About Careertakes

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Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Position overview

Confidential Client's Business Intelligence team runs the analytics infrastructure for a compensation benchmarking platform. This entry-level, full-time Software Engineer role focuses on maintaining and improving analytics infrastructure (Tableau, Snowflake, AWS), ensuring reliability, security, data quality, and a great developer experience. You'll own components of the system, contribute to operational runbooks and standards, and support engineers and non-engineering stakeholders.

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Key Responsibilities

• Manage infrastructure-as-code configurations and deployment automation on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and engineering standards for the Business Intelligence team
• Design, implement, and maintain automated validation and monitoring for data pipelines to enforce data quality
• Provide technical guidance, training, and issue resolution for end users of the compensation benchmarking platform
• Ensure reliability, performance, and security of cloud platform operations and optimization infrastructure on AWS
• Maintain network and systems infrastructure for the Milwaukee office and remote work environments
• Document system architecture, data models, and operational runbooks

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Qualifications

Required

• 2+ years of professional experience in software engineering, data engineering, or a closely related technical discipline
• Strong proficiency and production experience with Tableau and Snowflake (or an equivalent analytics stack)
• Demonstrated curiosity about new tools and technologies and evidence of self-directed technical learning
• Strong attention to documentation, runbooks, and knowledge transfer in technical environments
• Proven ability to take ownership of technical systems and follow through independently

Preferred

• Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and columnar storage platforms
• Interest in data quality, data contracts, or observability as engineering practices
• Prior involvement in technology selection or architectural decision-making
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

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What success looks like in year one

• Build familiarity with the business context to make better technical prioritization decisions
• Establish productive relationships with at least two non-engineering stakeholders who depend on the benchmarking platform
• Complete required security, compliance, and systems access certifications for the Business Intelligence team
• Integrate into an on-call rotation and demonstrate competent incident response

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Interview process

The interview process is panel-based and structured, using defined rubrics to reduce bias and ensure consistent evaluation. Final candidates will present a short case study and meet potential peers in an informal setting.

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Logistics

• Seniority: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industry: Information Services
• Location: Milwaukee, WI

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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