The Lead Analytics Engineer is responsible for establishing the Analytics Engineering discipline. This role defines and evolves the data modeling patterns, business logic frameworks, and implementation standards that guide the team's work. You remain hands-on in design and implementation, providing technical direction and serving as the authority on complex data decisions.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Data Products & Architecture
- Lead the design and stewardship of enterprise data products, analytical data models, shared metrics, semantic definitions, and reference data.
- Define and evolve the Analytics Engineering architecture, data modeling patterns, and implementation practices the team follows.
- Guide technical design decisions and evaluate tradeoffs related to scalability, maintainability, quality, performance, and long-term support.
- Establish review practices for significant changes to core data assets, metrics, dimensions, and business rules.
Standards, Governance & Quality
- Establish and evolve standards for data modeling, transformations, testing, validation, documentation, naming conventions, and semantic definitions.
- Promote consistent use of standards and reusable assets through technical reviews, guidance, and mentorship.
- Establish quality control and change management practices that improve the reliability and maintainability of data assets.
- Lead complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis efforts.
Analytics Engineering Delivery
- Partner with Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable and sustainable data solutions.
- Provide technical direction on solution design, implementation approaches, and technical prioritization.
- Identify opportunities to improve development processes, architecture, reuse, and long-term supportability.
- Ensure business logic, metrics, and semantic definitions are implemented consistently across data assets and analytical models.
Leadership
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to Analytics Engineers.
- Serve as the technical escalation point for complex Analytics Engineering challenges.
- Help establish a culture of technical discipline, thoughtful design, and continuous improvement.