Data Engineering Team Lead

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 - , we recently launched a martech product and a competitive intelligence software - , 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. 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