Sr. Analytics Engineer
Backblaze External Website · Remote - US
Posted 29 days ago · $160,000 - $185,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 29 days Backblaze External Website's roles stay open a median of 37 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 61% of Backblaze External Website's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Backblaze External Website
- high 17 stale, 3 reposted of 38 open
- Hiring momentum
- 58 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Backblaze External Website's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Backblaze External Website.
About this role
The Sr. Analytics Engineer at Backblaze will focus on transforming raw data into reliable, certified models that the business can use. This role involves designing and maintaining dbt models, establishing modeling standards, and collaborating with various teams to ensure data accuracy and consistency. The engineer will also implement data quality checks and build a semantic layer for defining key business metrics.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Backblaze External Website as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, business intelligence, or a closely related role
- Advanced SQL skills with proven experience building production-grade analytical data models
- Strong hands-on dbt experience including modeling from staging to marts, tests, macros, documentation, and CI/CD
- Experience building and running dbt on a modern cloud data warehouse, preferably Snowflake
- Experience building or operating a semantic/metric layer
- Experience applying software engineering principles to analytical work, including Git-based version control and testing
Nice to have
- Experience supporting financial reporting or SOX-compliant data in a regulated environment
- Experience with GTM, revenue, and subscription/billing data and systems
- Experience with Tableau or Tableau Next
- Proficiency in Python for automation and workflow development
- Familiarity with pipeline orchestration and ingestion tooling
What you get
- Expected salary range of $160,000 - $185,000
Worth weighing
- Role focuses on building and defining data products rather than maintaining existing systems
- High autonomy and responsibility in shaping the analytics foundation
- Collaboration with multiple departments may require strong interpersonal skills
Summarised from Backblaze External Website's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Backblaze External Website on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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