Analytics Engineer: Build the Data Foundation for Growth

The Bulwark; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full employer-sponsored health plans

401(k) plan with employer match

Generous vacation and paid time off

Commuter benefits and Employee Assist.

Job summary

The Bulwark in Washington, DC is seeking its first Analytics Engineer to build the analytics foundation across subscriptions, newsletters, podcasts, video, and events.

You will connect data across platforms to create trusted reporting, shared metrics, and a unified view of the business, informing growth, pricing, and product decisions.

This is a hands-on, entrepreneurial role in a fast-growing media company, with a strong emphasis on measurable impact and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on analytics engineering or analytics experience.
• Strong SQL skills and Snowflake experience.
• Experience with dbt, Fivetran or equivalent ELT tools.
• Experience building dashboards in Metabase or similar BI tools.
• Experience in subscriber attribution, cohort analyses, and LTV/retention models.
• Experience driving revenue growth via pricing, experimentation, or lifecycle marketing.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to automate analytics workflows and reporting.
• Excellent communication to translate data for diverse stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to build analytics foundations from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the analytics function across subscriptions, newsletters, podcasts, video, and events.
• Audit data sources, design a source-of-truth schema, and create scalable pipelines in Snowflake.
• Partner with Growth, Finance, Editorial, and partners to answer top business questions.
• Develop dashboards and executive reporting for timely visibility of growth metrics.
• Measure acquisition, retention, churn, engagement, and lifetime value to drive revenue growth.
• Design measurement frameworks for pricing, promotions, and experimentation.
• Enable A/B testing evaluation and new growth initiatives with robust data architecture.
• Create scalable audience taxonomy to improve targeting and personalization.

Skills

SQL

Snowflake

ELT tools

Dashboards

Attribution & LTV

Pricing & experimentation

AI in analytics

Communication

Entrepreneurial builder mindset

Tools

dbt

Fivetran

Metabase

Job description

The Bulwark in Washington, DC is seeking its first Analytics Engineer to build the analytics foundation across subscriptions, newsletters, podcasts, video, and events.

You will connect data across platforms to create trusted reporting, shared metrics, and a unified view of the business, informing growth, pricing, and product decisions.

This is a hands-on, entrepreneurial role in a fast-growing media company, with a strong emphasis on measurable impact and collaboration across teams.