Senior Analytics Engineer — Transform Data into Trusted Insights

Ddn; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DDN is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to own the transformation and modeling layer of its enterprise data platform. You’ll turn data from Salesforce, Workday, product systems, and other sources into trusted datasets used by Sales, Finance, Product, and Operations.

Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to build scalable, well-documented models, dashboards, and semantic layers. Strong SQL, dbt, Python, and cloud warehouse experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in analytics engineering, data engineering, or a similar data-focused role.
• Expert-level SQL including complex joins, window functions, CTEs, and performance tuning.
• Strong experience with dbt for building and maintaining transformation pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with a cloud data warehouse (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, or similar).
• Understanding of dimensional modeling and data warehouse design patterns.
• Experience building and maintaining BI content (dashboards, data models, semantic layers) in Sigma or Looker.
• Strong Python skills for data analysis, automation, or pipeline work.
• Solid understanding of data quality practices including testing, monitoring, documentation.
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts for business stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Data modeling — design, build, and maintain dbt models for analytics datasets.
• Data quality — implement testing, monitoring, and documentation for trusted data.
• BI & semantic layer — build Sigma data models and dashboards for self-serve analytics.
• Collaboration — translate analytical needs into scalable data models with stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Data quality practices

Data storytelling / communication

Dimensional modeling

BI collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field

Tools

dbt

BigQuery

Snowflake

Redshift

Sigma/Looker

Python

Job description

DDN is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to own the transformation and modeling layer of its enterprise data platform. You’ll turn data from Salesforce, Workday, product systems, and other sources into trusted datasets used by Sales, Finance, Product, and Operations.

Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to build scalable, well-documented models, dashboards, and semantic layers. Strong SQL, dbt, Python, and cloud warehouse experience are essential.