Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thistle is a food company focused on helping people get and stay healthy while improving the sustainability of the food system. The Senior Analytics Engineer will lead the evolution of the company’s data infrastructure, models, pipelines, governance, and analytics capabilities while partnering with cross-functional leaders and mentoring analytics team members.
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture and governance of Thistle’s end-to-end data infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and adherence to best practices
- Lead the design and implementation of our core data models and pipelines (ETL/ELT), enabling advanced analytics, reporting, and experimentation
- Drive cross-functional alignment on data definitions, metrics, and source-of-truth models to ensure consistency and clarity across teams
- Develop and mentor analytics engineers and analysts, elevating technical standards and fostering a data-driven mindset throughout the company
- Serve as a strategic partner to senior leadership by identifying opportunities for data to unlock business value and advising on high-impact initiatives
- Continuously optimize the performance of our data warehouse (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift), workflows, and query efficiency
- Champion best-in-class tooling and practices, including dbt, Airflow, version control, testing frameworks, and documentation standards
- Support self-serve analytics by building scalable, intuitive data products, dashboards, and exploration tools tailored to business stakeholders
Skills
- 5–8+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data architecture, or data engineering, with a strong record of owning end-to-end data solutions
- Proven experience building and scaling cloud-based data ecosystems using modern tools like dbt, Airflow, and a cloud data warehouse (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python, with strong data modeling and transformation skills
- Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders across levels and functions
- Experience in defining and operationalizing data governance, quality frameworks, and performance tuning practices
- Excellent communication skills with a track record of translating complex data challenges into clear business insights and recommendations
- A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a passion for continuous learning and improvement
- Alignment with Thistle's mission to make healthy, sustainable food accessible to all
Benefits
- Fully remote role
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