Analytics Engineering Director

Betterment; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all employees

Sabbatical after 6 years

Professional coaching

Day-one 401(k) match

Job summary

Betterment is seeking a Senior Manager for Analytics Engineering in New York City. You will lead a high-performing team, shape a roadmap that balances shared data foundations with business needs, and ensure data products are accurate, observable, and scalable.

You will partner across Analytics, Data Platform, Product Engineering, Finance, Marketing, CRM, and Revenue Operations to translate problems into reliable data capabilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as an analytics or data engineer.
• 3+ years of experience leading a team of 4+ analytics/data engineers.
• Strong expertise in SQL, dbt ETL, data modeling, and modern data warehousing.
• Experience with Airflow, cloud data warehouses, and CRM integrations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate the Analytics Engineering vision, roadmap, and priorities, connecting data investments to business outcomes.
• Lead, coach, and grow individual contributors; set clear expectations, support career development, and build a healthy, inclusive team culture.
• Partner with Analytics and cross functional leaders to understand where trusted datasets, and self-service capabilities can improve workflows and reduce repeated work.
• Work with Data Platform and Product Engineering to shape data contracts, upstream changes, warehouse models, and reliable pathways from source data to business-ready products.
• Guide the design and evolution of dbt models, Airflow pipelines, data quality, documentation, monitoring, and deployment practices.
• Balance roadmap delivery, incoming requests, operational support, and technical health; make tradeoffs visible and align stakeholders on sequencing and scope.

Skills

SQL

ETL/ELT

dbt

Data modeling

Modern data warehousing

Airflow

Cloud data warehouses

CRM integrations

Reverse-ETL

Leadership

Tools

Airflow

dbt

Job description

Betterment is seeking a Senior Manager for Analytics Engineering in New York City. You will lead a high-performing team, shape a roadmap that balances shared data foundations with business needs, and ensure data products are accurate, observable, and scalable.

You will partner across Analytics, Data Platform, Product Engineering, Finance, Marketing, CRM, and Revenue Operations to translate problems into reliable data capabilities.