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Senior / Staff Analytics Engineer

Senior / Staff Analytics Engineer

SallaJeddah, Makkah Province, SA
30+ days ago
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Job description

The Senior / Staff Analytics Engineer at Salla will play a critical role in harnessing data to drive strategic business decisions. This position involves developing and maintaining robust data pipelines, creating insightful analytics solutions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to elevate data literacy.

As a senior member of the team, you will lead initiatives to improve our analytics infrastructure, ensuring that business units have access to high-quality data for analysis and reporting.

Key responsibilities include :

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable data models and transformation pipelines (dbt, SQL, Databricks / BigQuery / Snowflake).
  • Partner with business, product, and analytics teams to align data products with strategic KPIs (e-commerce, merchant success, customer experience).
  • Establish and enforce data governance, testing, documentation, and quality standards across the stack.
  • Orchestrate workflows with Airflow (or equivalent) to ensure automation, traceability, and reliability.
  • Collaborate with engineers to integrate upstream data sources (APIs, event pipelines, real-time and batch data).
  • Improve developer and analyst experience through semantic layer design, self-service enablement, and performance optimization.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the maturity of Salla’s data organization.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in analytics engineering or a related field.
  • Advanced SQL and strong expertise with dbt (modeling, testing, documentation)
  • Hands-on experience with modern data platforms (Databricks, BigQuery, or Snowflake).
  • Solid understanding of dimensional modeling, semantic layers, and governed data products.
  • Experience with workflow orchestration (Airflow or similar).
  • Experience with cloud-based data platforms such as Google BigQuery, AWS Redshift, or Azure Synapse.
  • Familiarity with analytics visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker).
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and a data-driven mindset.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Experience in e-commerce, SaaS, or fintech is highly preferred
  • Fluency in Arabic is preferred but not mandatory.
  • Previous experience in the GCC market is an advantage.

    • Benefits

  • Comprehensive Training & Development programs.
  • Performance-based Bonus incentives.
  • Flexible Work From Home options.
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