SeniorDataEngineer-PeopleTechnology

At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions. The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We’re looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us! We are building our People Analytics platform from scratch on a modern data stack (GCP/BigQuery, CData, dbt). We are looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to lead the architecture, implementation, and ongoing evolution of our new People Analytics data platform. This is a foundational, "greenfield" role: you will be responsible for defining the blueprint of how we ingest, store, and transform HR data from systems like SuccessFactors and Greenhouse into meaningful insights. You are not just building pipelines; you are architecting a high-performance AI-ready data product that will enable our People team to make data-driven decisions on a scale. What You Will Do: • Infrastructure comfortable with complex window functions and performance optimization. • dbt: Strong, demonstrated experience building and testing dbt projects (Jinja, macros, modular modeling). • GCP/BigQuery: Hands-on experience managing BigQuery project structure, dataset governance, partitioning/clustering, and IAM/security policies. Domain Fluency: Ability to translate complex HR business requirements (e.g., Attrition, Headcount, Diversity, T