Preply
Staff Analytics Engineer
Barcelona, Remote. Posted 9 months ago
The role
You will lead the design of core analytical data models and set analytics engineering standards across the organization. You will build ETL/ELT pipelines, manage the BI and semantic layer, and partner with various teams to support data-driven decision-making.
What you will do
- Lead the design and evolution of core analytical data models.
- Define and champion analytics engineering standards.
- Build and optimize robust ETL/ELT pipelines.
- Own and evolve the BI and semantic layer using Looker / LookML.
- Partner with Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Engineers to streamline workflows.
- Drive initiatives focused on data quality, reliability, and governance.
- Influence company-wide data strategy.
- Work with the engineering team to provide data products for Experimentation, Engineering and Applied AI teams.
- Act as a technical leader and mentor within the Analytics Engineering discipline.
Required qualifications
- Extensive experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or related roles on complex, high-impact data systems.
- Expert-level proficiency in SQL.
- Experience using Python in data workflows.
- Proven track record of designing scalable analytical data models.
- Advanced hands-on experience with dbt, Looker, Airflow, or similar tools.
- Deep understanding of data modeling best practices, analytics architecture, and self-service BI platforms.
- Strong business acumen.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- A proactive, strategic mindset.
- Fluency in English (C1 level or above).
Nice to have
- Experience scaling data platforms in high-growth or post-Series C startups.
- Proven experience defining and standardizing event taxonomies, KPIs, and canonical metrics.
- Strong experience working with AWS or Google Cloud data ecosystems.
- Previous experience mentoring or coaching other data professionals.
About the company
Preply is a category-defining Ed-Tech company that helps people discover tutors and craft personalized learning journeys. They have reached unicorn status with a $150M Series D.