Senior Analytics Engineer

Chainalysis; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A data analytics company in Toronto is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to enhance data models and support business intelligence. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, expert-level SQL skills, and a strong Python background. This role drives data solutions across various business functions, optimizing data structures for improved decision-making. Competitive compensation and a focus on diversity and inclusion are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in analytics engineering or data engineering.
• Expert-level proficiency in SQL and data modeling techniques.
• Strong programming skills in Python for data manipulation.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain data models and transformation pipelines.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements.
• Apply software engineering best practices to ensure data quality.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Data modeling

Python programming

CI/CD workflows

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

dbt

Snowflake

Databricks

Fivetran

Git

Job description

Overview

The Data and Analytics team (DA) team is responsible for unlocking the value in Chainalysis’ corporate data. We work with stakeholders across Finance, Sales, Marketing, Product, and other business teams to ship data solutions that are trusted, reliable, and transformative. Our goal is to empower employees to do their best work by building the foundational data products that drive business decisions and accelerate Chainalysis’ growth.

As a Senior Analytics Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role at the intersection of data engineering, analytics, and business strategy. You will apply software engineering principles—version control, CI/CD, testing, and documentation—to the analytics workflow, building scalable and trusted data models. You are a builder who thrives on transforming complex, raw data into enterprise-grade datasets that enable informed decisions across the organization.

In this role, you’ll:

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable data models and transformation pipelines using dbt and SQL—with a special emphasis on expert-level data modeling in dbt—to support analytics and business intelligence across the company.
• Collaborate with stakeholders in Finance, Sales, Marketing, and Product to translate business requirements into technical specifications for reliable datasets.
• Apply software engineering best practices, including Git version control, CI/CD, automated testing, and documentation, to ensure data quality and maintainability.
• Own and enhance the data architecture within our cloud data warehouses (Snowflake/Redshift/Databricks), optimizing for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Develop and manage data integrations from source systems (e.g., Salesforce, NetSuite, Pendo) using tools like Fivetran and custom Python scripts.
• Mentor engineers and analysts on advanced dbt data modeling techniques and the effective use of our data stack.
• Contribute to our data governance framework by establishing and enforcing standards for data quality, consistency, and metric definition.

We’re looking for candidates who have:

• 5+ years of professional experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or BI development, with a record of shipping data products to production.
• Expert-level proficiency in SQL and deep experience with data modeling techniques, especially building and optimizing complex data models in dbt for scalable analytics use cases.
• Extensive hands-on experience building, testing, and deploying dbt projects in a complex business environment.
• Strong programming skills in Python for data manipulation and automation.
• Experience with modern cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks).
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally, translating ambiguous business questions into well-defined, quantitative solutions.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git and CI/CD workflows.

Nice to have experience:

• Experience using AI-assisted IDEs (e.g., Cursor, Windsurf) or AI code assistants to accelerate dbt model development and improve code quality.
• Familiarity with data orchestration frameworks like Dagster or Airflow.
• Experience working in a B2B SaaS environment with an understanding of go-to-market strategies and business metrics (e.g., ARR, LTV:CAC, Customer Health Score).
• An interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology—we can help you learn!

Technologies we use:

• dbt
• Databricks
• Fivetran
• Dagster
• Airflow
• Python
• Tableau
• Git
• AWS
• Salesforce
• Netsuite
• Pendo

This position is ineligible for visa sponsorship.

About Chainalysis

Blockchain technology is powering a growing wave of innovation. Businesses and governments around the world are using blockchains to make banking more efficient, connect with their customers, and investigate criminal cases. As adoption of blockchain technology grows, more and more organizations seek access to all this ecosystem has to offer. That’s where Chainalysis comes in. We provide complete knowledge of what’s happening on blockchains through our data, services, and solutions. With Chainalysis, organizations can navigate blockchains safely and with confidence.

You belong here.

At Chainalysis, we believe that diversity of experience and thought makes us stronger. With both customers and employees around the world, we are committed to ensuring our team reflects the unique communities around us. We’re ensuring we keep learning by committing to continually revisit and reevaluate our diversity culture.

We encourage applicants across any race, ethnicity, gender/gender expression, age, spirituality, ability, experience and more. If you need any accommodations to make our interview process more accessible to you due to a disability, don’t hesitate to let us know. You can learn more here. We can’t wait to meet you.