Analytics Engineer

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.

*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco or San Jose office location 4 days per week; Lambda's designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

About the Job

Join our team as a Analytics Engineer - Finance, where you will collaborate with a small, high-performing team of Data Analysts and Data Engineers to design data pipelines, a data warehouse, an automated data catalog and internal tools on a Data Platform team. You will be a thought-leader on how Lambda manages its BI layer, building tested, verified, documented data pilelines, training users who are hungry to learn about data tools, and setting up Lambda to scale up during a hyper-growth period. The Data Platform team is specifically targeting candidates with demonstrable experience with ICFR; providing financial or fundraising-supporting data with strong data governance processes. The role will report to the Data Platform Manager.

What You'll Do

• Manage public KPI data integrity: Ensure that Lambda has cleaned, approved KPIs in its marketing materials, publications, and investor communications
• Support ICFR: Work with internal audit team to verify data flows and metrics and ensure data integrity of key data points
• DBT / Data Catalog / Governance: Become a subject matter expert in data models and clean data at Lambda, supporting executive level data sets and cleanliness controls.
• Data modeling: Have a strong understanding of concepts like star schemas, snowflake schemas, Kimball modeling, data cubes, and an ability to fluently discuss efficient data warehousing
• Data warehousing: Become a subject matter expert and contributor to a best-in-class cloud data warehouse (BigQuery)
• Leadership: Lead and mentor junior members of the team in KPI development, data testing, stakeholder management and project management skills. Be a spokesperson for the team in high profile stakeholder meetings.
• User Training & Enablement: Develop and deliver training programs to empower users, fostering a self-service BI environment and enhancing data literacy across the organization.
• Analytics Development: Design and maintain analytics tools, dashboards, and reports to support cross-functional teams in achieving their objectives.
• Guide users in the appropriate tools for the appropriate data use case (Tableau, sheets, operational systems, SQL, etc)
• Performance Monitoring: Continuously monitor and improve tool performance, scalability, and reliability across the data stack.
• Innovation: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to recommend innovative solutions.
• Collaboration: Partner with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver tailored solutions.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of BI tools, processes, and best practices.

You Must

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Finance or a related field, Master's preferred.
• Have 7+ years of professional experience in BI and data analytics or analytics engineering
• Have demonstrated experience working with an IR, FP&A, or executive team on financial and operational business KPIs
• Have demonstrated experience working within ITGCs (IT General Controls) and ICFR (Internal Controls over Financial Reporting)
• Have advanced SQL skills and ability to mentor junior team members
• Have advanced data visualization and data presentation skills
• Have 2+ years of experience modeling in DBT and contributing to a Github repository
• Have exemplary soft skills: Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership abilities.
• Work well in a small team environment and can prioritize projects in an agile way and lead agile ceremonies

Salary Range Information

The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

About Lambda

• Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast
• Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove
• We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
• Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers
• We offer generous cash & equity compensation
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
• Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

A Final Note:

You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

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