Senior Analytics Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Establish the data foundation for Airbnb.org utilizing data models, metrics, and dashboards.

• Design, develop, and implement efficient, reliable, and maintainable data models and pipelines in collaboration with Data Engineering.

• Define, create, implement, and document metrics and dimensions.

• Ensure data quality through testing, auditing, validation, incident response, and corrective measures.

• Identify, enhance, or phase out low-quality or redundant data assets.

• Integrate data quality improvements into the team roadmap.

• Create and develop dashboards and self-service data products.

• Write technical designs that outline benefits, risks, and trade-offs.

• Seek and offer peer feedback on designs and code.

• Comprehend stakeholder requirements across Marketing, Fundraising, Programs, Product, Data Science, and Engineering.

• Prioritize project tasks in alignment with the goals of Airbnb.org.

• Mentor and share expertise with fellow data professionals.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business inquiries into metrics and data products.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or a similar field.

• Proven experience managing significant data projects from inception to completion, including those with loosely defined scopes, covering scoping, design, and delivery.

• Strong SQL expertise and experience in optimizing queries on distributed data processing systems such as Spark, Presto, or Hive.

• Extensive experience in dimensional data modeling, schema design, and metric definition.

• Proficiency in at least one programming language relevant to data tasks, such as Python.

• Familiarity with an ETL/orchestration framework like Airflow.

• Capable of clearly communicating technical solutions and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to adjust to competing priorities.

• Demonstrated success in both collaborative and independent work settings.

• A strong commitment to high data quality, meticulous attention to detail, and an ownership mindset regarding system reliability.

• Must reside in a state where Airbnb, Inc. maintains a registered entity.

• Preferred: Skills in Minerva and Tableau, along with a keen eye for design in dashboards and visualization tools.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for bonuses.

• Eligibility for equity.

• Eligibility for benefits.

• Employee Travel Credits.

• Remote work eligibility.

• Opportunities for occasional work at an Airbnb office or participation in offsites, as agreed with the manager.

• Reasonable accommodations provided throughout the recruitment process.