<div>Word on Fire Catholic Ministries exists to draw people into the body of Christ, which is the Church, and thereby give them access to all the gifts that Jesus wants his people to enjoy. To be most effective in this mission, Word on Fire places an emphasis and urgency on the use of contemporary forms of media and innovative communication technologies.</div>

<div><strong>Reports to Senior Director of Technology &amp; Information</strong></div><div><br>The Data Engineer III or IV at Word on Fire is pivotal in designing, constructing, installing, testing, and maintaining highly scalable data management systems. This role ensures that all data pipelines are scalable, repeatable, and secure, and can serve multiple users within the organization. The Data Engineer III or IV will collaborate closely with IT, software developers, and organizational leaders to build tailored data solutions that support the mission of Word on Fire.</div><div><br><strong>Location:</strong> Irving</div><div><strong>Employment Type:</strong> Full-time</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Responsibilities</strong></div><ul><li>Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and build out new integrations to support continuing increases in data volume and complexity</li><li>Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency, and workload management</li><li>Implement processes and systems to monitor data quality, ensuring production data is always accurate and available for key business processes that depend on it</li><li>Design data modeling processes to create algorithms and predictive models; model key ministry relational data to ensure it is structured, sufficiently normalized, and enables performant access</li><li>Design and construct large relational databases</li><li>Gather requirements and business processes from multiple sources, including feature requests, and product feedback to prioritize data and information requirements; align data architecture with business requirements</li><li>Train and mentor members of the organization on data organization, security, access, and reporting</li><li>Assist ministry data analysts with creating dashboards and reports, ensuring they have access and understanding of the underlying data structures</li><li>Write and maintain a data dictionary or data documentation to communicate data structure to the rest of the ministry</li><li>Use Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) tools to combine and organize data from multiple sources</li><li>Comply with data governance and security requirements</li><li>Manage assigned projects using project management software, communicating with leadership and other teams on available bandwidth, any blocking items, and completed tasks</li></ul><div><br><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering with 4-6 years of experience as a professional software engineer/developer; or 6-8 years of experience as a professional software engineer/developer</li><li>Expert knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL or Postgres</li><li>Strong analytic skills related to working with structured and unstructured datasets</li><li>Proficiency with data pipeline and workflow management tools</li><li>Proficiency is using Business Intelligence software</li><li>Proficiency with object-oriented languages such as Python, PHP, JavaScript, etc.</li><li>Proficiency of data structures, algorithms, and system design</li><li>Experience with working with Cloud compute and storage resources</li><li>Proficiency in basic software project management principles</li><li>Familiarity in using Git to manage code repositories and how to manage code development with a team</li><li>Commitment to the mission of Word on Fire</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Desired Qualifications</strong></div><ul><li>Experience building and optimizing ‘big data’ data pipelines, architectures, and data sets</li><li>Experience with using MySQL to handle millions of rows per table.</li><li>Experience with a business intelligence tool such as Tableau.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience with Google Cloud Platform.</li><li>Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.</li><li>Strong project management and organizational skills</li><li>Experience with machine learning and artificial intelligence</li><li>Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment</li><li>Experience with data governance and privacy laws</li><li>Experience with PHP and Laravel</li><li>Familiarity with the work of Bishop Robert Barron and Word on Fire</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Mission</strong></div><div>Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is a nonprofit global media apostolate that supports the work of Bishop Robert Barron and reaches millions of people to draw them into—or back to—the Catholic faith.</div><div>Word on Fire is founded upon and intent on prioritizing its Catholic religious mission and principles above all else. Word on Fire's religious mission may therefore require that it make employment decisions based on an individual's religion and adherence to the principles of the Catholic Church.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Employee Benefits</strong></div><div>Word on Fire offers its team members a robust benefits package that includes:</div><ul><li>Competitive compensation</li><li>Work-from-home Wednesdays and up to 20 additional work-from-home days throughout the year</li><li>Several 100% Word on Fire-paid insurance benefits: life, short-term disability, and long-term disability</li><li>Other insurance benefits: medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity</li><li>A retirement plan with a 3% target employer contribution</li><li>Generous paid time off and paid holidays</li><li>Paid parental leaves at 100% of base salary</li><li>Access to Word on Fire’s incredible wealth of content and resources and more!</li></ul>

Data Engineer III or IV

<div><strong>Reports to Senior Digital Design Manager</strong></div><div>The Junior Graphic Designer works under the leadership of Word on Fire’s Senior Digital Design Manager to create graphics for digital distribution according to pre-established templates. The Junior Graphic Designer creates graphics for all areas of the ministry’s outreach, but specifically for use on the website, the Word on Fire Institute, and all social media channels.</div><div><strong>Location:</strong> Remote</div><div><strong>Employment Type:</strong> Full-time</div><div><em>Please submit samples of your work with your application.</em></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Responsibilities</strong></div><ul><li>Produce graphics associated with the marketing of new products via email, digital ads, and through dedicated landing pages</li><li>Create product mockups for marketing outlets according to pre-established standards&nbsp;</li><li>Creatively formulate thumbnail and social media graphics to promote products and events&nbsp;</li><li>Review the products listed in our ecommerce platform (Shopify) and the WOF Store pages for design consistency&nbsp;</li><li>Assist with the creation of&nbsp; web and social media graphics daily for new resources from all areas of the ministry&nbsp;</li><li>Select art to accompany graphics that is in line with the Word on Fire ethos and established style</li><li>Contribute to the ministry’s print and product design needs including the <em>Evangelization &amp; Culture</em> journal, flyers for marketing and promotion, direct mail pieces, etc.</li><li>Design slide deck presentations according to brand templates and standards</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ul><li>Commitment to the mission of Word on Fire</li><li>Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop</li><li>Results-oriented, independent self-starter, and expert time manager</li><li>Organizational skills and close attention to detail</li><li>Ability to mimic WOF style and ethos through the selection of art and various typefaces to be used in publications</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Desired Qualifications</strong></div><ul><li>1-2 years of similar experience</li><li>Familiarity with the work of Bishop Robert Barron and Word on Fire</li><li>Knowledge of social media trends, styles, and expressions</li><li>Experience with Adobe Indesign</li><li>Experience with Google Slides, Keynote, and PowerPoint</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Mission</strong></div><div>Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is a nonprofit global media apostolate that supports the work of Bishop Robert Barron and reaches millions of people to draw them into—or back to—the Catholic faith.</div><div>Word on Fire is founded upon and intent on prioritizing its Catholic religious mission and principles above all else. Word on Fire's religious mission may therefore require that it make employment decisions based on an individual's religion and adherence to the principles of the Catholic Church.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Employee Benefits</strong></div><div>Word on Fire offers its team members a robust benefits package that includes:</div><ul><li>Competitive compensation</li><li>Several 100% Word on Fire-paid insurance benefits: life, short-term disability, and long-term disability</li><li>Other insurance benefits: medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity</li><li>A retirement plan with a 3% target employer contribution</li><li>Generous paid time off and paid holidays</li><li>Paid parental leaves at 100% of base salary</li><li>Access to Word on Fire’s incredible wealth of content and resources and more!</li></ul>

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