Lead Analytics Engineer
Core
Senior technical leadership role focused on building a reliable, scalable, and well-governed analytics ecosystem.
Role type
Senior IC Lead Analytics Engineer
Builds
Production analytics layer, semantic definitions, and self-service analytics capabilities
Domain
Data Engineering / Analytics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
SQL, Python, dbt, DAG-based orchestration (Dagster/Airflow), relational databases, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), data modeling, semantic layer design, data testing strategies
Preferred skills
NoSQL/document/graph databases, Tableau, mentoring, technical migrations
Technologies
dbt, Dagster, Airflow, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Tableau
Responsibilities
Set technical direction for the analytics engineering team; own architecture and long-term maintainability of analytical data models; define and govern the semantic layer and metric definitions; partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical roadmaps; establish data testing strategies and validate business logic; lead large-scale data migrations and performance initiatives; manage and improve large-scale data infrastructure and automation; mentor engineers and raise technical standards.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities