Senior Analytics Engineer

Summary

Join Mantra Health, an award-winning digital mental health provider, as a Sr. Analytics Engineer. You will play a pivotal role in enhancing and scaling the data foundation that powers meaningful insights for student mental health. Partner with stakeholders to understand student challenges, refine data-driven solutions, and create positive outcomes. Design data pipelines, warehousing models, and analytics frameworks to transform data into insights driving better care decisions. This role offers significant ownership and high visibility within a dynamic environment. Leverage a modern data stack (Snowflake, DBT, Looker) to establish robust, scalable data infrastructure, directly influencing innovation in student well-being projects. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and operational teams.

Requirements

• Experienced Analytics Engineer: You bring 5-8 years of dedicated experience building and managing data pipelines, warehouses, and analytics solutions, with a proven track record in cloud environments (Snowflake strongly preferred) and startups
• Modern Data Stack Expert: You possess deep SQL proficiency, strong Python skills for data tasks, mastery of DBT (Cloud or Core) development and best practices, and significant experience enabling analytics with BI tools (Looker preferred)
• Skilled Data Modeler: You are proficient in data modeling techniques (e.g., dimensional modeling, normalization) and can translate complex business requirements into effective, scalable data warehouse structures
• Collaborative Problem Solver: You excel at analyzing complex data challenges, clearly communicating technical concepts to diverse audiences, and working cross-functionally to deliver impactful solutions with a high degree of ownership
• Quality & Compliance Focused: You demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, take pride in data integrity, and understand the importance of robust processes, testing, and security, ideally with experience in regulated data environments (HIPAA/FERPA/SOC2)
• Mission-Aligned & Growth-Oriented: You connect with Mantra's mission, are naturally data-curious, pragmatic in your approach, and embrace learning new technologies and methodologies in the fast-paced data landscape
• Proactive Problem Solver & Builder: You possess strong analytical skills and user empathy, allowing you to understand stakeholder needs and ambiguous problems. You excel at collaborating with diverse teams to define solutions, explore data independently, build robust analytics foundations in evolving environments, and communicate findings clearly and persuasively to drive action

Responsibilities

• Build & Manage Data Pipelines: Design, implement, monitor, and maintain scalable and reliable ELT pipelines using modern tooling, ingesting data from diverse sources including APIs, flat files, and databases like PostgreSQL
• Design & Implement Data Warehouse Models: Architect, develop, and refine robust data models within Snowflake (staging, unified models, data marts) using DBT, optimizing for analytical performance, clarity, and reusability
• Drive Actionable Insights: Proactively partner with Product, Clinical, and other stakeholders to translate ambiguous business problems into analytical questions; conduct exploratory analysis to uncover insights; build and communicate compelling data narratives to drive decisions
• Champion Data Quality & Engineering Practices: Implement rigorous data quality testing (e.g., DBT tests), monitoring, and validation; drive SDLC best practices (version control via Git, CI/CD via GitHub Actions/CircleCI) for all analytics code; ensure all data processes adhere to strict security and compliance standards (HIPAA/FERPA/SOC2); maintain clear documentation

Benefits

• Impactful Opportunity: Build the data foundation that directly supports initiatives improving mental healthcare access and outcomes for hundreds of thousands of students
• Influence Strategy: Go beyond reporting – leverage data to uncover insights that shape product development, clinical programs, and how we support our university partners
• Professional Growth: Gain significant ownership in shaping Mantra's data platform, work with a modern data stack (Snowflake, DBT, Looker), and collaborate closely with leadership and cross-functional teams
• Collaborative Culture: Join a passionate, vibrant, and mission-driven team ("One Car, Many Drivers") dedicated to making a difference through teamwork and innovation
• Career Advancement: Opportunity to influence data strategy, mentor others as the team grows, and contribute visibly to core company objectives
• Compensation: $150,000 - $170,000
• Stock Options
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage for employees, spouses, and dependents
• 401(k)
• Flexible work location
• Generous PTO, sick days, jury duty days, and bereavement. Three week sabbatical and $3,000 stipend after five years of continuous full-time employment
• Inclusive parental leave, equal for all parents
• $1,000 new-parent mental wellness benefit
• Commuter card, if you commute
• Access to One Medical
• Healthcare & Dependent Care FSA