How to hire a business owner/engineer

How to hire a business owner/engineer, step by step

Here's a step-by-step business owner/engineer hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a business owner/engineer job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new business owner/engineer
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your business owner/engineer job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a business owner/engineer for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect business owner/engineer also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents business owner/engineer salaries for various positions.

   Type of Business Owner/Engineer	Description	Hourly rate
   Business Owner/Engineer		$35-66
   Analytical Data Miner	An analytical data miner specializes in providing analytical services to help organizations make decisions and optimize their daily operations. They may work in the medical, manufacturing, information technology, construction, and finance industries... Show more	$28-56
   Business Intelligence Developer	A business intelligence developer is primarily responsible for organizing and developing systems that will inform the company of essential data and solutions as a basis for decision-making. They are also responsible for coordinating with stakeholders and other high-ranking personnel to determine specific goals, develop models, conduct research and analysis, and gather data through various processes, ensuring accuracy and productivity... Show more	$33-58

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Business Intelligence
   • Visualization
   • Python
   • Data Analysis
   • ETL
   • Power Bi
   • Data Warehouse
   • Data Warehousing
   • Java
   • Data Quality
   • Project Management
   • Ruby
   • Ssis
   • MicroStrategy

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   Responsibilities:

   • Lead the QA team in Singapore at a very early stage in career.
   • Design, develop and manage projects to assure that call center technicians are in compliance with the customer SLAs.
   • Manage Jenkins security by providing specific access to authorize developers/testers using project base matrix authorization strategy.
   • Deploy dashboards to SharePoint sites and customize user experience using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
   • Design and develop ETL packages for extracting and loading the data into appropriate tables in the database using SSIS.
   • Implement and deliver MicroStrategy mobile dashboards via MicroStrategy mobile application.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your business owner/engineer job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A business owner/engineer salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, business owner/engineers' average salary in hawaii is 39% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level business owner/engineers earn 47% less than senior-level business owner/engineers.
   • Certifications. A business owner/engineer with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a business owner/engineer's salary.

   Average business owner/engineer salary

   $101,830yearly

   $48.96 hourly rate

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   Entry-level business owner/engineer salary

   $74,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 14, 2026

   Average business owner/engineer salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$122,040	$59
   2	New York	$103,793	$50
   3	Washington	$103,122	$50
   4	Arizona	$98,968	$48
   5	New Jersey	$97,506	$47
   6	Connecticut	$96,266	$46
   7	Texas	$95,978	$46
   8	Virginia	$95,190	$46
   9	Massachusetts	$93,589	$45
   10	Oregon	$93,353	$45
   11	Georgia	$91,603	$44
   12	Illinois	$90,148	$43
   13	North Carolina	$89,520	$43
   14	Pennsylvania	$89,164	$43
   15	Utah	$88,003	$42
   16	Ohio	$85,110	$41
   17	Florida	$84,440	$41
   18	Iowa	$83,623	$40
   19	Michigan	$79,545	$38
   20	Wisconsin	$77,756	$37

   Average business owner/engineer salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	The Citadel	$173,487	$83.41	4
   2	Meta	$143,670	$69.07	131
   3	Apple	$140,339	$67.47	21
   4	Roku	$134,901	$64.86	2
   5	DoorDash	$128,878	$61.96	8
   6	Lyft	$128,634	$61.84
   7	Coursera	$126,533	$60.83
   8	Instacart	$126,377	$60.76	3
   9	Palantir	$124,215	$59.72
   10	Chewy	$118,428	$56.94
   11	Square	$118,244	$56.85	4
   12	Microsoft	$116,894	$56.20	46
   13	Salesforce	$115,950	$55.75	14
   14	Lands' End	$114,684	$55.14	1
   15	RealSelf	$114,192	$54.90
   16	MedeAnalytics	$113,892	$54.76
   17	Amazon	$113,016	$54.33	100
   18	GoDaddy	$112,682	$54.17
   19	KLA	$111,754	$53.73	2
   20	ChannelAdvisor	$109,528	$52.66

4. Writing a business owner/engineer job description

   A good business owner/engineer job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a business owner/engineer job description:

   Business owner/engineer job description example

   The AWS Business Intelligence Engineer will have responsibility across the entire Cloud Data stack. The BIA will use their experience to build and optimize data pipelines (ELT/ETL), data warehousing and dimensional modeling, and curate data sets for Data Scientists and Business Intelligence users. Additional responsibilities include building AWS Data Lake and on-prem to Cloud Data Migration projects.
   Primary Responsibilities:
   Design, build and operate the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL, cloud migration tools, and ‘big data' technologies Optimize various RDBMS engines in the cloud and solve customers' security, performance, and operation problems Design, build, and operate large, complex data lakes that meet functional / non-functional business requirements Manages large volumes of data, data modeling, and metadata to support ad-hoc and pre-built reporting Train and support business users in achieving unique data insights.Optimize various data types of ingestion, storage, processing, and retrieval from near real-time events, and IoT, to unstructured data as images, audio, video, and documents, and in between Work with customers' and internal stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data, Software Development, and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure and business needs
   
   Competencies:
   Analytical problem-solving skills Ability to manage large volumes of data, modeling data, and metadata Experience in Lake Formation Orchestration, Maintain and enhance models for SDLC using CI/CD pipelines in AWSExperience in implementing data pipelines for both streaming and batch integrations using tools/frameworks like Glue ETL, Lambda, Spark, Spark Streaming, etc.Experience in Relational and NoSQL databases, such as MySQL or Postgres and DynamoDB or CassandraFunctional and scripting languages: Python, Java, Scala, etc. Advanced SQLWorking knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data' stores Articulate with great communication and presentation skills Team player that can train as well as learn from others
   
   Qualifications:
   Bachelor (Graduate preferred) degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Informatics, Information Systems, or another quantitative field3+ years of experience in a Data Engineer role in a cloud-native eco-system2+ years working experience in AWS Glue ETL, Redshift and Redshift Spectrum, Step Function, AthenaExperience building and optimizing ‘big data' pipelines, architectures, and data sets Experience supporting and working with external customers in a dynamic environment
   
   Preferred Qualifications:
   Experience in Athena and Quicksight is definite plus
   
   We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other category protected by law.

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5. Post your job

   To find business owner/engineers for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any business owner/engineers they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level business owner/engineers with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your business owner/engineer job on Zippia to find and recruit business owner/engineer candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting business owner/engineers requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   Sometimes, it's not enough to interview business owner/engineer candidates, so you can ask them to do a test project. If you are not a technical person and don't know what a test project should be, you can use these websites:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new business owner/engineer

   Once you've found the business owner/engineer candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new business owner/engineer first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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