Render
Senior/Staff Analytics Engineer
$195K–$268K
SF or Remote (US/Canada) · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in a related technical field, including at least 3 years of hands-on dbt production experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Generally not eligible for new visa sponsorship; at Render's discretion, existing visa transfers may be sponsored, subject to business authorization.
About the job
Lead the Analytics Engineering platform, building governed data models, standards, and semantic layers that support trusted analytics and AI-assisted decision-making.
What you'll do
- Own the architecture and technical direction of Analytics Engineering, including modeling standards and engineering practices.
- Build and maintain governed dbt models and semantic/context layers for consistent metrics and self-service analytics.
- Partner with analysts, scientists, and Data Engineering to improve data quality, warehouse performance, and cost efficiency; mentor teams on best practices.
What they ask for
- 7+ years in Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related technical field, including at least 3 years running dbt in production.
- Expert SQL skills and a track record designing and owning scalable Kimball dimensional models.
- Deep expertise in Analytics Engineering practices, including Git, testing, CI/CD, documentation, data contracts, lineage, and governance.
- Experience building semantic/context layers and warehouse architectures for self-service analytics across business domains.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with Render’s analytics stack, including BigQuery, Segment, dbt, Metabase, or Mixpanel.
- Experience with developer-focused, product-led, sales-led, or usage-based businesses, or knowledge of cloud infrastructure, PaaS, or developer tooling.
Pay
$195K – $268K USD base salary
Tools
SQL, dbt, Git, BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake, Segment, Metabase
AI focus
Build semantic and context layers for AI-assisted analytics and decision-making; experience using AI-assisted coding or analytics tools such as Codex, Cursor, or Claude Code is required.
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