BI Engineer - Remote

What’s Under the Hood

DriveTime Family of Brands is the largest privately owned used car sales finance & servicing company in the nation. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and Dallas, Texas, we create opportunities and improve the lives of our customers and our employees by placing a focus on putting the right customer, in the right vehicle, on the right terms and on their path to ownership.

The DriveTime Family of Brands spans across DriveTime, Bridgecrest and SilverRock.  You can find us at the intersection of technology and innovation as we use our proprietary tools and over two decades of industry knowledge to redefine the process of purchasing, financing, and protecting your vehicle. 

That’s Nice, But What’s the Job?

We are seeking a Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer to drive the development and optimization of our data transformation and modeling processes. This role is crucial in ensuring that raw data is transformed into trusted, well-structured, and analytics-ready datasets that empower decision-making across the organization.

As a BI Engineer, you will leverage Snowflake and dbt Core to build scalable data models, optimize query performance, and implement data quality best practices. You will work closely with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to design and maintain a robust ELT framework, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and governance in our data ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain dbt Core models to transform and structure raw data into clean, analytics-ready datasets in Snowflake.
• Design, implement, and optimize data models, ensuring they align with business reporting needs and best practices.
• Collaborate with data engineers to define and enhance ELT pipelines, ensuring efficient data ingestion and transformation.
• Use Python to automate data transformations, build quality checks, and optimize Snowflake performance.
• Monitor and improve query performance and cost efficiency within Snowflake.
• Implement data quality checks, testing frameworks, and documentation to ensure trust in reporting and analytics.
• Work closely with analysts and business teams to understand data needs and optimize models for self-service analytics.
• Support data governance initiatives, including metadata management and lineage tracking.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, collaborate within a team, and engage cross-functionally.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in BI engineering, analytics engineering, and data modeling.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience working with dbt Core for data transformation.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake or other cloud data platforms.
• Experience using Python for data transformation, automation, and performance tuning.
• Deep understanding of dimensional modeling, ELT/ETL principles, and data warehousing best practices.
• Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD workflows for data projects.
• Familiarity with Argo and Kafka is a plus
• Experience working with BI tools such as Sigma, Tableau is a plus.
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of data engineering and analytics, ensuring that business teams have access to clean, performant, and well-modeled data for impactful insights.

#Dice

So What About the Perks? Perks matter

• Medical, dental, and vision, oh my! DriveTime Family of Brands covers a sizable amount of insurance premiums to ensure our employees receive top-tier healthcare coverage. 
• But Wait, There’s More. 401(K), Company paid life insurance policy, short and long-term disability coverage to name a few.
• Growth Opportunities. You grow, I grow, we all grow!  But seriously, DriveTime Family of Brands is committed to providing its employees with every opportunity to grow professionally with roughly over 1,000 employees promoted year over year.
• Tuition Reimbursement. We’re as passionate about your professional development as you are. With that, we’ll put our money where our mouth is.
• Wellness Program. Health is wealth! This program includes self-guided coaching and journeys, cash incentives and discounts on your medical premiums through engaging in fun activities!
• Gratitude is Green.  We offer competitive pay across the organization, because, well… money matters!

• In-House Gym. We want our employees to be the best versions of themselves. So come early, take a break in your day or finish strong with a workout!
• Give Us a Reason (or not), and We’ll Celebrate.  Regardless of whether there is a holiday or not, we are finding ways to kick back and enjoy each other’s company outside of day-to-day work.
• Smart-Casual Dress. Come dressed in jeans (you’ll fit right in with the rest of us).

• Paid Time Off. Not just lip service: we work hard, to play hard!  Paid time off includes (for all full-time roles) wellness days, holidays, and good ole' fashioned YOU time!  For our Part-timers, don't fear you get some time too...vacation time is available - the more you work, the more you earn!

Anything Else?  Absolutely.

DriveTime Family of Brands is Great Place to Work Certified! And get this: 90% of our rockstar employees say they feel right at home here.  We could spend a lot of time having you read about ALL our awards, but we’ll save time (and practice some humility) just naming a few others; Comparably Awards: Best Company for Diversity, Best Company Culture and Best Company Leadership, oh and don’t forget Phoenix Business Journal Healthiest Employers (okay, we’ll stop there)!

Hiring is contingent upon successful completion of our background and drug screening process. DriveTime is a drug-free, tobacco-free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

And when it comes to hiring, we don't just look for the right person for the job, we seek out the right person for DriveTime. Buckle up for plenty of opportunities to grow in a professional, fun, and high-energy environment!