Data Analytics Engineer: Build Scalable Data Pipelines

Lyka; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth & development

Sustainability focus

Diverse team

Parental leave 18 weeks

Wellbeing support

Pet benefits

Job summary

Lyka is an Australian founded pet wellness company that's reshaping the industry with nutritionally balanced meals for pets and a focus on sustainability.

We are looking for a Data Analytics Engineer to enable data-driven decision-making across the business, partnering with Product and Engineering to build scalable data products and empower teams with reliable, self-service access to data via the semantic layer.

Qualifications

• 1+ years experience in data modelling, analytics engineering, or BI development.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with dbt, Airflow, and modern data warehouses like Snowflake or BigQuery.
• Familiarity with BI tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Omni) and designing intuitive, scalable dashboards.
• A solid understanding of data lifecycle and analytics workflows, from ingestion to insight.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Analytics, Product, and Engineering teams to deliver impactful data solutions.
• Basic understanding and experience in using AI tools to optimise your day to day and improve processes

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Data Analysts, Product Managers, and Engineers to design and implement analytics-ready data models that enables data capabilities and decision-making.
• Build and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines using tools like dbt, Airflow, and Python to transform raw data into clean, reliable datasets.
• Develop and optimise semantic layers and metrics definitions to support consistent reporting across BI and Analytic tools.
• Ensure data quality, reliability, and performance across analytics workflows, proactively identifying and resolving issues

Skills

SQL

dbt

Airflow

Data modelling

Analytics engineering

BI development

Data warehouses

Looker/Tableau

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Looker

Tableau

Omni

Job description

Lyka is an Australian founded pet wellness company that's reshaping the industry with nutritionally balanced meals for pets and a focus on sustainability.

We are looking for a Data Analytics Engineer to enable data-driven decision-making across the business, partnering with Product and Engineering to build scalable data products and empower teams with reliable, self-service access to data via the semantic layer.