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California, United States
Remote only
About the Role
Backblaze is building its data function into a governed, product-oriented capability that delivers trusted, auditable, and actionable data across the company. The Data Platform & Insights team operates in three layers: Data Engineering makes data reliable (ingestion, pipelines, Snowflake architecture, raw and staging layers), Analytics Engineering makes data trustworthy and reusable (dbt models, the semantic layer, certified metric definitions, lineage, and the data products themselves), and Business Intelligence makes data useful (dashboards, ad hoc analysis, and stakeholder reporting).
This role sits in the middle layer. You will own the shared, reusable transformation and metric logic that everything else depends on. This is not a pipeline or ingestion role, and it is not a dashboard-building role. It is the role that turns landed source data into governed, certified, single-source-of-truth models that the rest of the business consumes.
As an early member of the Analytics Engineering function, you will help define how data products are built and shipped at Backblaze. You will design the dbt models and semantic layer that produce our certified business and financial metrics, eliminate the duplicated and conflicting logic that lives across our reporting tools today, and establish the engineering standards that make our data trustworthy at scale. Because Backblaze is a public company, the models you build directly support financial reporting, so accuracy, lineage, and reconciliation with Finance are core to the work.
This is a high-autonomy, high-leverage role for someone who wants to build a modern analytics foundation from the ground up, not maintain a finished one.
What You’ll Do
Own the transformation layer
Build and own the semantic layer
Deliver certified data products
Drive data quality, lineage, and trust
Partner cross-functionally
Right Fit
Bonus Points
At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you're reading. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Learning, developing, and growing are key parts of our culture. We're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in various ways. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and to come, stay, and do their best work here.
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.
The expected salary range for this role is $160,000 - $185,000.
At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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