Remote Senior Analytics Engineer - Data & AI Platform

System One; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 94,000 - 101,000; Part time

Job summary

System One, Inc. is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to lead analytics data architecture, semantic modeling, and data pipelines. The role focuses on building trusted data products and AI-enabled analytics across the organization.

Remote-friendly contract role with responsibilities spanning data governance, cross-functional collaboration, and mentorship of engineers. Strong SQL, Python, and cloud lakehouse experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of professional experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or related field with technical leadership.
• Expert SQL and Python with data modeling and transformations using dbt or similar tools.
• Advanced software engineering practices: Git, automated testing, CI/CD, code review, and pipeline orchestration.
• Deep expertise in data architecture, data modeling, semantic layer design, and metrics frameworks in cloud lakehouse environments (S3, Iceberg, Trino).
• Experience enabling AI/ML use cases with data (LLMs, RAG, embeddings, text-to-SQL).
• Strong governance, privacy, security, and compliance knowledge for sensitive data.
• Excellent communication, collaboration with stakeholders, and leadership of technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and lead scalable analytics-ready data models and data products.
• Lead the semantic layer design and governance for enterprise metrics and AI interfaces.
• Design and deliver production-grade data pipelines for analytics and ML solutions.
• Establish standards for data quality, governance, version control, testing, and CI/CD.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration across IS&T and the university.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Git

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Data Science

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

dbt

Dagster

Trino

Apache Iceberg

AWS S3

Job description

System One, Inc. is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to lead analytics data architecture, semantic modeling, and data pipelines. The role focuses on building trusted data products and AI-enabled analytics across the organization.

Remote-friendly contract role with responsibilities spanning data governance, cross-functional collaboration, and mentorship of engineers. Strong SQL, Python, and cloud lakehouse experience are essential.