Spark · 8 hours ago
Senior Analytics Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $190K/yr
5+ years expSpark is a healthcare tech company focused on transforming the Medicare distribution industry. They are seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to shape core data models and pipelines, ensuring reliable data solutions that support internal and customer-facing products.
Employee BenefitsFinancial ServicesRetirement
Responsibilities
Lead the design, optimization, and maintenance of scalable ELT pipelines using AWS tooling, Snowflake and dbt
Own Spark's most critical data models, ensuring they are well-documented, tested, performant, and trusted across the organization
Drive standardization and automation across data workflows to reduce manual effort, improve reliability, and enable faster iteration
Partner deeply with cross-functional stakeholders to understand ambiguous business problems and translate them into clear, scalable data solutions
Set best practices for data quality, testing, and observability, continuously raising the bar for accuracy and consistency
Lead medium- to large-scale data initiatives end-to-end, including technical design, execution, stakeholder communication, and delivery
Mentor and support Analytics Engineers and other Data teammates, providing technical guidance, code review, and coaching
Contribute to data team strategy, influencing tooling decisions, modeling patterns, and long-term architecture
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in analytics engineering or a closely related role
Advanced SQL expertise, with a strong track record of building and maintaining production-grade data models
Deep experience with dbt, including testing, documentation, and modular modeling patterns
Proven ability to own ambiguous problems and turn them into durable, well-designed data solutions
Strong instincts for data quality, correctness, and edge-case handling, especially in messy or incomplete datasets
Experience automating and improving data workflows using modern cloud and analytics tooling
Comfortable giving and receiving feedback, and helping teams converge on shared standards and best practices
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Preferred
Python experience for orchestration, data tooling, or process automation
Experience managing or influencing cloud infrastructure
Background in analytics or BI, with a strong intuition for how data is ultimately consumed
Experience working with performance tuning and cost-aware query design
Familiarity with modern analytics tools such as Looker, Hex, Tableau, or Power BI
Benefits
Equity compensation
Health care, including dental and vision through our PEO Sequoia
Flexible work location; co-working available
401k
Paid Time Off
Monthly Remote Work Stipend (help cover costs of home-office needs)
Paid Parental Leave
Up to 14 weeks for birthing parents
Up to 8 weeks for non-birth parents
11 paid holidays
2 week sabbatical at 5 years of employment
Wellbeing Perks through SpringHealth, OneMedical, PerkSpot, and SoFi
Company
Spark
Spark helps independent Medicare brokers build the insurance of their dreams.
51-200 employees
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2023 (8)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$53.64MKey Investors
Viewpoint VenturesAmerican Family VenturesPrimary Venture Partners,Vine Ventures
2024-01-23Series B· $25M
2023-01-30Series A· $15M
2022-08-04Debt Financing
Leadership Team
Alex Zhang
Co-Founder
Byron Edwards
Board Member
Recent News
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