Location: US Remote
Reports To: Director of Data and Analytics
Salary Range: $140,000-$170,000
Position Summary:
The Analytics Engineer sits at the heart of IEM's modern data stack, turning raw source data into the clean, well-modeled, business-ready datasets that power Tableau dashboards, executive decisions, and self-service analytics across Finance, Production, Supply Chain, and Engineering. Working primarily in dbt and Snowflake, you own the transformation layer between ingestion and the BI surface: staging models, intermediate logic, dimensional models, tests, and documentation. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with real ownership of production data models and a clear path into senior and principal analytics engineering as the team grows.
Key Responsibilities:
Ideal Candidate Profileย
You have 4 to 6 years of experience building production analytics models in cloud environments, with strong dbt and SQL fundamentals and meaningful Snowflake exposure. You think in grain, keys, and tests before you think in dashboards. You write clean, documented, peer-reviewed code and pride yourself on the readability of your YAML. You partner naturally with business stakeholders, translating fuzzy operational questions into well-shaped datasets and surfacing the questions behind the questions. You are comfortable working alongside data engineers on ingestion, with BI developers on consumption, and with finance and operations leaders on definitions. You are excited about AI's role in modern analytics work and already use AI coding assistants and agents as a daily multiplier for SQL, dbt, testing, and documentation.
- dbt Transformation Models:ย Design, build, test, and document dbt models that turn raw Snowflake data into clean, reliable, analytics-ready datasets across Finance, Production, Supply Chain, and Engineeringย
- Dimensional Modeling:ย Build conformed dimensions, fact tables, and reporting models that balance performance, maintainability, and business user accessibility for Tableau dashboards and ad-hoc analysisย
- Data Quality:ย Author and maintain dbt tests, monitor freshness, investigate data quality issues end-to-end, and own resolution through to root causeย
- Business Partnership: Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and the Business Intelligence team (Finance, Production, Supply Chain, Engineering) to translate operational needs into scalable data models and reliable metrics.ย
- Semantic Consistency:ย Establish and document standardized metric definitions and reusable data models to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment across all reporting.ย
- Documentation:ย Maintain clear model descriptions, column-level documentation, and lineage notes that the team and downstream BI developers actually useย
- Engineering Standards:ย Participate in code reviews, follow Git workflows and CI/CD practices, and contribute to evolving the team's modeling conventions and deployment standardsย
- Source Integration:ย Partner with the data engineering function on Fivetran and custom ingestion to ensure raw data lands in shapes that downstream models can rely onย
- BI Enablement:ย Collaborate with BI developers and analysts to structure datasets for optimal Tableau performance and effective self-service analytics.ย
- AI-Assisted Development:ย Use AI coding assistants and agent-based tools to accelerate model development, test generation, refactoring, and documentation. Manage AI agents as part of your daily workflow to increase throughput and qualityย
- Continuous Learning:ย Stay current with the modern data stack and analytics engineering practices, bringing ideas back to the team and helping raise the bar over timeย
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience), with 4-6 yearsย of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or BI development, including ownership of production data modelsย ย
- Strong SQL skills with experience in data transformation, complex querying, and performance optimization on large datasetsย ย
- Hands-on experience withย dbt, including incremental models, tests, macros, snapshots, and documentationย ย
- Experience working withย Snowflakeย or a comparable cloud data warehouse, along with familiarity withย ELT toolsย (e.g., Fivetran)ย ย
- Solid understanding ofย dimensional modelingย (grain, surrogate keys, slowly changing dimensions, star schemas)ย ย
- Working knowledge ofย Pythonย for data processing, scripting, or lightweight integrationsย ย
- Familiarity withย Tableau or similar BI tools, with an understanding of how data structure impacts performanceย ย
- Experience withย Gitย and modern development practices, including code reviews and CI/CD workflowsย ย
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for business stakeholders and gather requirements effectivelyย ย
- A collaborative team player who is open to training, mentoring, and working closely with non-technical stakeholdersย
- Self-motivated and able to work independently while collaborating across distributed teamsย ย
- Experience leveragingย AI coding assistantsย (e.g., Copilot, Claude) to support analytics engineering tasks such as SQL development, dbt modeling, testing, and documentationย
Preferred Qualificationsย
- Experience with manufacturing, construction, or project-based systems (e.g., Procore, ERP platforms like Infor, SAP, Oracle)ย ย
- Familiarity with semantic layers, metrics frameworks, or data cataloging and lineage toolsย
Locationย
Fully remote within the United States. May require up to 10% travel to IEM facilities for team collaboration, project kickoffs, and stakeholder meetings.