Overview In this Staff Analytics Engineer role at Preply, you will shape analytical foundations across the company, building scalable data models and standards. You will collaborate with Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Engineers to enable self-service analytics and efficient experimentation. You'll own ETL/ELT pipelines and the BI/semantic layer (Looker), driving data quality and governance.

You'll lead as a technical mentor, raising the bar in Analytics Engineering and influencing data strategy for rapid product growth. This role offers impact at integral scale in a unicorn ed-tech company leveraging AI-driven personalization.

Responsabilidades Lead the design and evolution of core analytical data models across key business domains

Define and champion analytics engineering standards (modeling patterns, naming conventions, testing strategies, documentation)

Build and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines for multi-terabyte data volumes

Own and evolve BI and semantic layer (Looker/LookML) for self-service analytics

Partner with Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Engineers to streamline analytics workflows and reduce duplicated logic

Drive data quality, reliability,



and governance; ensure trustworthy datasets

Influence company-wide data strategy to support experimentation and growth

Collaborate with Engineering to provide data products for Experimentation, Engineering and Applied AI teams

Act as technical leader and mentor within Analytics Engineering

Requisitos principales Extensive experience in analytics engineering or related roles

Expert-level proficiency in SQL; Python in data workflows

Proven track record designing scalable analytical data models for experimentation and decision-making

Advanced hands-on experience with dbt, Looker, Airflow (or similar tools)

Deep understanding of data modeling, analytics architecture, and self-service BI platforms

Strong business acumen; ability to translate ambiguous problems into data-backed solutions

Exceptional communication; ability to influence across technical and non-technical teams

Proactive, strategic mindset focused on long-term system improvements

Fluency in English (C1+)

communication cross-functional collaboration strategic thinking

SQL

Python dbt

📌 Staff Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 Preply
📍 Barcelona