Hybrid Data Platform Engineer - Databricks & Terraform

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, 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.