Analytics Engineer

<h3 class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0" data-pm-slice="0 0 []"><span class="inline-block" data-name="orange_heart" data-type="emoji">🧡</span><strong> About Alma</strong></h3> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">At Alma, we believe sustainable commerce depends on fair, well‑balanced trade. Because finance plays a pivotal role in business, our mission is to put it back in its rightful place - serving merchants and consumers. Our installment and deferred payment solutions help merchants boost sales by 20% or more, increase customer loyalty, and deliver a seamless shopping experience - without encouraging bad debt. As the buy now pay later leader in France and active in 10 European countries, we've empowered over +25,000 merchants and 10 million consumers. With 400+ Almakers and €100M+ ARR, Alma is scaling rapidly across Europe as a member of the Next40, and we're just getting started!</p> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><span class="inline-block" data-name="open_hands" data-type="emoji">👐</span><strong> About the team</strong></h3> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">You will join Alma’s central Data team, which supports a wide range of business teams, including Finance, Product, Marketing, Risk, and Operations. The team is made up of six Data Analysts, including several experienced colleagues, and works at the intersection of Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and business teams.</p> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Reporting to <a class="text-blue-600 hover:underline hover:text-blue-800" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilmarlard/" target="_blank">Gil Marlard</a>, you will help strengthen the data foundations that support reporting, analytics, operational processes, and business decision-making.</p> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><em>This position is a permanent (CDI) role based in Paris, with a hybrid working model, we are also open to full remote in France.</em></p> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><span class="inline-block" data-name="briefcase" data-type="emoji">💼</span><strong> About the job</strong></h3> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">As an Analytics Engineer, you will help strengthen the data foundations that support the whole organization. The central Data team serves a wide range of business teams, including Finance, Product, Marketing, Risk, and Operations. You will join a team of six Data Analysts, including several experienced colleagues, and work at the intersection of Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and business teams.</p> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">You will transform raw data into trusted datasets that support reporting, analytics, operational processes, such as deciding which customer to call, and business decision-making.</p> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Our data foundations currently have different levels of maturity across business teams, and part of our ambition is to rebuild and standardize some of them. Your work will be particularly important in enabling more self-service and conversational analytics for our business teams, by making data easier to find, understand, trust, and use.</p> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">A key part of your role will be improving the lineage and governance of our tables, following a medallion-inspired approach with clear layers.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Data modeling and data quality</strong></p> <ul class="pb-2 flex flex-col gap-1 list-disc pl-6"> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Build and maintain reusable data models, macros, and semantic layers in dbt and BigQuery</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Develop staging, intermediate, and mart models following clear data modeling principles</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Implement data quality tests, freshness checks, and documentation</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Improve the lineage, ownership, and discoverability of our most important tables</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Strengthen our semantic layer and ensure that metric definitions are consistent</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Identify and remove duplicated, obsolete, or deprecated datasets and content</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Optimize queries and models for reliability, performance, and cost</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Central Data Analytics Community</strong></p> <ul class="pb-2 flex flex-col gap-1 list-disc pl-6"> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Build reusable data assets that can be leveraged by Data Analysts across different business domains</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Lead enablement by mentoring analysts and training them on dbt, Looker, governance, and metric definitions</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Partner on the data platform roadmap across GCP, BigQuery, Argo, dbt, and Looker</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Contribute to keeping our data stack clean, reliable, and easy to maintain</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Participate in code reviews and help define analytics engineering standards</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Discuss and validate data contracts with the rest of the Engineering team</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Collaborate with Data Analysts, Data Engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver trusted and actionable data</p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><span class="inline-block" data-name="toolbox" data-type="emoji">🧰</span><strong> You will work with</strong></h3> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">dbt, BigQuery, Looker, GCP, Argo, Git, Claude</p> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><span class="inline-block" data-name="jigsaw" data-type="emoji">🧩</span><strong> About you</strong></h3> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><strong>To succeed in this job</strong></p> <ul class="pb-2 flex flex-col gap-1 list-disc pl-6"> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">You have at least 2 years of experience in Analytics Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, or a similar role.</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">You have practical experience with dbt, including models, tests, and documentation.</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">You have a good understanding of data modeling concepts such as facts, dimensions, keys, and relationships.</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">You have experience with Git and pull-request-based development, excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with technical and business teams. You are fluent in English.</p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><strong>And it will be nice if you also</strong></h3> <ul class="pb-2 flex flex-col gap-1 list-disc pl-6"> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">You are familiar with BigQuery, Looker, GCP, and Airflow or Argo.</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">You have knowledge of Python.</p> </li> </ul> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><em>Don't meet every single requirement? At Alma, we believe great hires come from diverse paths. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply. We value potential, curiosity and the ability to grow as much as experience.</em></p> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><span class="inline-block" data-name="person_in_lotus_position" data-type="emoji">🧘</span><strong> What's in it for you</strong></h3> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">If you join, you will be able to grow and impact on:</p> <ul class="pb-2 flex flex-col gap-1 list-disc pl-6"> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">The opportunity to shape analytics engineering practices within a growing and experienced central Data team</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Exposure to modern data tools including dbt, Argo, Claude, GCP</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">A collaborative environment focused on improving data reliability, data literacy, and self-service analytics</p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><span class="inline-block" data-name="money_mouth_face" data-type="emoji">🤑</span><strong> Compensation &amp; benefits</strong></h3> <ul class="pb-2 flex flex-col gap-1 list-disc pl-6"> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Competitive salary based on 12 months</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Profit-sharing and employee savings plan</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Health insurance: 100% covered by Alma including family package</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Disability insurance: 100% covered by Alma</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Sport: partnerships with Gymlib and Classpass, or €30/month reimbursement for your sports activities</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Maternity/paternity leave: salary maintained at 100% during leave with no seniority requirement. Return to work at 4/5 schedule paid at 100% for 8 weeks.</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Sustainable Mobility Package (FMD): €544.80/year (excluding full-remote contracts)</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Meal vouchers: €10/day, 50% covered by Alma</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Mental health: free access to MindDay platform</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Paid time off: 25 days/year (+ additional paid leave granted for employees on executive contracts)</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Access to our Learning &amp; Development Platform</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">2 weeks of full remote possible per year in summer</p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><span class="inline-block" data-name="dart" data-type="emoji">🎯</span><strong> Interview Process</strong></h3> <ul class="pb-2 flex flex-col gap-1 list-disc pl-6"> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Video call with a Talent Acquisition team member to understand your path, motivation &amp; present you the role.</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Video call with your future manager to deep dive the role, the team, your profile and answer all your questions.</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">Case study presentation with 2 - 3 team members (ideally in house) to assess your practical knowledge.</p> </li> <li class="break-words"> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">1 or 2 additional interviews customized to the role's level to further assess your skills and team fit.</p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3 class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0"><span class="inline-block" data-name="earth_africa" data-type="emoji">🌍</span><strong> Diversity &amp; Inclusion</strong></h3> <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words font-normal first:pt-0 last:pb-0">At Alma, we believe that diversity fuels innovation and makes our community stronger. We are committed to building a workplace where every person feels seen, respected, and empowered to do their best work whatever their gender, background, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, disability or lived experience. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all walks of life, and all employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.</p> Find more English Speaking Jobs in France on Arbeitnow