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Principal Analytics Engineer
Location
Colorado
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$163.5K - $245.3K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Job Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience in an Analytics Engineering or Data Engineering role, preferably within a SaaS or high-tech environment.
- 7+ years of professional experience in SQL and strong production experience with a major cloud data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift).
- Extensive experience with DBT, including advanced features (macros, packages, source freshness, custom tests).
- Strong familiarity with version control (GitHub), CI/CD, and modern development workflows.
- Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling.
- Experience in a technical coaching or mentoring role with demonstrable impact on junior engineers' development.
- Demonstrated ability to manage requirements and expectations across multiple, competing business units.
- Strong communicator who can build trusted partnerships across GTM, Finance, and Exec stakeholders.
- Experience with a major orchestration tool and defining complex data dependencies.
- Deep functional knowledge of core SaaS business domains (e.g., Salesforce/CRM data, Product telemetry, Financial modeling).
- Proficiency in Python for scripting, data manipulation, and pipeline orchestration.
- Bias for action - you prefer launching usable, iterative data models that deliver immediate value over waiting for perfect solutions.
- Comfortable working through ambiguity in fast-moving, cross-functional environments.
- Familiarity with data governance tools, data catalogs, and data observability solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or quantitative field.
- Master's or Ph.D. degree preferred.
Benefits
- Workday Bonus Plan
- Role-specific commission/bonus
- Annual refresh stock grants
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