Staff Software Engineer

Ibotta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our innovative team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding by building something great with us. As part of the engineering team, you will work on the technology solutions that power our products that are used by millions of consumers. We're looking for a self-motivated engineer who has a real passion for building and running large-scale, fault-tolerant applications. Success in this role means not only understanding the right solutions and how to build them, but also embracing innovative means of collaborating with and leveraging AI to do so. Every engineer has input into our engineering culture, our products and development processes, and will have a real impact as part of a small, nimble team.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.What you will be doing:Build products and tools, using the right language/tool for the job, that drive valuable impact to Ibotta, our customers, or fellow engineersWork collaboratively with a highly talented cross-functional team to design, develop and deliver new products and features that will be used by millions of usersUse Amazon’s AWS infrastructure and advanced services daily, including serverless architecturesStay abreast of the ever-changing technology landscape to identify the best tools and technologies to design and build flexible, scalable, reliable and high-performing applicationsMaintain an agile, experimental and iterative approach, with a willingness to learn fast in a constantly evolving and uncertain environmentDecompose complex business problems and requirements into manageable sub-tasksKnow how to skillfully and judiciously leverage AI to assist with software developmentKnow when to choose AI as part of the tech stack and how to use it when building products, and operating them in productionDemonstrate leadership by offering guidance to team members, cultivating their technical aptitude, and championing best practices within the development process.Leverage and contribute to our CI/CD pipeline to deploy code many times dailyWrite tests and participate in code reviews to ensure that we're shipping high-quality, maintainable code, and develop evaluators to verify the quality of non-deterministic outputsOwn your technical solutions end-to-end from contributing your ideas, to first code commit, to operating in productionEmbrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency, & A good idea can come from anywhereWhat we are looking for:7+ years of experience in software developmentBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics or a related field requiredMastery of relevant technologies such as Typescript, Ruby on Rails, Java, Kotin, Nodejs, Vue, Swift, etc, and data stores such as MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, etc. is valuable, but knowing when to use each is far more importantDeep understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and software architecture.Deep understanding of building highly scalable, observable, and fault tolerant systemsMastery of applying core computer science concepts to iterative system designHighly skilled in using AI tools for prototyping, writing, testing, debugging, and comprehending code, and the ability to critically review and improve AI-generated code to meet production standardsProficient in context engineering and AI building blocks such as LLM API calls, prompting techniques, agentic frameworks, RAG, vector databases, and model fine-tuningProven experience with debugging and testing approaches, and frameworks from unit testing to automated testing and evaluation driven developmentProven experience building, deploying and operating automated workflows and agents, using platforms such as n8n, Databricks or similarDeep understanding of development best practices including observability, alerting and SLOs for services, security, compliance, performance, optimization, reliability, cost efficiency, etc.Proven experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCloud, or similar and with DevOps best practices and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform)Some of the traits that we seek in great engineers:You….love to teach and learn from your co-workerslook for ways to continually challenge yourself and develop as an engineerare product-minded, with a deep capacity to understand your customers, and can determine the right product and design requirements to meet their needsunderstand that communication is a huge part of your software engineering responsibility and practice it dailyunderstand that testing your code is one of the most important aspects of software engineeringrespect diverse perspectives and like collaborating with other engineers to solve hard problemsunderstand that delivering products incrementally helps provide more value to the businesstrust 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 $2.6 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.comAdditional Details:This position is located in Denver, CO and includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), Employee Stock Purchase Program, and 401k match. Denver office perks include paid parking, snacks, and occasional meals.Base compensation range: $160,000 - $183,000. 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.Recruiting Agency NoticeIbotta does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any Ibotta employees.LocationHybrid - DenverEmployment TypeFull timeLocation TypeHybridDepartmentTechnical - Engineering