Principal Analytics Engineer

The Principal Analytics Engineer - Data Architecture is a principal individual contributor and technical leader on the Customer Analytics team. This role builds and operates CMT's relational data marts, dbt data products, and reusable semantic layer for BI, data science, and AI.

The position partners with Customer Solutions, Data Engineering, Product, and Customer Success to resolve ambiguous needs, align definitions and governance, and deliver scalable, well-documented data products with clear ownership and customer impact. 

Responsibilities: 

• Use independent judgment and discretion to architect relational data marts and high-scale dbt models in Databricks and Delta Lake, using dimensional modeling and software engineering practices for scale, maintainability, and cost efficiency
• Own data products end to end, from discovery and contracts through automated testing, CI/CD deployment, documentation, monitoring, support, and controlled change
• Design and productionize a modular semantic layer and shared data services that deliver governed metrics, dimensions, metadata, approved access paths, and vector-enabled retrieval across BI, data science, and AI
• Operate high-availability data and reporting products to agreed SLAs through freshness and quality alerts, lineag