Senior Analytics Engineer, 12 Month Contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Guide and assist data analysts, data engineers, and developers, promoting a collaborative and psychologically supportive atmosphere.

• Establish rigorous standards for technical proficiency in SQL, dbt modeling, and LookML architecture.

• Partner with fellow analytics engineers to transition legacy logic from Redshift/Postgres into efficient Databricks silver and gold layers.

• Independently develop intricate data models in dbt, showcasing expertise in modularity, testing, and performance enhancement on Spark.

• Take ownership of the LookML layer, ensuring that our explores and dashboards are efficient, user-friendly, and precise.

• Function as a "Hybrid Analyst," adeptly balancing long-term engineering initiatives with immediate requests to support business needs.

• Convert stakeholder inquiries into Looker-based reports and visualizations, guaranteeing timely access to critical business insights.

• Drive technical data planning through discovery, design, and release phases, ensuring comprehensive documentation for data catalogs and version control.

• Spot opportunities for reducing "data debt" and enhancing architecture within our Lakehouse and semantic layers.

• Proactively manage system characteristics such as latency and throughput, ensuring our data pipelines are optimized for cost-efficiency and speed.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in your data domain, contributing to business strategy to ensure we focus on measuring what truly matters.

• Provide engineering insights on the product roadmap, effectively communicating data feasibility and reporting constraints.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of hands-on experience in an Analytics Engineering or Data role, demonstrating a strong record of technical leadership in B2B/SaaS environments.

• Extensive experience in architecting dbt projects and overseeing complex Looker environments.

• Proficient in using Looker (or similar BI tools like Tableau or Power BI) to create dashboards and address intricate data requests.

• Strong architectural comprehension of modern data stacks, with validated experience in Databricks.

• Expertise in writing, refining, and troubleshooting advanced SQL queries.

• A keen interest in learning and discovering how AI/LLMs (such as Google Gemini) can be incorporated into the data lifecycle.

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across functions, gathering requirements and delivering results to various teams and departments.

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills; capable of conveying complex technical concepts to anyone within the organization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Health & Dental Benefits, Virtual Care, & Disability top-up - all commencing from day one!

• Virtual mental health support and EAP platform access.

• WealthSimple GRSP & Matching program.

• Annual Wellness Benefit ($1000 per year).

• Flexibility to work remotely from anywhere in Canada!

• Employee Options - everyone participates in our achievements!

• Internet Subsidy included in each paycheck.

• Tiki Bucks Incentive Program - every employee is eligible to earn bonuses!

• A People First Company - boasting a 4.2 rating on Glassdoor.

• Recognized for Most Admired Corporate Cultures (2024) and ranked #22 in Best Workplaces in Canada (2025) in the company size category.