Analytics Engineer

Plaid

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San Francisco Hq Posted 30 days ago $157,200–$214,800 / year
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TL;DR

The Analytics Engineering team at Plaid seeks a mid-level Analytics Engineer to support the Marketing organization. This role involves building and maintaining dbt models on Databricks, creating predictive frameworks like lead scoring and LTV, and developing self-serve data products for marketing analytics. You will collaborate closely with PMM, Growth Marketing, and leadership to deliver actionable insights through measurement frameworks, experiment design, and spend optimization. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in analytics engineering or a related field, proficiency in SQL and Python, and hands-on experience with cloud warehouses like Databricks. Additionally, familiarity with marketing analytics at SaaS companies is preferred, along with strong communication skills to drive projects autonomously.

Skills

dbt Databricks Python SQL Snowflake Redshift BigQuery Machine Learning Data Modeling Cloud Warehouses Analytics Engineering Marketing Analytics Growth Analytics Experimentation Tooling Self-Serve Data Products AI Tools

What you'll do

  • Own and maintain dbt models for Marketing analytics, activation, and reporting.
  • Build and validate predictive models like lead scoring, LTV, and channel attribution.
  • Partner with Marketing leadership to design measurement frameworks and experiment tools.
  • Enable self-service analytics through AI-powered tools and well-documented semantic models.
  • Collaborate on data infrastructure projects with ML, Data Engineering, and Ops teams.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of experience in analytics engineering or data science
  • Strong proficiency in SQL and dbt for production-grade data modeling
  • Experience with cloud data warehouses like Databricks, Snowflake, or BigQuery
  • Python expertise for predictive modeling and analysis
  • Track record of shipping predictive models in a business context
  • Background in Marketing Analytics at SaaS or usage-based tech companies
  • Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and drive projects independently

Market check

Salary context

This $157,200–$214,800 range sits above 74% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$99,000–$176,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$126,800–$190,050

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Plaid

Plaid is a financial technology company that builds a data network powering digital finance applications, enabling consumers to securely connect their financial accounts to apps and services. Industry: Financial Technology & Data Infrastructure

Plaid currently has 127 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $186,000–$262,800 across 127 roles with salary data.

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