Staff Software Engineer – AI-Driven, Scalable Systems

Ibotta; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Denver office perks: paid parking,Snax

Employee Stock Purchase Program

401k match

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

Ibotta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Denver, CO for a hybrid role requiring three in-office days per week. You will build scalable, fault-tolerant systems, apply AI to development and production, and lead projects across a collaborative team.

Candidates must be US-based with a strong foundation in CS and modern tech stacks. You will own end-to-end technical solutions, participate in architecture decisions, and drive best practices within a nimble engineering group.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics or related field.
• Mastery of relevant techs and data stores; knowledge when to use each.
• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software architecture.
• Experience building highly scalable, observable, fault-tolerant systems.
• Proficient in using AI tools for prototyping, testing, debugging, and production-grade code.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCloud) and IaC (Terraform).

Responsibilities

• Build products and tools that drive impact for Ibotta, customers, and engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deliver new features used by millions.
• Work with AWS serverless architectures and cloud services daily.
• Stay current with technology trends to design flexible, scalable systems.
• Maintain agile, experimental, iterative development with fast learning.
• Decompose complex problems into manageable tasks.
• Leverage AI to aid development and production operations.
• Decide when to use AI as part of the stack and run in production.
• Provide leadership and guidance to teammates and promote best practices.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deploy code multiple times daily.
• Write tests and participate in code reviews to ensure high quality.

Skills

7+ years experience

Distributed systems

Cloud architectures

Leadership / mentoring

Code reviews & testing

AI prototyping & review

Product-minded, customer focus

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Databricks

n8n

LLM usage / AI tooling

Job description

Ibotta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Denver, CO for a hybrid role requiring three in-office days per week. You will build scalable, fault-tolerant systems, apply AI to development and production, and lead projects across a collaborative team.

Candidates must be US-based with a strong foundation in CS and modern tech stacks. You will own end-to-end technical solutions, participate in architecture decisions, and drive best practices within a nimble engineering group.