Lead Data Engineer at Rentable

We’re Changing the Rentals Industry

We’re a profitable, growth-stage company building industry-leading martech and data SaaS products for the rentals industry. While originally known for building and operating one of the U.S.’s largest rental marketplaces - Rentable, we recently launched a martech product and a competitive intelligence software - ApartmentIQ, both with high growth rates. 

We’re a 100% remote team of 100 spread across the U.S. from coast to coast. While we enjoy the flexibility of remote work, we get the entire department together 3 times a year to have fun and work hard in person. 

While we’ve raised $30MM+ to date from some of the world’s best investors, we’re profitable with a strong balance sheet and an indefinite runway. We pride ourselves on achieving rapid growth without having to incinerate capital. 

If you like the idea of joining an industry-changing company made up of people who genuinely like each other, ApartmentIQ could be a great fit for you.

The Role

We’re looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to help us build robust, scalable, and innovative solutions for our data-driven initiatives. You will lead two other engineers and play a pivotal role in architecting systems, managing projects, and delivering high-quality software that meets our business goals. While we primarily use python for data collection, we use ruby for our core application. ApartmentIQ is the industry’s only source of daily, unit-level competitive intelligence. With four years of public data and over 30 million units tracked nationwide, ApartmentIQ provides unmatched insights for multifamily operators.

If you are a highly motivated, results-oriented individual with a passion for growth and thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, we would love to hear from you. Join our team and help shape the future of our exciting company!

Responsibilities:

• Lead a small team of skilled engineers to design, develop, and maintain data pipelines, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance
• Allocate resources effectively to ensure that projects are completed efficiently
• Provide technical guidance and support to team members as needed
• Monitor project progress and address any issues or risks that arise
• Make impactful individual contributions while setting a high standard for code quality
• Lead the design and implementation of data ingestions processes using asynchronous workers and store data in modern warehousing solutions
• Monitor daily ingest processing and utilize anomaly detection to identify issues quickly
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the engineering department
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices in engineering management
• Anticipate, identify, and resolve technical issues that may inhibit product enhancements and project goals
• Fostering a culture of mentoring, learning, and information sharing across the broader engineering team

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in software development, experience in a high-growth B2B SaaS startup is strongly preferred
• Proven track record of leading other engineers to deliver projects that customers love
• Organized and detail oriented with project management experience 
• Experience collecting data from the web using parsing and scraper tools like beautiful soup, proxy usage, and playwright/puppeteer
• Experience building and scaling batch-style data ingestion systems
• Experience with data pipeline tools similar to Apache Airflow and dbt
• Experience using cloud services such as AWS: RDS, ECS, S3, Lambda, OpenSearch
• Experience with Python, Go, Ruby on Rails, or similar languages and frameworks
• Experience building and implementing robust monitoring and observability solutions, including performance metrics, error monitoring, and distributed tracing
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic, rapidly changing startup environment

Why ApartmentIQ:

• 100% remote workplace
• Competitive Compensation Package
• Flexible Vacation Policy 
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 100% paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance Program
• 401k Program