Data Engineer

Responsibilities

• AI Readiness Scoring: Contribute to an automated scoring pipeline that evaluates data assets on their readiness for AI and analytical use; build and maintain the jobs that collect quality signals and surface scores to data teams
• AI-Augmented Development: Proactively leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude, Databricks Genie) to accelerate development, maintain code quality, and explore new approaches to data engineering problems
• Cross-team Collaboration: Partner with adjacent teams to onboard data assets into the AI-ready platform, document processes and contribute to the team's shared knowledge base
• Embrace and uphold Ibotta's Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency, and A good idea can come from anywhere.

Requirements

• 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, knowledge of Databricks, and familiarity with medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold) or similar layered data design patterns.
• Semantic Modeling: Experience implementing semantic layers to ensure AI agents utilize governed, consistent metric definitions rather than querying raw tables directly
• Data Governance: Understanding of data governance concepts (metadata standards, data ownership, schema enforcement, access control) and experience keeping data assets clean and well-documented.
• Data Quality Fundamentals: Experience with schema validation, data freshness monitoring, data observability tooling, or similar quality practices.
• AI Tooling: Experience using and/or building LLMs, NQLs, and other AI-related toolings, especially in relation to data analytics. Proficiency in AI-assisted coding platforms (Claude, Copilot, Cursor, etc.) a plus.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with the following a strong plus:
• Experience with data catalog, metadata management, or data transformation tooling
• Exposure to data privacy, classification, or compliance requirements in a data context
• Familiarity with configuration-as-code or automated deployment workflows
• Experience with data observability or data quality monitoring
• Agile development experience
• About Ibotta ("I bought a...")
• Ibotta (NYSE: IBTA) is a leading performance marketing platform allowing brands to deliver digital promotions to over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (

Benefits

Additional Information

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 newly formed Data Intelligence Squad to make Ibotta's data AI-ready. We are looking for a highly motivated data engineer who cares about the craft of clean, well-governed data and understands why it matters more than ever in an AI-driven environment. You'll work on the data contract and metadata standards that underpin everything the squad builds, the compliance tooling that keeps Ibotta's data estate clean and auditable, and the pipelines that feed our AI readiness scoring system. You'll grow into LLM application development and semantic layer work as the team evolves. This position is located in Denver, Colorado as a hybrid position requiring 3 days in 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.

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