Senior Business Intelligence Engineer

Who you are

• 5+ years as a Data Engineer, analytics/BI Engineer or in a similar role at a senior IC level
• Advanced SQL and deep proficiency in data modeling, schema design, and query optimization
• Strong grasp of data warehouse architecture and modern modeling methodologies
• Hands-on experience applying software engineering practices to data work: Git, CI/CD, code review, automated testing, monitoring
• Proficiency with cloud-based data platforms (Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, or similar)
• Strong communicator who is comfortable working across both business stakeholders and engineering teams
• Experience building or extending internal AI/LLM-powered tooling for analytics or developer workflows
• Expertise with Spark (PySpark or Scala) and big data environments such as Delta Lake or Data Lake
• Production-level proficiency with dbt and the modern data stack
• Production-grade Python — beyond scripting, into shared libraries, services, or pipelines
• A platform engineering mindset — building tools and abstractions that make others more productive

What the job involves

• Design the data systems, models, and AI-powered tooling that scale how ZipRecruiter operates and makes decisions, partnering with RevOps, Decision Science, Product, and Engineering teams
• Lead the design and implementation of data systems that serve both our operational business stakeholders (RevOps, Decision Science) and our product and engineering teams
• Contribute to and help shape the future of our internal AI platform, impacting every analysis we run
• Bring software engineering rigor to data work: testing, CI/CD, code review, version control, observability and evangelize these practices across the team
• Translate complex, cross-domain business questions into robust, well-tested, reusable data sets and models
• Collaborate directly with engineering teams to embed analytical and data-modeling capabilities into product systems and pipelines
• Coach teammates, raise the technical bar, and help establish standards that scale beyond any single project