Anti-Trafficking Applied Data Engineer Volunteer

About Us: Love Justice International (LJI) is a Christian nonprofit driven by a singular mission: to share the love of Jesus Christ by fighting the world’s greatest injustices. We pursue this calling through two primary efforts—our expanding anti-human trafficking work and the care of orphaned and abandoned children.

We are looking for faithful, compassionate, and mission-driven problem-solvers—people who think deeply about how to fight injustice and share Christ’s love in a broken world. This isn’t just a job; it’s a calling. If you’re searching for an easy, comfortable career, there are plenty of other options. But if you’re drawn to work that demands sacrifice, boldness, and faith, we invite you to apply and explore how you can be part of this mission.

Love Justice International has been recognized as a Best Christian Workplace for four consecutive years (2021–2024). Learn more about who we are, what sets us apart, and our open positions at lovejustice.ngo/careers.

What We Offer: Opportunities to truly change lives are exceptionally rare—but at LJI, that is exactly the kind of impact you can have. Although we’re a nonprofit, we operate as an “Impact Engineering” organization, focused solely on maximizing real-world outcomes. By combining scientific and business principles with field-led, locally informed insights, we intercept potential trafficking victims for under $150 each, creating a ripple effect that prevents several more individuals from enslavement. This remarkable efficiency underscores the profound, far-reaching impact your work can have on countless lives.

Joining LJI means stepping into an opportunity to deeply impact lives by combating injustice and expressing the transformative love of Christ. At LJI, you'll be part of a connected, purpose-driven team committed to impactful, kingdom-class excellence.

Position Type: Volunteer Unpaid; Remote

Program and Position Overview: Love Justice International (LJI) combats human trafficking through transit monitoring—intercepting potential victims at key transportation hubs, where traffickers and victims are most visible. Because trafficking is already underway at these points, our teams can gather vital information to assist law enforcement in arresting traffickers and disrupting trafficking networks. To date, LJI has intercepted over 84,000 individuals, resulting in more than 1,700 arrests. For more information on our impact, visit our website: lovejustice.ngo.

Our approach to maximizing mission impact involves a process we call "Impact Engineering." Our dedicated Impact Engineering Team develops, refines, and improves our core processes by creating practical, scalable tools such as software applications, data-collection systems, spreadsheets, standardized forms, and clear operational standards. By continuously testing, refining, and standardizing these tools, we ensure consistent, measurable, and scalable impact across all our programs. This team's innovative work directly supports our frontline staff and helps optimize our interventions, enabling Love Justice to deliver the greatest possible impact per dollar spent.

LJI prioritizes a rigorous, data-driven approach to maximize impact and minimize harm. We use careful data collection and analysis to measure our effectiveness, continually refining and improving our anti-trafficking interventions. Adhering to the principle of "fail fast and often," we test innovative ideas quickly, discard what doesn't work, and scale interventions proven to produce the greatest measurable good per dollar spent. This disciplined, iterative approach helps us remain accountable to our mission, ensuring that every action we take truly benefits those we serve.

Our data scientists develop predictive models and analytical insights to enhance our operations, but we need skilled data engineers to translate those insights into practical applications. The Applied Data Engineer Volunteer will play a key role in bridging this gap by operationalizing data science models and optimizing data infrastructure to support LJI’s mission.

The duration of this volunteer opportunity is flexible, but we ask for a minimum commitment of 100 hours.

The Anti-Trafficking Data Engineer Volunteer will report to the Tech Volunteer Operations Coordinator.

Key Responsibilities:

Implementing and deploying machine learning models and data analytics solutions into scalable, production-ready applications.
Designing and optimizing data pipelines to support real-time and batch-processing of anti-trafficking data.
Collaborating with data scientists and software engineers to integrate insights into actionable systems and decision-making tools.
Enhancing data storage, retrieval, and processing efficiency to support intelligence-led investigations and trend analysis.
Improving and maintaining LJI’s data architecture to ensure accuracy, accessibility, and security across various data sources.

Qualifications:

A strong commitment to social justice and advocacy on behalf of vulnerable populations.
Highly self-motivated with strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Minimum of a bachelor's degree in computer science, data engineering, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in data engineering, machine learning engineering, or a related role.
Proficiency in Python, SQL, and relevant data engineering tools (e.g., Apache Airflow, Spark, or similar frameworks).
Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure) is preferred.
Familiarity with deploying and maintaining machine learning models in production environments is a plus.

Application Process: We welcome applications continuously, as we actively seek exceptional candidates for this position. Candidates will submit a letter of interest and CV when they submit their application here. Nominations, inquiries, and questions concerning this search may be directed to careers@lovejustice.ngo. Visit the LJI careers page, https://www.lovejustice.ngo/careers, to learn more about our mission, explore FAQs, and see how you can be part of our work.

Please allow us 1-2 weeks to process your application. Thank you for your interest!