Senior Data & Software Engineer — AI-Driven Dev Lead

Ovative Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office spaces in MSP, NYC, and CHI

Travel to Minneapolis HQ for events

Paid vacation

401k match

Health insurance options

Fertility and family benefits

Phone/data plan stipend

Sabbatical program

Charitable giving program

Job summary

Ovative Group is seeking a Sr. Data & Software Engineer to join our growing product and engineering team. You will lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of scalable data and software solutions, collaborating with product managers and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in data and software engineering, strong SQL and Python, cloud experience (GCP/AWS), BigQuery/Databricks, APIs, and a proven ability to mentor others while adopting AI-assisted development practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data & software engineering development experience.
• Proficient with SQL, Python, command-line tools, and ETL/ELT pipelines for large datasets, including AI and analytics use cases.
• Experience with cloud platforms and modern AI concepts/tools, such as GCP, AWS, AI/ML APIs, vector databases, embeddings, and retrieval.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of robust software solutions that meet business and technical goals.
• Lead effort in identifying opportunities for automation with a focus on the operational stability of software applications and systems
• Engage directly with Product Managers and stakeholders to understand their business goals, gather requirements, and translate into detailed, actionable technical requirements
• Research, write and edit documentation and technical requirements, including software designs, evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals and formal recommendations and reports
• Evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance and customer impact to ensure we build the right solutions that scale
• Mentor and level up the skills of your teammates through collaboration and by sharing your expertise
• Ensure adherence to and advancement of software and product engineering best practices, including code quality, documentation, testing, security, deployment, and performance.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies, tools, and frameworks to optimize the software development process.
• Troubleshoot complex software issues and provide effective solutions.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and contribute to architectural decisions, code reviews, and project direction.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning to keep your team current with emerging technology and software engineering trends.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC and DevOps best practices, maintaining high standards of quality and security across all phases of development.
• Leverage and champion AI-assisted development tools and practices across the team to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and establish effective patterns for responsible AI-assisted development.

Skills

5+ years in data & software eng

SQL

Python

Command-line tools

ETL/ELT pipelines

AI/ML concepts/tools

GCP

AWS

BigQuery

Databricks

APIs

Tools

LLM/APIs integration

Vector databases

Job description

Ovative Group is seeking a Sr. Data & Software Engineer to join our growing product and engineering team. You will lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of scalable data and software solutions, collaborating with product managers and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in data and software engineering, strong SQL and Python, cloud experience (GCP/AWS), BigQuery/Databricks, APIs, and a proven ability to mentor others while adopting AI-assisted development practices.