[Hiring] Senior Analytics Engineer REMOTE USA
Position: Senior Analytics Engineer
Date Posted: 21 January 2026
Industry: Technology / Data Analytics / Fintech
Employment Type: Full Time
Experience: 5+ Years
Qualification: Bachelor Degree holder in relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Data Engineering, Analytics)
Salary: $163,600—$226,400 USD (base salary, remote location)
Location: United States, REMOTE
Company: Upstart
Description:
We’re Hiring: Senior Analytics Engineer
Upstart, the leading AI-driven lending marketplace, is seeking a skilled Senior Analytics Engineer to join its centralized analytics engineering team. The ideal candidate will design and develop robust, scalable data models that empower stakeholders to extract actionable insights. This role partners closely with data engineering, platform teams, software engineers, ML engineers, and cross-functional analytics squads to create curated datasets and implement analytics best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with teams that produce and consume data to develop end-to-end solutions that maximize data value
- Lead design and implementation of data models and curated datasets foundational to reporting and analytics
- Partner with data engineers and platform teams to build and optimize analytics pipelines
- Educate analytics consumers on BI tools and dashboards to maximize adoption and understanding
- Act as a strategic partner to analytics squads, contributing to decisions on the analytics roadmap
Minimum Requirements:
- 5+ years as a Data Engineer, Analytics Engineer, or BI Engineer
- Strong understanding of data modeling concepts for both transactional and analytical databases
- Proven ability to lead cross-team projects to deliver data models for analytics and reporting
- Excellent communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Expertise in SQL, Python, and ETL optimization techniques
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with BI visualization tools like Mode, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, etc.
- Familiarity with data mesh architectures and curated data models
- Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
- Looker data modeling (LookML), dbt frameworks, Airflow orchestration, schema design, and dimensional modeling
- Deep understanding of data lake/warehouse architectures (BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift)
What You’ll Love:
- Competitive total compensation (base + bonus & equity)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage with HSA contributions
- Generous 401(k) plan with $2 match per $1 contribution (up to $15,000/year)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Life and disability insurance
- Paid holidays, vacation, sick and safety leave
- Parental, family care, and military leave programs
- Annual wellness, technology, and ergonomic reimbursements
- Social events, employee resource groups, and interest groups
- Catered lunches and snacks in office environments
Upstart is committed to inclusive and equitable hiring practices and is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the application and hiring process by contacting candidate_accommodations@upstart.com.
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