Analytics Engineer: Databricks Genie & Semantic Modeling

The Planet Group; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 101,000; Part time

Job summary

The Planet Group is seeking an Analytics Engineer / Data Experience Engineer in Chicago with hybrid work arrangement. You will design semantic models, own user-facing analytics, and build dashboards and notebooks using Databricks Genie to empower business users.

You will collaborate on end-to-end data pipelines, ensure data quality, and optimize performance while enabling intuitive data access for decision-makers during a 6-month contract.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience in Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering, or BI.
• Strong SQL and dimensional/semantic modeling expertise.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks Genie and natural-language analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Semantic & metrics modeling: design and maintain governed semantic models and datasets.
• Data experience configuration: build UIs using Databricks Genie, dashboards, and notebooks.
• End-to-end engineering: handle backend query logic and frontend configuration to translate business questions into calculations.
• Usability & optimization: collaborate with data engineers to fix performance/quality issues and validate data accuracy.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Semantic modeling

Dimensional modeling

Data experience design

Data quality

Tools

Databricks Genie

Databricks

Git workflows

Job description

The Planet Group is seeking an Analytics Engineer / Data Experience Engineer in Chicago with hybrid work arrangement. You will design semantic models, own user-facing analytics, and build dashboards and notebooks using Databricks Genie to empower business users.

You will collaborate on end-to-end data pipelines, ensure data quality, and optimize performance while enabling intuitive data access for decision-makers during a 6-month contract.