Senior Analytics Engineer: AI-Driven Data Foundations

Fora (Interview Calendar); New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

Health Insurance (including option)

Dental & Vision Insurance

Wellhub Memberships

401k plan with company match

Commuter Benefits

Supplemental Life Insurance

Stock Options

Job summary

Fora is hiring its first Senior Analytics Engineer to scale how data is modeled, curated, and delivered across the company. You’ll own the analytics transformation and create trusted data marts so analysts and stakeholders access timely, reliable insights.

This foundational role reports to the Director, Data & Analytics and collaborates with Engineering, Product, Finance and Growth to drive scalable analytics that power AI-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data analytics experience, including 2+ in analytics engineering or equivalent.
• Advanced SQL skills; Python is a plus.
• Experience building and maintaining dbt projects in production.
• Hands-on with data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks).
• Experience with modern BI tools (Omni, Sigma, Hex, Looker).
• Familiarity with data ingestion/orchestration tools (Airbyte, Fivetran).
• Strong cross-functional communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own and mature Fora’s analytics transformation layer, including the data models, context, and systems used to manage it.
• Build modern analytics foundations that power AI-driven insights and action in BI apps and MCP servers.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand needs, determine projects, and define requirements.
• Improve quality, reliability, and performance, including reducing latency and managing cost as data scales.
• Promote data excellence through mentorship, documentation, and training.
• Contribute to broader Data team strategy, project prioritization, and evolving analytics best practices.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

Cross-functional communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

dbt

BigQuery

Snowflake

Databricks

Looker

Omni

Fivetran

Airbyte

LLM tools (Claude/Codex)

Job description

Fora is hiring its first Senior Analytics Engineer to scale how data is modeled, curated, and delivered across the company. You’ll own the analytics transformation and create trusted data marts so analysts and stakeholders access timely, reliable insights.

This foundational role reports to the Director, Data & Analytics and collaborates with Engineering, Product, Finance and Growth to drive scalable analytics that power AI-driven decisions.