3+years of work-related experience.</li></ul><div><br><strong><em>Please include a portfolio or a link to your past work when submitting your application.&nbsp;</em></strong></div>

DevOps Engineer

<div>The Staff Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software for The Church Online Platform and will lead technical direction for a given area as well as approve code created by junior or mid-level engineers. This role will partner with other engineers to offer guidance on best practices, ensure that tasks are well thought out and documented and that the team has the same technical strategy. The Staff Engineer utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity. It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div><br></div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><div><br><strong>What You'll Do</strong></div><ul><li>As part of the Church Online Platform team, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining the APIs and systems that enable thousands of churches to share the good news worldwide</li><li>Collaborate with product managers and designers to understand and assess feasibility and translate business requirements into deliverable solutions</li><li>Lead technical technical strategy and architecture for Church Online Platform</li><li>Review and test existing code-base or technical integrations for various projects.</li><li>Provide support to other engineers by reviewing, testing, and approving code/software development.</li><li>Partner with contractors and vendors in advancing the product</li><li>Help ensure that other engineers are moving in the same technical direction.</li><li>Maintain strategic outlook to plan for future development of processes and team.</li><li>Provide technical support on escalated software issues.</li><li>Research industry best practices and new technologies or tools that could be implemented at Life.Church.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Skills Needed to Succeed</strong></div><ul><li>Proficient in modern server technologies, such as Python, Ruby, and Node.</li><li>Experience in cloud platforms, such as GCP</li><li>Experience in cloud technologies, such as Cloud PubSub, Cloud Tasks, and Kubernetes</li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to maintain relationships and partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations.</li><li>Experience working with high-throughput systems, where milliseconds matter</li><li>Own technical design for projects and understand, and articulate, the tradeoffs in creating high-quality software.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science preferred.</li><li>3+ years of related work experience</li></ul><div><br><strong><em>Please include a portfolio or a link to your past work in development/engineering when submitting your application. (Optional)</em></strong></div>

APIs Staff Engineer

<div>The Staff Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software for each platform and product they support and will approve code created by junior or mid-level engineers. This role will partner with other engineers to offer guidance on best practices, ensure that tasks are well thought out and documented and that the team has the same technical strategy. The Staff Engineer utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div><br></div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><div><br></div><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>Develop organizational software by using the appropriate tools and techniques for each platform in span of care.</li><li>Collaborate with various teams and team members to determine the technical approach and to organize development plans.</li><li>Evaluate complexity of tasks and provide realistic estimates on level of effort and completion time.</li><li>Manage the release process of any software changes.</li><li>Oversee contractors, vendors, and/or volunteers who are working within the domain of Life.Church products.</li><li>Provide support to other Interactive engineers through code and architectural reviews.</li><li>Partner with junior and mid-level engineers to offer training and guidance on best practices.</li><li>Help ensure that other engineers are moving in the same technical direction.</li><li>Maintain strategic outlook to plan for future development of processes and team.</li><li>Provide technical support on escalated software issues.</li><li>Research industry best practices and new technologies or tools that could be implemented at <a href="http://life.church/">Life.Church</a>.</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>Skills Needed to Succeed</h3><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, or related field preferred.</li><li>3+ years of related work experience.</li><li>Proficient in web technologies, such as Ruby, Ruby on Rails framework, Active Record, CRUD architecture, MVC architecture, background/worker systems such as sidekiq</li><li>Also experienced in Javascript, Coffeescript, and CSS frameworks such as SASS, SCSS, or <a href="http://tailwind.js/">Tailwind.js</a></li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to maintain relationships and partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations.</li><li>Own technical design for projects and understands, and articulates, the tradeoffs in creating high-quality software.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits We Offer</strong></div><div>- Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.</div><div>- Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.&nbsp;</div><div>- Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health.&nbsp;</div><div>- Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase.&nbsp;</div><div>- Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.</div><div>- Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.</div><div>- Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment!&nbsp;</div><div>-$160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.&nbsp;</div><div>- Casual dress and work environment.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Our Beliefs, Culture, and Commitment to Diversity</strong></div><div>At Life.Church, every staff member, and intern is a minister and is expected to engage in the church's ministry fully. We consider ministry readiness and an individual’s capacity to represent Life.Church’s beliefs as a minister during the selection process for all staff and intern positions. An essential function within every position held by a staff member or intern at Life.Church is to uphold and represent the beliefs of Life.Church.</div>

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