Principal Engineer, Machine Learning
Hybrid, Denver
Full Time Senior-level / Expert USD 228K - 253K
Ibotta
Make every purchase rewarding with our cash back app and performance marketing services.Ibotta is looking for a Principal Engineer, Machine Learning & Data to join our innovative team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding. As a member of the Enablement Tools organization, you’ll have the opportunity to help shape the future direction of key capabilities in the Machine Learning and Data space. The Principal Engineer role will report to the Engineering Director of Enablement Tools.
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.
What you will be doing:
Drive the advancement of our Enablement Tooling capabilities as a Strategic Technical Advisor with an initial focus on Machine Learning and Data (including quality and compliance)
Use your technical expertise to unlock the advancement of our engineering teams through the development of proofs of concept, new tools and integration methods in the ML and Data space
Be a people leader capable of motivating teams, influencing others and coaching engineers and other engineering leaders
Join special projects as needed through coding, guiding, and mentoring to ensure sound architectural implementation and smooth execution and delivery
Establish architecture vision, principles, and patterns in alignment with the Architecture Team
Work closely with engineering leaders and Staff+ engineers to inform the technical strategy and roadmap for the Enablement Tools organization
Embrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency & A good idea can come from anywhere
What we are looking for:
7+ years of experience in software development
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field required
Fundamental knowledge of object-oriented software design, development and architectural principles
Knowledge of Machine Learning and Data principles, techniques, architectures and methods
Proven track record of success in driving results as a senior technical leader and coach/mentor to more junior engineers
Proven expertise owning and driving high-level decisions around object-oriented software design, development and architectural principles
Highly effective in leading others collaboratively to deliver a common vision
Deep understanding of development best practices including security, compliance, performance, optimization, reliability, cost efficiency, etc.
Deep understanding of building highly scalable, observable, and fault tolerant platforms using architectural patterns such as retries, circuit breakers, rate limiters, etc on top of horizontally scalable systems
Proven experience designing and implementing observability, monitoring and alerting for services and establishing SLOs for services
High level of investment and expertise in testing approaches and frameworks, from unit testing to automated testing
Proven expertise with cloud environments (AWS strongly preferred), DevOps best practices, and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, etc)
Deep understanding of architectural concepts, microservices, serverless, event-driven, platforms, etc.
Experience building design systems, reusable web components, and site factories, a major plus
Some of the traits that we seek in great engineers:
You….
love to teach and learn from your co-workers
look for ways to continually challenge yourself and develop as an engineer
understand that communication is a huge part of your software engineering responsibility and practice it daily
understand that testing your code is one of the most important aspects of software engineering
respect diverse perspectives and like collaborating with other engineers to solve hard problems
understand that delivering products incrementally helps provide more value to the business
trust your teammates, and embrace healthy conflict and debate. You believe getting it right is more important than being right
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 (IPN). The IPN allows marketers to influence what people buy, and where and how often they shop – all while paying only when their campaigns directly result in a sale. American shoppers have earned over $1.8 billion through the IPN since 2012. The largest tech IPO in history to come out of Colorado, Ibotta is headquartered in Denver, and is continually listed as a top place to work by The Denver Post and Inc. Magazine.
To learn more about what our Tech teams are doing day to day, visit Building Ibotta on Medium.com.
Additional Details:
This position is located in Denver, CO and includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), Lifestyle Spending Account, Employee Stock Purchase Program, and 401k match. Denver office perks include paid parking, bagel Thursdays, snacks and occasional meals.
Base compensation range: $228,000 - $253,000. Total compensation for this role also includes a variable component in addition to base salary. Equity is included in overall compensation package. This compensation range is specific to the United States labor market and may be adjusted based on actual experience.
Ibotta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ibotta’s employment decisions are made without regard of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Applicants are accepted until the position is filled.
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.
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