Staff Analytics Engineer

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Family Health Coverage

16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers

Mental Health Resources

Unlimited Provisions

Professional Development

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Engineer to join the Analytics team in Costa Mesa, California. The successful candidate will lead initiatives that drive data modeling and analytics, collaborating with multiple stakeholders to enhance decision-making across the organization.

Applicants should have over 6 years of analytics experience, including leadership roles, and possess expertise with various data stack tools. The position offers comprehensive family health coverage and supports professional development.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in the analytics ecosystem – Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer or Analyst / Consultant.
• 2+ years in a Lead role, demonstrating autonomy and process ownership.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Become a trusted resource for Anduril leadership.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, collecting requirements, and writing code for data models.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Data stack tools: dbt, Redshift, Looker/Tableau, Palantir Foundry

Building data models

Strategic partnerships and communication

Analytics expertise

Team management

Education

6+ years in analytics ecosystem

Experience managing a team

Job description

• The Analytics team is responsible for modeling our internal data into reusable entities that generalize how Anduril operates
• From those entities we build workflows, dashboards, and metrics that drive better and faster decision‑making
• You will work with stakeholders from across the company to understand how Anduril functions and model our data to create the digital twin of our operations
• The Analytics space is engrained in our team’s DNA, as we regularly discuss shifts in the industry and keep up with the top relevant blogs. If this culture and Anduril’s mission speaks to you, you’ve found the right place
• We’re looking for people who love delivering value with data – defining ontologies and writing the code that puts them into action
• You prioritize velocity and are interested in pushing the frontiers of what analytics can do within an organization – think data applications rather than just dashboards
• As a Staff Engineer, you should be a player‑coach; your role is to set an example for your team and define what great looks like while also being their advocate & mentor. Your leadership should take a high performing team on towards the next level
• There is no such thing as a pure manager at Anduril – you’ll demonstrate your ability to be both an IC and a people manager
• Become the Trusted Partner for end to end date flows – your job doesn’t end at the boundary of the data warehouse but instead in the business outcome
• Become an expert in the domain areas of your direct reports and provide them guidance, mentorship, and support
• Lead the building of Anduril’s ontology for a specific domain such as Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, People, and Sustainment
• Collaborate with stakeholders, collecting requirements, and writing the code that results in Secure, Timely, Accurate, Trusted, and Extensible Data Models
• Seek out problems that can be solved with data and proactively work with the organization to make it a reality
• Become a trusted resource for Anduril leadership in helping them run their organizations more effectively
• Palantir Foundry is our central hub for data driven applications, visualizations and large scale data analysis across the Anduril org. We manage a large user base and provide true data self service at scale
• We use SQLMesh for data transformations, giving our engineers the ability to work with SQL while enjoying software engineering best practices like version control, testing, and CI/CD for data pipelines
• For querying data, we utilize Athena, an aws serverless solution that allows our team to run analytics directly on our data lake without managing infrastructure
• We’ve implemented Apache Iceberg as our table format, providing advanced data management capabilities like schema evolution and time travel queries
• We use Flyte for orchestration. It is a highly scalable, kubernetes native modern orchestration platform similar to Airflow or Dagster

Benefits

• Full Family Health Coverage
• 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
• Family Planning & Support
• Incentivized Time Off
• Mental Health Resources
• Financial Planning
• Unlimited Provisions
• Professional Development

Qualifications

• Track record of leading cross‑functional technical initiatives with measurable business impact
• Experience with data stack tools: dbt, Redshift, Looker/Tableau, Palantir Foundry
• Ability to build world‑class data models in a fast, start‑up environment
• Demonstrated aptitude for strategic partnerships and communication with non‑technical stakeholders
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Experience working with sensitive data and maintaining security protocols
• 6+ years of experience in the analytics ecosystem – Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer or Analyst / Consultant with a strong engineering background
• 2+ years in a Lead role, demonstrating autonomy and process ownership
• Experience managing a team in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities