Senior Software Engineer, AI & Data

Renterra; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

Flexible PTO

Impact on AI strategy

Foundation for data products

Job summary

Renterra, a Series A–backed SaaS company in Chicago, is seeking a senior engineer to own data systems that enable AI-powered product experiences. The role focuses on data architecture, modeling, and production systems, with hybrid in-office collaboration and flexibility for focused remote work.

You will design scalable data pipelines, work with analytical databases like ClickHouse, and shape the data foundation for customer-facing analytics and AI features.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating production data systems.
• Strong data architecture, SQL, and data modeling skills.
• Familiarity with analytical databases such as ClickHouse and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate data systems that power customer-facing AI features.
• Own data path from raw data to product features and observability.
• Design and implement AI agent-enabled experiences across the platform.
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to align data strategy with product goals.

Skills

Data architecture

SQL

Data modeling

ClickHouse

Distributed systems

Event-driven architecture

AI/ML features

Tools

Kafka

Redpanda

Flink

Spark

Job description

Renterra is a Series A–backed SaaS company modernizing the $100B+ heavy equipment rental industry. We’ve built an end-to-end platform that helps rental businesses run smarter, spanning operations, payments, marketing, accounting integrations, and more.

Our platform contains a growing body of operational and financial data that can do more than power reports. We believe it can help rental businesses identify problems, make better decisions, and truly help them thrive!

We’re looking for a senior engineer to build the data systems that make this possible, then use those systems to create AI agents and intelligent product experiences that solve real customer problems.

This is a hybrid role based in Chicago, with regular in-office collaboration and flexibility for focused remote work.

What We’re Looking For

You’re an AI-forward builder who wants to own the full path from raw data to a customer-facing product that solves a real problem.

You’re a high-caliber software engineer at the Senior, Staff, or Principal level. You’ve built and operated production systems and bring strong product and architectural judgment.

You have deep experience with data architecture, SQL, and data modeling, including analytical databases such as ClickHouse. You understand how data structure and access patterns affect performance, maintainability, and cost.

You understand distributed and event-driven systems, including ordering, retries, deduplication, replay, schema evolution, and failure recovery.

You’ve shipped AI- or ML-powered product features and understand the full system around the model: data, retrieval, tool use, evaluation, observability, permissions, and fallbacks.

Useful Additional Experience

• Building agentic systems that call tools or take actions in production
• Retrieval, embeddings, semantic search, or hybrid search
• Evaluation frameworks for AI agents and LLM-powered features
• Classical machine learning, forecasting, anomaly detection, or optimization
• Kafka, Redpanda, Flink, Spark, or similar event-processing systems
• Change data capture and database replication
• Data governance, permissions, privacy, and auditability
• Financial, accounting, logistics, or other operational business data
• Customer-facing analytics and reporting products

Why Renterra

• Competitive compensation and equity
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• A highly visible, high-impact role
• Direct influence over Renterra’s AI and data strategy
• The opportunity to build the technical foundation and the customer-facing products that run on top of it

This is a unique opportunity to define how data and AI work across a growing SaaS platform. You’ll build the foundation, turn it into products, and work directly with customers to see whether those products solve meaningful problems.

We encourage individuals of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. We believe a diverse team builds better products and makes better decisions.

Renterra is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Compensation Range: $150K - $200K