Data & Software Engineer

About Ovative Group

Ovative Group is an independent, full-funnel media, measurement, and creative firm. Leveraging our deep industry expertise, we help brands like Best Buy, Domino's, American Eagle, The Home Depot, Post, Disney, Tumi, Michael Kors, Boost Mobile, and UnitedHealth Group transform their media and measurement programs. The result? Profitable growth that speaks for itself. At Ovative, we don't just track data, we redefine success.

About The Role

We are seeking a Data & Software Engineer to join our rapidly growing product and engineering development team. Our company specializes in enterprise-level media measurement and optimization across various industries. In this role, you will be an integral part of a cross-functional team responsible for creating, optimizing, and maintaining scalable software and data solutions to enhance performance, stability, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing, developing, testing, and deploying software solutions that align with business and technical requirements.
• Contribute to the effort of identifying opportunities for automation with a focus on the operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Collaborate with your team to support translating business goals and user requirements into detailed, actionable technical requirements.
• Contribute to documentation and technical requirements, including software designs, evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals and formal recommendations and reports.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of robust, performant solutions that provide high customer impact at scale.
• Provide technical assistance to teammates as needed through collaboration and by sharing your expertise.
• Follow established software and product engineering best practices, including code quality, documentation, deployment, and testing.
• Explore new technologies and tools under guidance to enhance software development.
• Troubleshoot software issues with support from senior team members as needed.
• Participate in technical knowledge sharing with other team members.
• Stay current with emerging technology and software engineering innovations and continuously enhance skills.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, internal LLM tooling) to explore solution options, generate scaffolding code, and improve development velocity while maintaining code quality and security.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant data & software engineering development experience
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, command-line tools, and ETL/ELT pipelines for large datasets, including AI and analytics use cases
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern AI concepts/tools, such as GCP, AWS, AI/ML APIs, vector databases, embeddings, and retrieval
• Strong attention to detail, communication skills, and a track record of knowledge-sharing with team members
• PREFERRED: Experience with iterative development and Agile methodologies, including familiarity with SAFe or similar scaled frameworks.
• PREFERRED: Experience with AI/ML frameworks or APIs (e.g., OpenAI, HuggingFace, LangChain, or similar)
• PREFERRED: Experience working with data warehouses and big data tools (e.g., BigQuery, Databricks)
• PREFERRED: Experience working with APIs for data retrieval
• PREFERRED: Experience building lightweight internal tools, agents, or workflows that orchestrate LLM calls (e.g., prompt templates, retrieval-augmented generation, or scripted helpers for teammates)
• PREFERRED: Experience working with marketing, analytics and customer data
• PREFERRED: Experience contributing to data/table architecture
• PREFERRED: Experience integrating data models within software

Pay Transparency

At Ovative, we offer a transparent view into three core components of your total compensation package: Base Salary, Annual Bonus, and Benefits. The salary range for this position below is inclusive of an annual bonus. Actual offers are made with consideration for relevant experience and anticipated impact. Additional benefits information is provided below.

Benefits

• Culture: Culture matters and we’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace for ten years running because of it. We demand trust and transparency from each other. We believe in doing the hard and complicated work others put off. We’re open in communication and floor plan. We’re flat – our interns sit next to VPs, our analysts work closely with senior leaders, and our CEO interacts with every single person daily. Put together, these elements help foster an environment where smart people can support each other in performing to their highest potential.
• Compensation and Insurance: We strive to hire and retain the best talent. Paying fair, competitive compensation, with a large bonus incentive, and phenomenal health insurance is an important part of this mix. We’re rewarded fairly and when the company performs well, we all benefit.
• Tangible amenities we enjoy: Access to all office spaces in MSP, NYC, and CHI Frequent, paid travel to our Minneapolis headquarters for company events, team events, and in-person collaboration with teamsGenerous paid vacation policy 401k match program Top-notch health insurance options, inclusive of same sex partners Family formation benefits including reimbursement options for fertility, pregnancy, and parenting needs Monthly stipend for your mobile phone and data plan Sabbatical program Charitable giving via our time and a financial match program