Lead Analytics Engineer

Datatonic Americas is a full data stack consultancy. We aim to become the leading experts in Modern Data Stack consulting on the market.

To achieve our goal, we have the highest development standards & best practices, we share knowledge through learning sessions and our internal knowledge base, we participate in data communities and actively support the continuous growth of our team (conferences, training, certification, coaching, etc.).

Our clients range from the hottest scale-ups in North America to renowned public tech companies.

The Role

As a Lead Analytics Engineer (Pod Lead), you will use your technical know-how and your leadership skills to ensure that the data consultants under your care are delivering value to clients as well as learning and growing professionally. While technical skills are essential to managing technical teams, you will be mainly focusing your efforts on client satisfaction and employee satisfaction.

What success as a Lead Analytics Engineer looks like:

To ensure success as a Lead Analytics Engineer (Pod Lead), you should demonstrate flexibility, creativity, and the capacity to shift between different engagements. A formidable Pod Lead will demonstrate a high level of curiosity, interpersonal skills, and dedication to their team and clients.

 On any given day, you could be:

• Coaching your team on how to best manage clients and projects
• Defining and following up on team members’ training and career plans
• Providing technical guidance to clients and your team
• Working with other Pod Leads to improve Datatonic's processes and standard practices
• Working on select engagements to maintain your technical skills
• Working with clients and team members to determine objectives, deliverables and paths to success

Bonus points:

• dbt Developer certification
• Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification
• Snowflake's Snowpro Certification
• Experience with Scrum Methodology

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in a data role (Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Analytics Engineer, etc.)
• 3+ years hands-on experience with dbt, a modern Data Warehouse like Snowflake or BigQuery and Kimball modelling
• 2+ years experience leading technical teams and managing individual’s careers
• Ability to work within an Agile framework (user stories, backlogs, sprints …)
• Experience with managing relationships (partners, clients, prospects, etc.)
• Previous consulting experience
• Proven analysis and problem-solving skills
• Stellar listening, speaking, presentation, and writing skills
• Strong ability to manage multiple concurrent engagements
• Empathy and a positive attitude
• Complete alignment with our culture of transparency, empathy, accountability and performance.

Perks of working with us:

• 20 days paid vacation + 5 days of paid leave when the company closes (holiday season)
• 5 Wellness days (sickness, personal time, etc)
• Group Retirement Savings Plan with matching contribution
• Group insurance (extended health & dental) - individual premium paid 100%
• 100% employer-paid Tele-medicine
• Home office budget - We are 100% remote
• CAD $70/month (paid quarterly) for internet/phone expenses
• CAD $1,500 every 3 years for tech accessories and office equipment (monitor, keyboard, mouse, desk, etc.) starting on Day 1
• Company-supplied MacBook Pro
• CAD $400/year for books (including a reading device if you need one)
• Opportunities for paid certifications
• Full access to Udemy Business for professional and personal learning
• Regular company off-sites and meetups

Datatonic is an equal-opportunity employer. We're committed to building an inclusive team that welcomes a diversity of perspectives, people, and backgrounds regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or any other protected status. Our current team is made up of folks from very different backgrounds, including a former librarian, oceanographer and comic bookstore owner! If you are on the fence about whether you meet our requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway. Please reach out to us directly at join@datatonic.com if you need assistance or accommodation due to disability.

Datatonic is a UK based company with an Americas division based in Canada. The Canadian team is remote-only, mostly distributed across North and South America. This role is open to folks based anywhere in Canada.

Salary: CAD 145,000$ - CAD 155,000$