Coinbase

Senior Analytics Engineer – Financial Analytics

Coinbase

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York CityNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $180,370 - $212,200 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Quickly build subject matter expertise in a specific business area and data domain.
  • Understand the data flows from creation, ingestion, transformation, and delivery.
  • Communicate with engineering teams to fix data gaps for downstream data users.
  • Take initiative and accountability for fixing issues anywhere in the stack.
  • Perform reconciliation-style validation across sources, identifying discrepancies and driving fixes.
  • Interface with stakeholders on data and product teams to deliver the most commercial value from data.
  • Build curated data models that streamline ledger verification and accounting workflows.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance/Accounting to translate requirements into durable data models.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of best practices for designing modular and reusable data models (e.g., star schemas, snowflake schemas).
  • Proficiency in advanced SQL techniques for data transformation, querying, and optimization.
  • Expertise in scripting and automation, with experience in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and building scalable frameworks.
  • Strong ability to translate technical concepts into business value for cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Strong cross-functional communication skills and ability to work effectively with Finance/Accounting partners.
  • Experience building, maintaining, and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines, using modern tools like dbt, Airflow, or similar.
  • Proficiency in building polished dashboards using tools like Looker, Tableau, Superset, or Python visualization libraries (Matplotlib, Plotly).
  • Familiarity with version control (GitHub), CI/CD, and modern development workflows.
  • Knowledge of modern data lake/warehouse architectures (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks) and transformation frameworks.
  • Track record of building for correctness and reliability: data quality frameworks, monitoring/alerting, incident response, and stakeholder-facing SLAs.
  • Ability to understand and address business challenges through analytics engineering.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLdata modelingETLELTObject-Oriented Programmingdata transformationdata quality frameworksanalytics engineeringdata reconciliationdata visualization
Soft Skills
cross-functional communicationstakeholder engagementinitiativeaccountabilityproblem-solvingcollaborationtranslating technical conceptsdriving fixesunderstanding business challengesinterpersonal skills