Sr Analytics Engineer

Twist Bioscience; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in biotechnology seeks a Sr. Analytics Engineer. This pivotal position enhances data infrastructure and drives insights for decision-making. Candidates should possess a strong background in data engineering and architecture, particularly proficiency in dbt and SQL. The annual salary in California ranges from $137,000 to $164,000, reflecting the role's importance in supporting innovative products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Proficiency in dbt, SQL, and semantic modeling is essential.
• Experience with Snowflake and CI/CD workflows is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve dbt data transformation pipelines.
• Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines in Snowflake.
• Collaborate with analysts to deliver high-impact solutions.

Skills

SQL

dbt

Data Modeling

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or Analytics

Tools

Snowflake

Git

Python

R

Job description

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In this pivotal role, you’ll serve as the backbone of Twist’s data infrastructure—enhancing our dbt pipelines, driving scalable architecture, and ensuring data flows efficiently across the business. You’ll partner with technical teams and business leaders to transform raw data into trusted insights that fuel decision-making, accelerate innovation, and help bring our breakthrough products to scientists around the world. If you’re passionate about building elegant, resilient systems that make data truly impactful we’d love to meet you.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve dbt data transformation pipelines
• Build and refactor semantic models using best practices
• Optimize workflows for performance, scalability, and reliability
• Support CI/CD adoption and enforce version control standards (e.g., Git)
• Ensure pipeline health and data quality with robust logging and alerting
• Collaborate with analysts and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions
• Document architecture and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
• Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and architectures within Snowflake
• Implement permissions and role-based access control in Snowflake to manage secure data access
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or Analytics
• Clear, confident communication and a collaborative mindset
• Thought leader in data engineering and architecture best practices
• Strong troubleshooting and system optimization skills
• Proficiency in dbt, SQL, and semantic modeling
• Working knowledge of Python or R for data processing
• Experience with CI/CD and Git-based workflows
• Familiarity with modern data infrastructure (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Airflow)
  
  

About Twist Bioscience

Twist Bioscience synthesizes genes from scratch, known as “writing” DNA. Just as children learn to both read and write, the next phase of development for the genomics revolution is the ability to write DNA.

At Twist Bioscience, we work in service of people who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as health care, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, our unique silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable to our customers.

Twist Bioscience Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Twist Bioscience Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic characteristics, or any other category protected by law.

The base cash compensation for this California-based role is below. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for bonus, equity, and a generous benefits package. Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate skill, experience, expertise, and location and may vary from the amount listed above. Compensation may be different in other locations.

San Francisco Bay Area Pay Range

$137,000 - $164,000 USD

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

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