Analytics Engineer, Talent Acquisition

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Salary: $166,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $193k

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 2043 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1818 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Analytics Engineer, Talent Acquisition

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The Analytics Engineer, Talent Acquisition role at Anduril's Talent Operations team involves transforming recruiting and people data into actionable insights for leadership and recruiters. This senior-level position requires partnering with stakeholders to understand their needs, developing dbt models and a semantic/metrics layer, and creating self-service dashboards using Foundry. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in analytics engineering or related fields, specifically within recruiting analytics, and possesses strong SQL skills, proficiency in dbt, and working knowledge of Python for custom API connectors. Familiarity with handling sensitive data and regulatory compliance is essential, as is a deep understanding of the recruiting domain and its metrics. This role demands expertise in building scalable solutions that empower users to make informed decisions about hiring processes at Anduril, a company known for its innovative defense technologies.

Skills

SQL dbt Python Foundry BI tools cloud warehouse ELT tooling API connectors CI/CD PII handling access control modern orchestration AWS Kubernetes

What you'll do

Develop and maintain dbt models for various recruiting processes.
Build a semantic/metrics layer to ensure consistent metric exposure.
Create self-service dashboards in Foundry for TA stakeholders.
Write custom API connectors for systems without standard integrations.
Ensure data quality and enforce rigor in handling sensitive people data.
Collaborate with the People Data team on ingestion and warehousing layers.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience in analytics engineering or data engineering, including at least 2 years in recruiting analytics.
Deep understanding of the recruiting domain and ability to define "good" metrics for recruiting processes.
Strong proficiency in SQL and production-level experience with dbt for building modular, tested models.
Experience creating a semantic/metrics layer that supports self-service BI tools effectively.
Track record of deploying scalable self-service dashboards used independently by end-users.
Proficient in Python for developing and maintaining custom API connectors in production environments.

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