IT & Software

Director Analytics Engineering AI Data

GitLab

Remote · Nationwide · Canada

Lead analytics engineering at GitLab with dbt, Snowflake, and AI-ready data models in an all-remote, asynchronous company. Guide trusted self-service across the organization.

As Director, Analytics Engineering, you will lead eight team members and report to the VP of Data & Insights. You will set data organization direction while guiding technical decisions and partnering with Data Engineering, Data Science, IT, and business leaders. The work spans semantic models, LLM-powered data access, BI strategy, and production data applications.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Own governed semantic models and consistent business definitions
  • Build evals, datasets, and telemetry for answer quality
  • Define AI data access, BI, and self-service strategies
  • Build production data applications combining Snowflake, APIs, and AI
  • Hire, coach, and retain a high-performing team of eight

Requirements:

  • 12+ years in analytics engineering, data engineering, or BI
  • 5+ years leading teams and 2+ managing managers or senior leads
  • Expert dbt, SQL, Snowflake, and data modeling expertise
  • Experience building LLM-powered data access with evals
  • Ability to thrive in GitLab's all-remote asynchronous company

Shape GitLab's AI-ready data foundation through analytics engineering leadership, semantic modeling, Snowflake, and trusted self-service.

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Reference: WJ-2742_538427 · Posted 08 Nov 2026, 06:36 PM

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