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Senior/Staff Analytics Engineer

Build and maintain data pipelines, analytics models, dashboards, and external data products while partnering with engineering, product, implementation teams, and customers. The role requires 5+ years of analytics or data engineering experience, strong dbt and SQL expertise, and customer-facing collaboration skills.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end implementations for data products serving external customers.
  • Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and analytics models using Python, dbt, and SQL.
  • Create and manage dashboards in external and internal analytics products.
  • Prototype new data products.
  • Collaborate with engineering to drive the data-product roadmap.
  • Use GitHub-based workflows to maintain clean, version-controlled analytics code.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for analytics best practices.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or a similar technical role.
  • Expertise in dbt, SQL, and GitHub-based development; Python experience is a plus.
  • Strong experience designing, implementing, and maintaining data pipelines and models.
  • Experience in customer-facing roles with technical and business stakeholders.
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience working with asset managers, business owners, or financial services datasets.

Compensation and Benefits

  • OTE of $150,000–$170,000, dependent on skills, experience, location, and other qualifications.
  • Stock options.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k).
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Flexible vacation.

Skills

Python, SQL, dbt, GitHub, Data Pipelines, Data Modeling, Analytics Engineering, Dashboards, Data Products, Version Control

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