Senior Analytics Engineer
| Company | Liftoff |
|---|---|
| Location | Las Vegas, NV, USA, Seattle, WA, USA, Newport Beach, CA, USA, San Francisco, CA, USA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, San Carlos, CA, USA, New York, NY, USA, Portland, OR, USA |
| Salary | $140000 – $196000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 5+ years of experience with SQL, including expertise in writing efficient, optimized queries
- Strong experience with Data Analytics and a solid understanding of query plans and data model optimization
- 2+ years of experience with Looker, including developing user-facing dashboards, reports, and complex data models
- Proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation, and integration with data workflows
- Experience with JupyterLab for interactive analysis, data exploration, and creating reproducible workflows
- Experience with DBT, Rill, and Looker for data modeling and BI tools
- Strong knowledge of database fundamentals (execution plans, join strategies, etc.), with the ability to tune queries for performance
- Excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with different teams to understand requirements
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain efficient data models for company-wide analysis, collaborating closely with business users
- Develop user-facing data products using SQL and analytics on core infrastructure managed by the Data Engineering team
- Optimize and improve Liftoff’s Looker-based BI layer to scale and meet business needs
- Independently complete tasks, managing your priorities and contributing to larger projects with minimal supervision
- Identify and resolve technical debt, improving team productivity and project health
- Maintain and troubleshoot data pipelines, ensuring reliable operation
- Collaborate with users to optimize queries, design aggregations, and suggest performance improvements
- Follow best practices like version control and CI/CD, ensuring maintainable and scalable code
- Ensure high-quality work that meets security, reliability, and privacy standards
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in ad-tech
- Knowledge of AgroCD, Kubernetes, AWS, and Github
- Familiarity with Big Data technologies like Apache Spark or Databricks
- Experience with a second programming language (especially Scala)
- Familiarity with machine learning workflows