Data Engineer

Ibotta is looking for a software-focused Data Engineer to join our team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding.  Accelerating development of our cutting-edge data platform as a leader in the Data Platform Organization, you will work with both engineering and analytics to develop and own stable, scalable, and approachable data platforms. We're looking for a self-motivated engineer who has a passion for enabling data mesh concepts while heavily leveraging AWS cloud and Databricks Lakehouse technologies. The data engineering team is central to delivering and maintaining our modern data, analytics, and decisioning platforms across Ibotta.

This position is located in Denver, Colorado as a hybrid position requiring 3 days in office, (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). Candidates must live in the United States.

What you will be doing:

• Initiative Leadership: Own small-to-medium sized technical initiatives from ideation and architectural design to full implementation, ensuring solutions are scalable and maintainable.

• Automation & Frameworks: Design, build, and maintain internal automation tools and software frameworks that standardize data ingestion, transformation, and quality checks across the organization.

• E2E Pipeline Ownership: Develop and manage end-to-end (E2E) data pipelines that are robust, self-healing, and compliant with Data Governance and Security standards.

• AI-Augmented Development: Proactively leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to accelerate framework development, optimize Spark queries, and maintain high code quality.

• Platform Evolution: Work with cross-functional teams to enable self-service data access patterns, advocating for "Data as a Product" and infrastructure-as-code.

• Operational Excellence: Perform root cause analysis for critical outages and implement systematic fixes to prevent recurrence. Provide rotational on-call support.

• Assist with documentation of the environments and data tooling that support our products.

• Embrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency, & A good idea can come from anywhere

What we are looking for:

• ​​Experience: 3+ years of software development experience (Python preferred), with a specific focus on building data engineering frameworks and automation tools.
   

  Pipeline Mastery: Proven track record of designing and deploying end-to-end data pipelines within Databricks or similar platforms.
   

  Project Leadership: Experience leading technical projects through the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), from initial concept to production support.

  AI Tooling: Proficiency in using AI-assisted coding platforms (Claude, Copilot, Cursor, etc.) to improve development velocity and solve complex logic problems.
  Technical Stack: Strong SQL and Python  abilities with platforms like Databricks or similar.
   

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience with the following a strong plus:

  • AWS Cloud Services; EC2, S3

  • Experience with Scala and Spark

  • Experience with Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, or Apache Hudi

  • Message Brokers such as Kafka or Kinesis

  • ETL tools and processes (Airflow or other similar tools)

  • Infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, etc

  • Experience building APIs and libraries
     

• Agile (Kanban or Scrum) development experience

About Ibotta ("I bought a...")

Ibotta (NYSE: IBTA) is a leading performance marketing platform allowing brands to deliver digital promotions to over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). The IPN allows marketers to influence what people buy, and where and how often they shop – all while paying only when their campaigns directly result in a sale. American shoppers have earned over $2.6 billion through the IPN since 2012. The largest tech IPO in history to come out of Colorado, Ibotta is headquartered in Denver, and is continually listed as a top place to work by The Denver Post and Inc. Magazine.

To learn more about what our Tech teams are doing day to day, visit Building Ibotta on Medium.com.

Additional Job Description

• This position is located in Denver, CO and includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), Employee Stock Purchase Program, and 401k match. Denver office perks include paid parking, snacks and occasional meals.

• Base compensation range: $110,000 - $126,000. Total compensation for this role also includes a variable component in addition to base salary. Equity is included in overall compensation package. This compensation range is specific to the United States labor market and may be adjusted based on actual experience.

• Ibotta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ibotta’s employment decisions are made without regard of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

• Applicants are accepted until the position is filled.

• For the security of our employees and the business, all employees are responsible for the secure handling of data in accordance with our security policies, identifying and reporting phishing attempts, as well as reporting security incidents to the proper channels.

Recruiting Agency Notice

Ibotta does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any Ibotta employees.

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