Analytics Engineer

Our Mission: Why Lighthouse? 

At Lighthouse, we’re on a mission to revolutionize commercial strategy as hospitality’s most powerful AI platform. We take the world's largest hotel data network and transform it into real-time intelligence that drives action. We don't just deliver insights; we empower businesses to make decisions that move revenue. 

With $370M in Series C funding and over $100M in ARR, we are scaling at lightspeed. Our 850+ teammates across 35 countries aren't just building software—they are leveraging cutting-edge AI to help hoteliers be the first to act. Tens of thousands of hotels across 185 countries trust Lighthouse to execute their commercial strategy, including every one of the top 15 global chains and thousands of independent hotels that consistently outperform their markets. With Lighthouse AI, the intelligence gets deeper. Decisions get smarter. Actions get faster. We help hoteliers be first to act.

Lighthouse Values: Our guiding light

We are Lumineers. Our shared values keep us on a collaborative path fostering a cultural and customer centric environment

• Pursuit of greatness: We’re innovators who care deeply about our customers’ success. Our team brings their best work, stays curious, and delivers excellence through attention to detail
• Meaningful work matters: We make every moment count by knowing what to deliver, why it matters, and how it drives Lighthouse forward
• Elevate each other: We don’t just work together - we grow together. What unites us is understanding each other as people and working toward shared goals

We’re more than just a workplace – we’re a community. Collaborative, fun, and deeply committed, we work hard together to revolutionize the hospitality sector. Are you ready to join us and shine brighter in the industry’s most exciting rocket-ship? 🚀

Job details

• 💼 Data Analytics
• 📍 Dallas, Texas or Denver, CO
• 🕜 Full-Time/Hybrid 
• 💰 Compensation: $113,000.00- $125,500.00

What you will do

You will design and build trusted data models across Lighthouse's commercial and financial domains — modeling deals, accounts, and opportunities for go-to-market teams, and supporting revenue, retention, and churn analysis for finance — while owning delivery end-to-end from requirements through implementation and documentation, using AI tools responsibly to accelerate your work while remaining accountable for output quality, and collaborating closely with commercial, finance, and analytics stakeholders.

Where you will have impact

• Trusted commercial backbone: model deals, accounts, regions, products, and expansion opportunities to give go-to-market teams a consistent view.
• Financial insight: support analysis of revenue, customer lifetime value, retention, expansion, and churn.
• Technical point of contact: speed up decision-making by responding quickly to commercial, finance, and business operations stakeholders.
• Data modeling quality: apply strong SQL, transformation, and data modeling practices to produce maintainable, understandable assets.
• Business-to-technical translation: turn stakeholder requirements into practical solutions that fit the existing stack, owning the full cycle (functional analysis, solution design, implementation, testing, documentation, and ongoing improvement).
• Responsible AI use: apply AI to coding, solution design, and problem-solving, critically reviewing outputs and owning the final result.
• Foundation for advanced analytics: build reliable data foundations that support strategic analytics and AI-enabled products (agentic frameworks, RAG, conversational analytics) without owning their development directly.
• Cross-functional collaboration: work with sales operations, commercial systems, financial operations, and analytics colleagues to align on data needs and technical direction.

About our team

Lighthouse's Data Analytics team is the backbone of how we understand our own business. We partner directly with department stakeholders to turn internal company data into the insights that guide decision-making at every level, from quarterly planning to board-level strategy. The team builds the data architecture, models, and reporting that keep the business honest about where it stands and where it's headed. 

What's in it for you

• Impactful work: Shape products relied on by 85,000+ users worldwide.
• Competitive compensation: Proactively maintained to value your work.
• Flexible working environment: Work from home or at one of our global offices.
• Flexible time off: Autonomy to manage your work-life balance.
• 401k matching: Up to 4%.
• Health insurance: Two Blue Cross Blue Shield plans with 99% company contribution to the base plan and 75% for dependents and spouses, plus $25/month to HSA.
• Vision and Dental Insurance: Dental Buy-up plan option, 50% company contributions to premiums for both employees, dependents and spouses.
• Employee Assistance Program: 100% confidential and free.
• Employer paid Short Term Disability + $50,000 Life Insurance.
• Parental leave: 12 weeks of company paid primary caregiver leave, 3 weeks of company paid secondary caregiver leave, $1,500 new parent bonus, and 4 week flexible return to work plan.
• Wellbeing support: Subsidized up to 80% ClassPass subscription.
• Referral bonus: Earn rewards for bringing in new talent.

Who you are

• You have senior-level experience in analytics engineering, data warehousing, or a closely related role and can operate independently with limited overlap across time zones.
• You have strong SQL skills and hands-on experience building robust, understandable data models.
• You have practical experience with dbt or another data transformation tool.
• You understand core data warehousing principles and can architect models across commercial and financial domains.
• You can gather requirements, perform functional analysis, and translate stakeholder questions into technical solutions.
• You can work directly with both technical and non-technical leaders, adapting your communication to be concise and clear.
• You have basic Python scripting skills or can critically review scripts produced with artificial intelligence assistance.
• You use AI effectively and thoughtfully: You use AI in your day-to-day as a supporting and enhancing tool during development, review, documentation and presentation processes. In doing so, you question outputs, handle data with care and always remain accountable for your work. You understand the capabilities and limitation of your AI tools and can provide clear and structured feedback on them.
• You understand how reliable data foundations support agentic frameworks, retrieval-augmented generation, or conversational analytics, even if you have not built those systems yourself.
• You are comfortable supporting colleagues and explaining technical needs across teams without needing to formally manage them.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

Thank you for considering a career with Lighthouse. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that values equal opportunity for all. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and disability. Our commitment to equality is part of our culture. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, please notify your recruiter.

Not ticking every box? No problem! We value diverse backgrounds and unique skill sets, and we encourage individuals from all walks of life to apply. If your experience looks a little different from what we've described, but you're passionate about what we do and are a quick learner, we'd love to hear from you!

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