Job Description: Database Engineer

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

NGP VAN is seeking a skilled Database Engineer to join its Political, Fundraising, and Engagement team. You will contribute to building and scaling essential tools used by progressive political campaigns and nonprofit organizations for managing donors, volunteers, events, and outreach. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring our data infrastructure remains secure, performant, and scalable to support thousands of users. NGP VAN is the leading technology platform for democratic and progressive causes, dedicated to innovating and advancing the technology that empowers clients to bolster democracy. We support trailblazers, campaigners, and advocates fighting for equality, racial justice, reproductive freedom, democracy, climate reform, and more, including national Democratic committees, progressive organizations, thousands of Democratic campaigns, hundreds of labor unions, advocacy organizations, progressive and non-partisan PACs, and other organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement features for voter and donor management systems.
• Write and debug stored procedures and complex queries.
• Design schemas and tweak indexes for high-performance systems.
• Help coordinate releases and plan data migrations.
• Contribute to AI-powered features and product enhancements.
• Collaborate with product management and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, security, and scalability standards.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of data engineering experience.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience with core technologies.
• Comfort with dynamic SQL and SQL Server Service Broker.
• Solid understanding of web scalability challenges and solutions.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Interest in applying AI tools and prompt engineering in development workflows.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of RDBMS experience.
• Experience working with SQL Server.
• Experience with data warehousing.
• Experience in political software or campaign technology.
• Familiarity with AI development tools such as ChatGPT, Cursor, or equivalents.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, Redis, and ElasticSearch.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.

Why Join Us

• Build tools that support democratic and progressive causes.
• Collaborate with forward-thinking teams using cutting-edge AI tools.
• Work in a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and impact.
• Enjoy competitive compensation and benefits.

Union Representation

This position is part of a bargaining union represented by CWA Local 1101, 1400, 2336, or 13000.

Compensation

US Base Salary Range: $118,400 - $130,000

The displayed range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries across all US locations. Individual pay is determined by work location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include discretionary bonuses/incentives and benefits.

• Note: Compensation and benefits specified are applicable to US-based candidates. International applicants' offers and benefits may vary based on local market standards, applicable laws, cost of living, and industry norms.

Sponsorship Information

At this time, we are unable to consider candidates who require current or future sponsorship for employment authorization.

Our Culture

Our team consists of industry experts and advocates fully committed to supporting social good initiatives. We are actively engaged in creating a more inclusive and innovative environment.