Data Engineer

Ibotta, Inc.; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus

Job summary

Ibotta, Inc. is seeking a software-focused Data Engineer to join the Data Platform Organization's DICE squad in Denver. You will build and govern the foundational data platform that supports all teams, ensuring security, reliability, and compliance.

The role emphasizes Terraform, Python, SQL, and Spark-based pipelines, with responsibilities spanning data movement, governance, and on-call incident response. This is a hybrid Denver position with relocation support for non-local candidates.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on data engineering, analytics engineering, or backend development.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, familiarity with medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) or similar layered data design patterns.
• Experience building big data pipelines that support data transformation, metadata, dependency management, and workload orchestration.
• Experience provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure with Terraform or similar tooling.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and with Databricks or a comparable Spark-based platform.
• Understanding of access control, data privacy, or compliance requirements in a data context.
• Delivery track record as a key contributor on medium to large data or infrastructure projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Terraform and Python that provision Databricks workspaces, catalogs, and AWS data infra.
• Implement and automate data governance and access controls and evidence collection for SOX/SOC 2.
• Develop self-service tooling for teams to provision and monitor their data infra.
• Build and maintain data pipelines using Python and Spark to move data through the Data Lake.
• Participate in incident resolution and root cause analysis for outages; contribute to on-call rotation.
• Identify and implement improvements to data platform reliability and performance.
• Uphold Ibotta's Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Data engineering

Spark

Terraform

AWS

Databricks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Terraform

Databricks

AWS

Job description

Ibotta is looking for a software-focused Data Engineer to join our team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding. As a key contributor within the Data Platform Organization, you will join our Data Infrastructure & Compliance Engineering (DICE) squad to build and govern the foundational data platform that every team at Ibotta depends on.

DICE delivers the core infrastructure, compliance, security, and reliability of our data platform. We own Databricks, the Data Lake, and the standards that let engineering and analytics teams move fast without compromising the security of our data. As a Data Engineer on DICE, you'll build software to provision and govern our data assets, develop self-service infrastructure tooling, and automate the access controls, retention, and audit evidence that keep us compliant.

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

Not based in Denver? We will offer a relocation bonus to help make your move to the Mile High City a smooth one.

What you will be doing:

• Data Platform Infrastructure: Build and maintain the Terraform and Python that provision our Databricks workspaces, catalogs, and AWS data infrastructure; extend the patterns and modules other teams deploy against


• Governance and Access Control: Implement and automate the controls that keep our data platform secure and auditable: identity and permissions management, data retention enforcement, and the evidence collection behind our SOX and SOC 2 obligations


• Self-Service Infrastructure Tooling: Build the automation and applications that let teams provision, monitor, and manage their own data infrastructure inside the standards we set


• Data Movement at Scale: Use Python and Spark to build and maintain the pipelines and frameworks that move data through Ibotta's Data Lake, meeting our data governance and data security standards


• Reliability and Support: Perform incident resolution and root cause analysis on critical outages, implement fixes for systematic failures, and participate in an on-call rotation that includes after-hours coverage


• Process Improvement: Identify, design, and implement improvements to how the data platform runs, including automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and re-designing infrastructure for greater reliability and performance


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

What we are looking for:

• Experience: 3+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on data engineering, analytics engineering, or backend development.


• Data Engineering Fundamentals: Proficiency in Python and SQL, familiarity with medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) or similar layered data design patterns, and experience building big data pipelines that support data transformation, metadata, dependency management, and workload orchestration


• Infrastructure as Code: Experience provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure with Terraform or similar tooling


• Cloud and Data Platforms: Hands-on experience with AWS and with Databricks or a comparable Spark-based platform


• Security and Governance Awareness: Understanding of access control, data privacy, or compliance requirements in a data context, and an interest in building systems that enforce them


• Delivery Track Record: Experience as a key contributor on medium to large data or infrastructure projects, from ideation through implementation


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

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