Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for the mobile
app economy. Our end-to-end technology stack helps app marketers acquire and
retain high-value users, while enabling publishers to maximize revenue across
programmatic and direct demand.
Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Monetize, Intelligence, and
Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in
sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded
in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global
presence.
Analytics Engineers bridge the gap between data engineering and data analysis,
focusing on transforming raw data into clean, structured, and accessible
datasets that empower stakeholders to make data-driven decisions. Their role
combines technical expertise, collaboration, and software engineering best
practices to ensure reliable and scalable analytics systems. Analytics Engineers
commercial, finance, platform, and R&D teams with trusted, high-quality data to
drive business decisions at speed.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and maintain efficient data models for company-wide analysis,
collaborating closely with business users.
- Develop user-facing data products using SQL and analytics on core
infrastructure managed by the Data Engineering team.
- Optimize and improve Liftoff's Looker-based BI layer to scale and meet
business needs.
- Independently complete tasks, managing your priorities and contributing to
larger projects with minimal supervision.
- Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews, following
best practices (e.g., version control, CI/CD) to ensure quality and
scalability.
- Identify and resolve technical debt, improving team productivity and project
health.
- Maintain and troubleshoot data pipelines, ensuring reliable operation.
- Collaborate with users to optimize queries, design aggregations, and suggest
performance improvements.
- Ensure high-quality work that meets security, reliability, and privacy
standards.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of experience with SQL, including expertise in writing efficient,
optimized queries.
- Strong experience with Data Analytics and a solid understanding of query
plans and data model optimization.
- 2+ years of experience with Looker, including developing user-facing
dashboards, reports, and complex data models.
- Experience with DBT, Rill, and Looker for data modeling and BI tools.
- Proficiency in Python for data analysis, automation, and integrating with
data workflows, along with a solid understanding of data structures and
algorithms for writing efficient code.
- Familiarity with big data technologies like Trino, Apache Spark, or
Databricks, and a strong understanding of distributed data processing
principles, including execution plans, join strategies, and large-scale query
execution, with the ability to optimize performance.
- Excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with different
teams to understand requirements.
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience in ad-tech.
- Knowledge of AgroCD, Kubernetes, AWS, and Github.
- Experience with a second programming language (especially Scala).
- Familiarity with machine learning workflows.
Location:
This role is eligible for full-time remote work in Canada. We prefer for this
role to be based in the Pacific Time Zone.
Travel Expectations:
We offer several opportunities for in-person team gatherings, including but not
limited to project meetings, regional meetups, and company-wide events. We
expect our employees to attend these gatherings at least once per quarter. These
gatherings provide essential opportunities for collaboration, communication, and
team building.
This role is required to travel (internationally from Canada) a minimum of 1
week per quarter of planning meetings and other work events.
Compensation:
Liftoff offers all employees a full compensation package that includes equity
and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence.
Base compensation will vary based on the candidate's location and experience.
The following are our annual salary ranges for this role:
- Canada: 130,000-150,000 CAD
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Liftoff offers a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative work environment
where employees are empowered to grow and make an impact. We’re shaping the
future of the mobile app ecosystem—join us and help accelerate what’s next.
Liftoff’s compensation strategy includes competitive salaries, equity, and
benefits designed to support employee well-being and performance. We benchmark
compensation based on role, level, and location to ensure fairness and market
alignment. Benefits may include medical coverage, wellness stipends, and
additional perks based on your country of residence.
Liftoff is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an
inclusive environment for all employees and applicants regardless of race,
ethnicity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation,
gender identity, religion, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected
by applicable law.
Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:
Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or
third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid
to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring
managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant
Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to
make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No
placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by
the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff
Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.
