Analytics Engineer

Ibotta•Denver, CO

7h•$111,000 - $127,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Ibotta is seeking an Analytics Engineer to join our innovative Core Data & Analytics team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding. Our growing Core Data & Analytics team provides high-quality, on-time analytics products and services across all business areas and teams within Ibotta. We achieve this by offering expert guidance, sharing specialized knowledge, promoting data-driven solutions, and overseeing mission-critical data science projects that impact the entire organization. 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.

Requirements

2+ years of practical work experience in a data engineering role supporting an analytics team or equivalent experience as an analytics engineer
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics, or a related field required
Working knowledge and some practical experience with some or all of the following:
End-to-end analytics automation, data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and tools (AWS Glue, DBT, etc.)
AWS EcoSystem and cloud-based data warehouse and architecture
Airflow, DataBricks, Git, Monte Carlo
Multiple languages and frameworks (Python, Scala, strong SQL, Spark, Command Line) highly preferred
Development in a modern BI/data visualization platform (Looker, Tableau, etc.)
Event-driven architectures and platforms are a strong plus
An ability to develop solutions by applying data quality principles
Ability to think creatively, provide thoughtful insights, and solve problems to answer business questions using data
Collaboration with SMEs to understand the business context of the data
Experience identifying and troubleshooting data anomalies and pipeline issues
Exposure to managing and updating cluster configurations to ensure workflow operation
Ownership of data throughout its lifecycle
Excellent oral and written communication skills
You… are proactive, collaborative, and driven to solve hard problems while respecting diverse perspectives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
are an intellectually curious, conceptual thinker who uses creative problem-solving skills to work with other engineers and analytics stakeholders to challenge yourself and develop as an engineer
are a detailed-oriented team player with an ownership mindset who develops technical solutions that apply data quality principles
work collaboratively throughout the organization to drive towards common goals and understand the business context of data
understand that delivering products incrementally helps provide more value to the business, and testing your code is one of the most important aspects of engineering
trust your teammates, and embrace healthy conflict and debate - not afraid to voice your opinions but okay with not always being right
For the security of our employees and the business, all employees are responsible for the secure handling of data in accordance with our security policies, identifying and reporting phishing attempts, as well as reporting security incidents to the proper channels.

Responsibilities

Helping us organize and optimize our data for analysis
Collaborate with other Analytics Engineers and Platform Engineers to understand our data models and translate them into scalable data solutions
Implement and utilize engineering best practices and methods to deploy and maintain quality, curated data sets using Airflow, including automated alerting and anomaly detection into data flows to ensure data quality and integrity
Work across our full technology stack (Databricks, Spark, Command Line, Airflow, GitHub, Python, Monte Carlo, etc) to develop and maintain these datasets
Building UI and automation tools to enable data democratization throughout the company
Lead large, complex task force projects that require cross-functional input across various teams
Managing new data requirements and developing solutions that minimize technical debt creation
Embrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency, & A good idea can come from anywhere