Recruiting from Scratch · 3 hours ago
Senior Analytics Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$151K/yr - $166K/yr
5+ years expRecruiting from Scratch is a specialized talent firm that connects top-tier candidates with companies. Thistle, a mission-driven food-tech company, is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to build and scale their analytics infrastructure, enabling trusted self-serve analytics across various business functions.
Staffing Agency
No H1B
Responsibilities
Own and evolve Thistle’s analytics infrastructure, ensuring scalable and reliable data models
Design and maintain core ELT pipelines and source-of-truth datasets
Partner cross-functionally to align on metrics, definitions, and data governance
Optimize data warehouse performance, workflows, and query efficiency
Champion best practices across the analytics stack (dbt, testing, documentation, version control)
Enable self-serve analytics through high-quality datasets, dashboards, and exploration tools
Serve as a technical thought partner to leaders, identifying opportunities where data can unlock business value
Help raise the bar on analytics engineering standards and data culture
Qualification
Required
5–8+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or data architecture
Advanced proficiency in SQL and strong experience with Python
Hands-on experience building and maintaining dbt-based ELT pipelines
Experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift)
Strong data modeling and transformation skills
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence stakeholders
High ownership mindset with comfort operating in a lean environment
Preferred
Experience in D2C, subscription, or consumer tech companies
Familiarity with AWS and orchestration tools like Airflow
Experience with data governance, quality frameworks, or performance tuning
Prior mentorship or informal leadership experience
Interest in health, sustainability, or food-tech
Company
Recruiting from Scratch
A recruiting agency working with technology companies to help them hire software engineers, data roles, product managers, and hardware.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Will Sanders
Founder / CEO
Tom Callahan
Managing Partner, Retained Executive Search
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