Senior Analytics Engineer (62094)

Thistle is a food-tech startup focused on promoting health and sustainability through plant-forward meals. The Senior Analytics Engineer will lead the development of the company's data infrastructure and models, driving data-informed decisions across various teams to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.

Responsibilities:

• Own the architecture and governance of Thistle’s end-to-end data infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and adherence to best practices
• Lead the design and implementation of our core data models and pipelines (ETL/ELT), enabling advanced analytics, reporting, and experimentation
• Drive cross-functional alignment on data definitions, metrics, and source-of-truth models to ensure consistency and clarity across teams
• Develop and mentor analytics engineers and analysts, elevating technical standards and fostering a data-driven mindset throughout the company
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior leadership by identifying opportunities for data to unlock business value and advising on high-impact initiatives
• Continuously optimize the performance of our data warehouse (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift), workflows, and query efficiency
• Champion best-in-class tooling and practices, including dbt, Airflow, version control, testing frameworks, and documentation standards
• Support self-serve analytics by building scalable, intuitive data products, dashboards, and exploration tools tailored to business stakeholders

Requirements:

• 5–8+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data architecture, or data engineering, with a strong record of owning end-to-end data solutions
• Proven experience building and scaling cloud-based data ecosystems using modern tools like dbt, Airflow, and a cloud data warehouse (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python, with strong data modeling and transformation skills
• Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders across levels and functions
• Experience in defining and operationalizing data governance, quality frameworks, and performance tuning practices
• Excellent communication skills with a track record of translating complex data challenges into clear business insights and recommendations
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a passion for continuous learning and improvement
• Alignment with Thistle's mission to make healthy, sustainable food accessible to all