Senior Analytics Engineer

Clarus, a Doubtless company, is a pioneering pet health technology company transforming the future of pet healthcare. Clarus is seeking an experienced Analytics Engineer to join the Analytics team. This individual will own the analytics engineering process and serve as the technical bridge between Data Engineering and Analytics delivery. They will build, expand, and optimize Clarus's analytics architecture and pipelines, improving how data flows from diverse sources to downstream analytics solutions. This is a remote U.S. position aligned to Eastern or Central Time business hours. U.S. travel may be required.

Responsibilities

Own analytics engineering work, including its roadmap, priorities, standards, and operating practices; Design and evolve analytics architecture across bronze, silver, and gold data layers; Build, maintain, and optimize dbt models that transform source data into curated, reusable, analytics-ready datasets; Write and optimize advanced SQL, and use Python for data transformation, validation, automation, and complex processing; Develop dimensional and business-oriented data models that support dashboards, self-service analysis, operational reporting, and data products; Establish and document shared KPI definitions, calculation logic, data contracts, ownership, and authoritative sources; Implement automated tests, source freshness checks, documentation, lineage, and monitoring; Establish disciplined development practices, including Git-based version control, code review, CI/CD, and controlled promotion across environments; Partner with Data Engineering on ingestion, source schemas, platform performance, and handoffs between data layers; Partner with analysts, BI developers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable models; Improve Databricks performance and cost efficiency; Lead data-quality investigations, root-cause analysis, remediation, and communication; Strengthen data governance, access controls, and sensitive data handling; Migrate duplicated spreadsheet, dashboard, and ad hoc query logic into governed, tested, reusable dbt models; Design resilient models that support historical analysis, changing source systems, incremental loads, and evolving business definitions; Create technical documentation, modeling conventions, and enablement materials; Raise analytics engineering capability across the team through design reviews, reusable patterns, and mentorship

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, data engineering, analytics, information systems, mathematics, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience; A strong record of success leading complex analytics engineering, data engineering, business intelligence engineering, or closely related initiatives; 8+ years of relevant data and analytics experience, including senior-level ownership of production analytics data models and standards; Advanced SQL skills and demonstrated experience designing, debugging, and optimizing complex transformations; Deep, hands-on dbt experience, including scalable model architecture, testing, incremental models, snapshots, documentation, macros, packages, and production deployment workflows; Strong Databricks experience, including Delta Lake, Spark SQL, Workflows or Jobs, Unity Catalog, and performance management / tuning; Demonstrated skill operating medallion architectures and lakehouse data models across bronze, silver, and gold layers; Strong Python skills for data processing, testing, validation, automation, and engineering utilities; Strong understanding of dimensional modeling, warehouse and lakehouse design, semantic layers, slowly changing dimensions, and metric governance; Experience with modern engineering practices, including Git, CI/CD, code review, automated testing, orchestration, and environment management; Ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical designs and communicate effectively with senior leaders and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have

Experience in animal health, veterinary services, pet insurance, SaaS, fintech, or health technology

Benefits

Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision insurance; Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee; Company paid short-term and long-term disability; 12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave; Health Savings Account (HSA); Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA); Retirement savings plan; Personal Paid Time Off; Paid holidays and company-wide Wellness Day off; Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations; Pet friendly office environment; Commuter Benefits; Group Pet Insurance; On the job training and skills development; Employee Assistance Program (EAP); Annual bonus eligibility