Data Product Engineer (API-Focused Full-Stack Data Engineer) in Urbandale

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Founded in 2002, Source Allies is an agile, team-based technical consultancy focused on building industry-defining data and cloud- solutions. Our teammates partner closely with clients to design, build, and evolve data products that turn raw data into actionable insights, delivered through consumer-ready datasets and API-first interfaces.

We’re seeking a Data Product Engineer who blends software engineering and data engineering and can navigate ambiguity with a “data-as-a-product” mindset. You’ll help build and run production-grade data products, often surfaced through APIs (including federated GraphQL), with data contracts, observability, and measurable outcomes.

What You’ll Do

Build data products with real consumers and outcomes

• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate complex business needs and questions into insights delivered through data products.

• Define and iterate on product success metrics (e.g., adoption, time-to-insight, reliability, cost-to-serve), and improve the product based on usage and feedback.

• Treat data assets and APIs as products with lifecycle ownership: launch, adoption, improvement, and retirement.

Engineer API-first data solutions

• Design and develop data product APIs using Java, AWS, and modern CI/CD practices.

• Contribute to or build federated GraphQL APIs (potentially using Apollo GraphOS) and/or REST interfaces, with strong attention to contracts, versioning, and developer experience.

• Build production-ready services with observability (e.g., Datadog) and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform).

Build reliable pipelines and analytics foundations

• Evaluate and compare data sources to determine optimal solutions, using quantitative analysis and tradeoff reasoning.

• Explore data sources to uncover attributes, understand lineage/data flows, detect trends, and validate feasibility.

• Build and maintain scalable, testable pipelines using modern Python engineering practices (modules, tests, CI/CD) as opposed to standalone Databricks notebooks.

• Perform analysis and pipeline development using Databricks, PySpark, and SQL.

Operate with quality and craft

• Apply Agile and XP practices such as TDD, pairing, small batch delivery, and frequent demos/feedback loops.

• Establish and maintain expectations for data quality, freshness, latency, and reliability through testing, monitoring, and automation.

• Collaborate across engineering, product, and analytics teams to ensure data products are discoverable, trusted, and reusable.

Who You Are

Core experience

• 3+ years of industry experience building enterprise software, data platforms, or data-driven products.

• Strong foundation in software engineering and data engineering: you can design systems, write clean code, and ship production services.

• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Java (or equivalent OO with willingness to work in Java).

• Cloud experience, preferably AWS, including building and operating production services.

Data product mindset

• You think beyond pipelines: you build consumer-ready data assets and data solutions with clear contracts, documentation, and usability.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working independently to deliver an answer, a fix, or an enhancement end-to-end.

• You can translate business questions into analytical approaches, validate assumptions, and deliver outcomes.

Technical strengths aligned to this role

• Experience designing and building APIs that deliver data/insights (GraphQL and/or REST), including schema design and backwards compatibility.

• Experience building pipelines with Databricks, PySpark, and SQL.

• Familiar with CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions) and infrastructure tooling (e.g., Terraform).

• Observability experience (e.g., Datadog) across services and pipelines.

• Familiarity with data quality practices (tests/validation, monitoring, freshness checks, lineage awareness).

Nice to Have

• Experience with federated GraphQL and/or Apollo GraphOS.

• Experience with Elastic / Elasticsearch.

• Experience with modern data warehousing/lakehouse tools (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Athena, etc.).

• Exposure to BI/semantic layers and tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker), especially when paired with API-first delivery patterns.

What We Offer Our Teammates

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision, Life, , Maternity & Paternity Leave benefits

• 401(k) match with immediate vesting

• Ongoing training and learning opportunities because continuous improvement matters

Join Source Allies and help clients turn data into a competitive advantage. In our hybrid work model, all teammates have some level of onsite requirement, balancing flexibility with meaningful in-person collaboration.

Company DescriptionSource Allies is a local technical consultancy that values collaboration, craftsmanship, and an ownership mentality. We provide a home to our teammates where we encourage each other to grow not only technically, but as peers & consultants. Find your Mastery Path at Source Allies! See more at www.sourceallies.comCompany DescriptionSource Allies is a local technical consultancy that values collaboration, craftsmanship, and an ownership mentality. We provide a home to our teammates where we encourage each other to grow not only technically, but as peers & consultants. Find your Mastery Path at Source Allies! See more at www.sourceallies.com

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