What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Engineer position at Dealerware?
About Dealerware:
Dealerware transforms the automotive retailers of today into the mobility network of tomorrow. Launched in 2016, Dealerware manages tens of thousands of vehicles at dealerships in North America across every major manufacturer brand. Dealerware is committed to being a people-first culture and a great place to work for all, with flexible scheduling, unlimited PTO, extensive benefits, a core value of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and a leadership and management team that defaults to being supportive and accessible. Dealerware was recognized by Built In as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in Austin, TX in 2025 for the fourth consecutive year.
Dealerware’s team is currently hiring for a Data Engineer to help build our new cloud-native automotive data platform. This new platform will use current data pipelining and streaming technologies on AWS, and will combine data from our SaaS Dealerware platform, fleet telematics, and third party data sets to drive embedded real-time analytics in our application. The Data Engineer will also help to optimize the SaaS application and to build integrations with other technology partners in the automotive data sphere.
\n- Build a streaming data platform on AWS
- Source internal and external data via CDC, streaming, and batch process
- Create a scaling data lake, with modern data access controls and governance
- Model and populate purpose-specific data consumption zones
- Automate data quality
- Deliver analytics, reports, and dashboards to internal and external users
- Build shared services with Terraform
- Optimize Parquet data on S3 for performance, cost, and scalability
- Create and maintain scalable infrastructure leveraging modern AWS products
- Develop pipelines in our CI/CD systems on CircleCI
- Maintain expertise in current and emerging technologies and tools
- Support and troubleshoot issues across the environment
- Manage database deployments including schema changes
- 3 years of experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)
- 5 years of experience with Python and SQL
- 3 years of experience with Git as a version control system
- 3 years with BI tools such as ThoughtSpot, Looker, QuickSight, Tableau, or PowerBI
- 3 years of experience with Databricks, Athena, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, or similar query engines
- Experience with monitoring and logging solutions such as Cloudwatch or Datadog
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform
- Experience with Event-based Architectures, and tools such as Kafka or Kinesis
- Experience optimizing cost on consumption-based services such as AWS or Snowflake
- Experience with AWS Lambdas or Step Functions
- Experience with data orchestration tools
- Experience with Snowflake data sharing and replication
- Experience with the following types of DevOps tools: Continuous Integration tools (ideally CircleCI or Github Actions) and Application Performance Monitoring (DataDog)
- Strong DevOps principles and standards
- Experience with Avro, schema evolution, and schema registries
- Experience with data catalog tools, such as Alation
- Competitive base salary with bonus incentive eligibility
- Full benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401K) free telehealth (includes therapy visits)
- On-demand educational courses via LinkedIn Learning
- Tuition reimbursement and continuing education
- Unlimited paid vacation policy
- Flexible work
- Generous Paid Parental Leave program
- Modern office and a dynamic team in downtown Austin with free parking
- Friendly, small company environment with a progressive culture
- Backed by Audi, a 116-year-old automotive industry leader
- Discounts on Audi vehicle purchases and discounted leases through the Vehicle Lease Program
Dealerware is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances. Dealerware's management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs and general treatment during employment.
*We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.
