Skip to main contentA logo with &quat;the muse&quat; in dark blue text.

Contractor: Lead Analytics Engineer - Data Team

1 week ago Flexible / Remote

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Mexico or Argentina for Lead Analytics Engineering Data Team

  • We are looking for a Lead Analytics Engineer to join our data team.
  • Reporting to the Hiring Manager, you will be responsible for applying data engineering best practices to analytics code to transform, test, and document data.
  • You will provide clean and organized data sets to end users.
  • You will be provide expert code reviews and mentorship to other engineers in the data space
  • You will be responsible for building and maintaining composable data models, as well as optimizing SQL query performance for the models you build.
  • You will transform raw data into business insights, working closely with stakeholders and developing analyses to answer critical business questions.
  • You will create data visualizations and help stakeholders explore and understand the data visualization tools available to them.

Why you'll love this role:Data Modeling and Transformation

    • Build new analyses and support existing ones using SQL and Python.
    • Apply software engineering principles like version control and continuous integration to the analytics codebase.
    • Expand our data warehouse with clean data ready for analysis.

Data Quality and Testing

    • Apply advanced data testing strategies to ensure resulting datastores are aligned with expected business logic.
    • Implement validation checks and automated testing procedures to manage data quality in your ETL/ELT pipelines.

Want more jobs like this?

Get jobs in Flexible / Remote delivered to your inbox every week.

Job alert subscription

Collaboration and Communication

    • Work with stakeholders to define business logic and data expectations.
    • Help drive a change in the usage of data by actively surfacing insights to stakeholders.
    • Lead initiatives and problem definition, scoping, design, and planning.

Infrastructure and Automation

    • Build tools and automation to run data infrastructure.
    • Manage large-scale data migrations in relational datastores.

Why you're a great fit:

  • 8+ Years experience working with data in a software environment. 
  • Required Skills: Mastered proficiency in SQL and Python; advanced experience managing business semantic layer tooling, data catalog tooling and  data integrity testing frameworks. Experience with dbt orchestration and best practices.
  • You have a track record of working autonomously and proactively, with deep domain knowledge of data systems.
  • Required Tech Stack: SQL, Python, relational datastores, DAG tooling (like Dagster or Airflow), dbt and Tableau.
  • Experience with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Terraform) and document, graph, or schema-less datastores.

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits. 

 

#LI-Remote

Client-provided location(s): Flexible / Remote
Job ID: 7460443
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2026-02-10T23:29:46

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Parental Benefits

      • Work Flexibility

        • Office Life and Perks

          • Vacation and Time Off

            • Financial and Retirement

              • Professional Development

                • Diversity and Inclusion