Analytics Engineer

Team Red Dog is seeking a highly skilled Analytics Engineer to support a data and analytics innovator client for one of the most iconic gaming franchises in the world Minecraft. This remote contract role blends advanced data engineering analytics and business collaboration to transform large-scale gaming data into powerful insights and products used by stakeholders across the organization.

Top Required Skills (Must Haves):

1. Python 2 years of experience using Python for large-scale data processing transformation and pipeline development.
2. SQL 2 years of experience writing complex queries to retrieve transform and analyze large datasets.
3. Data Modeling 2 years of experience designing analytical data models to support reporting dashboards and advanced analytics.

Opportunity Overview:
This role offers the opportunity to work directly with one of the most recognizable video game brands in the world. You will play a key part in shaping how data is transformed into business-driving insights that support decision-making across product analytics and game development teams. This position provides exposure to modern cloud data platforms AI/ML enablement and large-scale event and streaming data in a fast-paced highly collaborative environment.

How you will make an impact:
Partner closely with business stakeholders and data consumers to understand analytical needs and enable access to trusted data.
Identify and analyze structured and unstructured data from multiple sources to meet analytics and reporting requirements.
Design scalable data models and architect dataflows that evolve with changing business needs.
Build and maintain automated data pipelines that transform raw data into clean enriched and reliable datasets.
Develop reusable data frameworks and components to advance the analytics infrastructure.
Collaborate daily with data scientists analysts engineers and game teams to deliver production-ready data products.

The expertise you bring:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Computer Engineering or related field with 2 years of relevant experience or equivalent experience.
Experience working as an Analytics Engineer or Data Engineer in an enterprise environment.
Strong Python and SQL proficiency.
Hands-on experience with data modeling data profiling and data analysis.
Experience building cloud-based data pipelines using tools such as Spark and Airflow with Azure preferred.
Familiarity with DevOps and DataOps practices.
Ability to work comfortably with both technical and business partners.
Experience working with large volumes of event or streaming data.
Interest in or experience with the video game industry is strongly preferred.

What makes a candidate highly successful in this role:
Demonstrates curiosity creative problem-solving and a strong business mindset.
Clearly articulates the outcomes and business value of their work.
Balances strong engineering execution with thoughtful collaboration across technical and business teams.
Takes ownership of solutions end-to-end and proactively identifies opportunities for improvement.
Thrives in fast-moving environments and adapts quickly to changing priorities.

Why Work with Team Red Dog
At Team Red Dog people are at the heart of everything we do. Our commitment to personalized service and our deep experience in matching talented professionals with meaningful roles at some of the worlds most inspiring companies is what sets us apart. We take the time to understand your unique skills strengths and passionsbecause we believe your career should reflect who you are.

Whether youre looking to grow pivot or simply find a place where your work truly matters we offer opportunities that empower you to make a positive impact. With excellent benefits a supportive team and a role where you can thrive while doing what you love were here to help you take the next step with confidence. Join usand discover what it means to be genuinely valued in your career.

Generous benefits package for qualified employees includes:
Health insurance (medical dental vision and life)
Employer-matched 401K plan
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Profit sharing

Estimated Start Date: Immediately
Location: Remote
Job #: 2412
Job Type and Estimated Duration: W2/Contract contract expected to go 18 months
Rate: $55$61/hour

Team Red Dog is committed to providing equal opportunities to everyone regardless of race ethnicity gender age religion sexual orientation disability or any other characteristic. If you need accommodation during the recruitment process reach out to and we will work to ensure an accessible experience. We strictly adhere to federal state and local laws to maintain a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.
We offer competitive compensation aligned with U.S. industry standards and our final offer will reflect the candidates location job-specific skills experience and knowledge.

All applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for sponsorship.
Team Red Dog is an E-Verify employer.
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a reference and background check.
Please no solicitations from C2C or recruiting firms.