Senior Analytics Engineer

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Business Operations : Business Operations : Analytics

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to lead the building of their data ontology for various domains. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders, writing code for secure and extensible data models, and partnering with operations, product, and engineering to build supporting systems. The engineer will own ingest and egress frameworks for data pipelines, working with tools like Palantir Foundry, SQLMesh, Athena, Apache Iceberg, and Flyte. The position requires 5+ years of experience in analytics engineering or data engineering, expertise in SQL and Python, and experience with data stack tools like dbt, Redshift, and Looker/Tableau.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the building of Anduril’s ontology for a specific domain such as Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, People, and Sustainment
  2. Collaborate with stakeholders, collecting requirements, and writing the code that results in Secure, Timely, Accurate, Trusted, and Extensible Data Models
  3. Seek out problems that can be solved with data and proactively work with the organization to make it a reality
  4. Become a trusted resource for Anduril leadership in helping them run their organizations more effectively
  5. Lead the design and roadmap for our data platform

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience in an analytics focused role - Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer or Analyst / Consultant with a strong engineering background
  • Demonstrated experience with autonomy and process ownership
  • Experience with data stack tools: dbt, Redshift, Looker/Tableau, Palantir Foundry
  • Expert with SQL and experience with Python or other programming languages
  • Ability to build world-class data models in a fast, start-up environment
  • Demonstrated aptitude for strategic partnerships and communication with non-technical Stakeholders
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

  • passion for the next generation of defense technology
  • love building efficient and understandable data models
  • prioritize velocity
  • interested in pushing the frontiers of what analytics can do within an organization
  • data applications rather than just dashboards

What the JD emphasized

  • Expert with SQL
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance