Senior Analytics Engineer
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<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">About Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) </span></h1>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Upsun is the cloud application platform humans and robots love. It is built for today’s hybrid teams, where AI agents write and test code and humans focus on solving the problems that really matter. Developers, DevOps engineers, and platform teams use Upsun to build, ship, and scale confidently without wrestling with backend infrastructure. We give you your time back. You get:</span></p>
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<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Predictable performance, even at scale </span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Secure, compliant environments by default </span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Real-time observability and profiling built in </span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cloning, configuration, and provisioning in seconds </span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AI-ready features that plug directly into your stack </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The name says it all. "Up" means uptime, reliability, and acceleration. "Sun" reflects our follow-the-sun-support, a 24x7, globally distributed support team keeping the lights on while you rest. Our core belief is that software should power brighter solutions and greater innovation. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Upsunners are a remote, global workforce, and we thrive in a multicultural team. We are committed to open source and an open, welcoming environment. Our team spans the globe and the experience spectrum. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What's our commonality, our cultural fabric? A curious spirit and a thirst for knowledge; an eagerness for innovative ideas and cultures. We believe we can build anything together in an environment that frees you to do your best work. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our values: </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">🌿 We make a positive impact.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">✨ We aim for the stars.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">💚 We care for each other. </span></p>
<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Impact of a Senior Analytics Engineer</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Senior Analytics Engineer, you will join our Data Science and Engineering team at Upsun to help our company make smarter choices. You will do this by helping us better understand our customers and internal operations. You will work with large amounts of platform and business data to create clear insights that improve our product and decisions. In this role, you will use <strong>SQL</strong>, <strong>Python</strong>, <strong>DBT</strong>, <strong>Hex</strong>, <strong>Metabase</strong>, and <strong>GCP</strong> data tools. You will work on important projects like building new data models with Salesforce and financial data, or working with AI tools and cloud cost modeling (FinOps).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What to expect</strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Data Modeling and Architecture: </strong>You will design and build models that turn raw data into useful metrics and data products, using DBT and medallion architecture.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span data-path-to-node="5,1,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="5,1,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Metric Design & Ownership:</strong> You will define what success looks like for our products, setting up and tracking key business metrics</span><span data-path-to-node="5,1,0,2">.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span data-path-to-node="5,2,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="5,2,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Cross-Functional Collaboration:</strong> You will work with technical and non-technical teams to collect requirements, share methods, and teach best practices for using data</span><span data-path-to-node="5,2,0,2">.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span data-path-to-node="5,3,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="5,3,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Technical Leadership:</strong> You will lead data modeling projects, choosing the right tools and planning how to complete the work</span><span data-path-to-node="5,3,0,2">.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span data-path-to-node="5,4,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="5,4,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Scalable Solutions:</strong> You will work efficiently with data of all sizes, including petabyte-scale datasets, to help everyone make data-based decisions</span><span data-path-to-node="5,4,0,2">.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span data-path-to-node="5,5,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="5,5,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Strategic Advisory:</strong> You will guide partner teams by creating and explaining analytical metrics, helping them understand how data impacts different parts of the product and business</span><span data-path-to-node="5,5,0,2">.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span data-path-to-node="5,5,0,2"><span data-path-to-node="5,6,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="5,6,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Operational Efficiency:</strong> You will improve our team's processes and code by creating well-documented solutions that can be used again in the future</span><span data-path-to-node="5,6,0,2">.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span data-path-to-node="5,5,0,2"><span data-path-to-node="5,6,0,2"><span data-path-to-node="5,7,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="5,7,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Evolving Modern Stack:</strong> You will use modern tools (GCP BigQuery, AWS S3, Fivetran, Hightouch, and AI tools like Claude Code) and help us improve our data architecture as it grows</span><span data-path-to-node="5,7,0,2">.</span></span></span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span data-path-to-node="5,5,0,2"><span data-path-to-node="5,6,0,2"><span data-path-to-node="5,7,0,2"><span data-path-to-node="5,8,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="5,8,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Global Remote Culture:</strong> You will work with a worldwide, remote team that values learning, open source software, and new ideas</span><span data-path-to-node="5,8,0,2">.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What you bring</strong></span></h1>
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<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Core Skills:</strong> Strong experience with <strong>SQL</strong> and <strong>DBT</strong> in real production settings, along with good habits in <strong>Python</strong>, <strong>Git</strong>, and <strong>CI/CD</strong>. </li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Data Architecture: </strong>Solid experience building data models for large datasets (up to petabytes) in cloud platforms like <strong>GCP</strong> or <strong>AWS</strong>. </li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Curiosity and Problem Solving:</strong> A passion for testing new tools, learning new technologies, and finding simple ways to solve complex problems. </li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Execution & Tradeoffs: </strong>The ability to choose the best solution among different technical options, communicate clearly, and work well asynchronously. </li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Clear Communication:</strong> Experience creating solutions and explaining them clearly to different types of audiences. </li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Remote Collaboration: </strong>Comfort working in a remote team, managing your time well, and working across multiple teams. </li>
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<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Bonus</strong></span></h1>
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