Senior Analytics Engineering Manager

United States Digital Space LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Health plans

OneMedical membership

Job summary

Nextdoor is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineering Manager to lead the Analytics Engineering team, delivering curated datasets, dashboards, and internal data products. You will establish standards for metrics, data governance, and SLAs, while guiding a high-performing team through cross-functional collaboration to drive data-driven decisions.

We value AI-enabled approaches, strong leadership, and a passion for building scalable, self-serve analytics across the business.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in analytics engineering, data engineering, or analytics with strong SQL and Python.

Responsibilities

• Own vision for Analytics Engineering; deliver data products and curated datasets.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Looker

ETL/ELT

Data governance

KPIs

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

GitHub

Job description

#TeamNextdoor

the company (NYSE: NXDR) is the essential neighborhood network. Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use the company to connect around local information that matters in more than 350,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. the company builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale. Download the app and join the neighborhood at the company.com.

Meet Your Future Neighbors

The Analytics Engineering team at the company transforms diverse data sources into solutions for business challenges. As a lean yet impactful team, we cover the entirety of the the company business and excel in cross-functional collaboration to empower company-wide data-driven decision-making.

By amplifying the voices of our platform's users, we play a pivotal role in building stronger, healthier communities. We’re at an exciting transition, evolving from a traditional Business Intelligence focus to a broader mandate that includes strengthening data foundations and developing data products, such as analytics self-serve, for all the company data consumers.

At the company, we operate in an AI-first environment and expect every team member to actively use AI tools as part of their workflow. We aren't looking for prompt engineers; we’re looking for people who use tools like Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Glean to challenge their own thinking and take full ownership of AI-assisted outputs.

We also offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience for our valued employees. The hiring team will go over these expectations with you if you are being considered for a role near one of our offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and London.

The Impact You’ll Make

As a Senior Analytics Engineering Manager, you will

• Develop and own the vision for Analytics Engineering, delivering curated datasets, dashboards, and internal data products. Define outcomes and communicate prioritization, progress, and impact to leadership

• Establish and enforce standards for metrics, data governance, documentation, and SLAs, overseeing data quality with proactive issue resolution through alerting and root-cause analysis

• Build, coach, and elevate a high-performing analytics engineering team, setting clear goals and fostering a culture of inclusion, learning, and operational excellence

• Collaborate closely with data science, finance, marketing, sales, product, and engineering to prioritize the analytics engineering roadmap and drive data-driven decision-making

• Scale data self-service and literacy by expanding documentation, training, and enablement in key tools and dashboards, empowering stakeholders to explore data independently

• Guide architectural and operational excellence across ETL/ELT pipelines, championing best practices in code review and version control for enhanced reliability

• Cultivate a proactive data product builder culture within the team, shifting from a service-oriented approach to identifying needs, recognizing patterns, and implementing solutions in phases

• Participate in in-person the company events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises

• Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to the company’s company culture

What You’ll Bring To The Team

• 10+ years in analytics engineering, data engineering, or analytics, with strong hands‑on SQL, Python, and data modeling expertise

• 3+ years of people leadership experience, including hiring, coaching, and performance management in analytics/data teams

• Proven ability to define semantic layers and build scalable dashboards; experience with Looker (preferred) or other BI/visualization tools, including in tool selection, setup and governance

• Experience building and operating ETL/ELT pipelines with robust validation and monitoring; high bar for data quality

• Excellent communication; proven success partnering with cross‑functional stakeholders (Finance, Product, Engineering, etc.) to define KPIs and deliver measurable outcomes

• Track record of driving projects end‑to‑end and demonstrating clear outcomes and impact

• Appetite for applying AI and emerging tools to increase productivity and reimagine how AE teams deliver impact (without sacrificing rigor and decision quality)

Bonus Points

• Experience with consumer products, user-generated content, and ad-supported business models

• Proficiency with version‑controlled code (e.g., GitHub) and scripting in Python

• Experience with agile or kanban workflows

Rewards

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at the company come together to create our total rewards package. Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $204,000 to $301,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. The salary range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location.

We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.

When it comes to benefits, we have you covered! the company employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At the company, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For information about our collection and use of applicants’ personal information, please see the company's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.