Staff Analytics Engineer

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

This role is for a Staff Analytics Engineer at a defense technology company. The primary focus is on modeling internal data into reusable entities, building workflows, dashboards, and metrics to drive decision-making. The role involves leading the building of data ontologies, writing code for data models, and managing a team. While the company utilizes AI and advanced technologies, this specific role is centered on data engineering and analytics infrastructure, not direct AI/ML model development.

What you'd actually do

  1. There is no such thing as a pure manager at Anduril - you'll demonstrate your ability to be both an IC and a people manager.
  2. Become the Trusted Partner for end to end date flows - your job doesn't end at the boundary of the data warehouse but instead in the business outcome.
  3. Become an expert in the domain areas of your direct reports and provide them guidance, mentorship, and support.
  4. Lead the building of Anduril’s ontology for a specific domain such as Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, People, and Sustainment
  5. Collaborate with stakeholders, collecting requirements, and writing the code that results in Secure, Timely, Accurate, Trusted, and Extensible Data Models

Skills

Required

  • Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer or Analyst / Consultant with a strong engineering background
  • Lead role experience
  • Team management experience
  • Cross-functional technical initiative leadership
  • Experience with sensitive data and security protocols
  • dbt
  • Redshift
  • Looker/Tableau
  • Palantir Foundry
  • SQLMesh
  • Athena
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Flyte

Nice to have

  • strategic partnerships
  • communication with non-technical Stakeholders

What the JD emphasized

  • 6+ years of experience in the analytics ecosystem - Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer or Analyst / Consultant with a strong engineering background
  • 2+ years in a Lead role, demonstrating autonomy and process ownership
  • Experience managing a team in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities.
  • Track record of leading cross-functional technical initiatives with measurable business impact
  • Experience working with sensitive data and maintaining security protocols
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance