Senior Analytics Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Analytics Engineer to join our centralized analytics engineering team at Hawk Eye 360. This team plays a critical role in enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization by building robust data models, transformations, and analytics solutions. As a senior member of the team, you will work closely with stakeholders across multiple functions, such as System Operations, Customer Success, Product, and Engineering, to deliver high-quality, scalable analytics solutions.

This role is individual contributor-focused, requiring deep technical expertise and hands-on experience with modern data engineering and analytics tools. You will help design and implement best practices for data modeling, transformation, and visualization, with a strong emphasis on Snowflake and dbt.

• Develop and maintain dbt-based data models and transformations to support analytics and reporting needs across the organization.
• Design and optimize Snowflake data warehouse structures for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into efficient, reusable data solutions.
• Build and maintain reusable dashboards, data products, and metrics that enable stakeholders to explore and analyze data effectively.
• Apply software engineering best practices (version control, CI/CD, testing) to analytics workflows.
• Conduct deep-dive data analysis to answer complex business questions and provide actionable insights.
• Contribute to the evolution of the team’s technical strategy by recommending improvements to data architecture, tooling, and processes.

• BS or MS degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or data analytics.
• Expertise in Snowflake: schema design, performance tuning, and advanced SQL.
• Proficiency with dbt and git-based workflows for data transformation and modeling.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with data modeling best practices.
• Familiarity with Python and libraries such as pandas for scripting and exploratory analysis.
• Experience building effective and reusable dashboards using tools like Tableau or similar.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work closely with business stakeholders.

• Hands-on experience with additional databases or data stores (Postgre
  
  SQL, Influx
  
  DB, Elasticsearch).
• Experience with dashboarding tools such as Grafana, Kibana, or Tableau.
• Familiarity with satellite-based remote sensing and/or software-defined radio

$130,000 - $160,000 annually

Hawk Eye 360 is delivering a revolutionary source of global knowledge based on radio frequency (RF) geospatial analytics to those working to make the world a safer place. The company operates a commercial satellite constellation that detects, geolocates, and identifies a broad range of signals & behaviors. We employ cutting edge AI techniques to equip our global customers with high-impact insights needed to make decisions with confidence.

Hawk Eye 360 is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

Hawk Eye 360 is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.