Mercury Insurance

Data Analytics Engineer II

Mercury Insurance$94K — $179K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3–5 years of analytics engineering or similar analytical role experience with dbt or similar transformation frameworks
  • Advanced SQL skills on a columnar warehouse (Redshift, Snowflake, or BigQuery)
  • Proficient in Python for data transformation and analysis (pandas, basic scripting)
  • Comfortable working with YAML-based configuration and version-controlled analytics workflows
  • Strong communication skills to articulate metric definitions and data lineage to non-technical stakeholders
  • Nice to have: P&C insurance domain experience and familiarity with cohort analysis and funnel metrics

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale the metric layer
  • Develop and maintain dbt models
  • Contribute to semantic layer definitions including metrics and dimensions
  • Implement analytical logic and workflows for root cause analysis
  • Translate business questions into structured metrics and actionable insights
  • Enable metric consumption across various BI tools
  • Improve data quality and enforce metric definitions and standards

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States
  • Paid time off including vacation, sick days, and company holidays
  • Incentive bonus programs
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Opportunities for professional development and education assistance
  • Health and wellbeing resources including mental health support
Full Job Description
Overview

Position Summary:

We’re looking for an Analytics Engineer II to build our next-generation enterprise metrics store and enable insights across underwriting, sales, product, claim and experience. This role blends analytics engineering and prompt engineering, supporting our journey toward a fully governed, AI-ready data ecosystem.As an Analytics Engineer, you will sit at the intersection of:• data modeling (dbt, semantic layer)• business metrics (insurance domain: quotes, binds, premium, agency performance)• analytics engineering (root cause analysis, metric relationships, metric store)This is a hands-on role where you will design, build, and scale core metrics and analytical workflows, working closely with product, business, and engineering stakeholders. The team is evolving toward exposing metric infrastructure as internal services, so you’ll have the opportunity to shape that API layer as it matures.

 

Geo-Salary Information

An in-person interview may be required during the hiring process

 

State specific pay scales for this role are as follows:

$94,458 to $179,048 (CA, NJ, NY, WA, HI, AK, MD, CT, RI, MA)

$X85,871 to $162,771 (NV, OR, AZ, CO, WY, TX, ND, MN, MO, IL, WI, FL, GA, MI, OH, VA, PA, DE, VT, NH, ME)

$77,283 to $146,494 (UT, ID, MT, NM, SD, NE, KS, OK, IA, AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, IN, SC, NC, WV)

The expected base salary for this position will vary depending on a number of factors, including relevant experience, skills and location.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions:

  • Build and scale the metric layer
  • Develop and maintain dbt models
  • Contribute to semantic layer definitions (metrics, dimensions, relationships)Ensure consistency and correctness of: key business metrics o metric hierarchies (metric pyramid)
  • Implement analytical logic (root cause analysis & metric insights)
  • Build root cause analysis  workflows:Implement baseline comparisons , companion metric analysis
  • Translate business questions into scalable analytical patterns
  • Enable metric consumption across toolsSupport metric usage in different BI or analytical tools
  • Build reusable logic that avoids duplication across tools
  • Prepare for future API-based metric serving layer
  • Partner with business and product stakeholders
  • Work closely with sales, product, underwriting,  claims, experience and other business teams, Translate ambiguous questions into:
  • Structured metrics
  • Actionable insights
  • Improve data quality and governance
  • Define and enforce:
  • Metric definitions
  • Dimension standards
  • Data contracts
  • Debug issues across:
  • Upstream pipelines
  • Semantic layer
  • Analytical outputs

 

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer science, Statistics or similar 
  • 3–5 years of analytics engineering or similar analytical role experience with dbt or similar transformation frameworks proficiency: models, tests, incremental materialization, Jinja macros
  • Advanced SQL on a columnar warehouse (Redshift, Snowflake, or BigQuery)
  • Python for data transformation and analysis (pandas, basic scripting)
  • Comfort working with YAML-based configuration and version-controlled analytics workflows
  • Clear written and verbal communication—able to explain metric definitions and data lineage to non-technical stakeholders
  • Nice to haveP&C insurance domain experienceExperience with:Cohort analysisFunnel metricsPerformance analysisFamiliarity with MetricFlow specifically and the dbt Semantic LayerExposure to Retool or similar low-code tools for operational write-back workflowsFastAPI or similar Python API frameworks (Flask, Django REST) for serving data products as services

 

Perks and Benefits

We offer many great benefits, including:

  • Competitive compensation
  • Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions
  • Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)
  • Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance
  • 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match
  • Engaging work environment
  • Promotional opportunities
  • Education assistance
  • Professional and personal development opportunities
  • Company recognition program
  • Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more
Pay RangeUSD $94,458.00 - USD $179,048.00 /Yr.

About Mercury Insurance

Mercury Insurance Group is a multiple-line insurance organization offering personal automobile, homeowners, renters and business insurance. Founded in 1961 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Mercury has assets in excess of $4 billion, employs 4,500 people and has more than 8,000 independent agents in 11 states. Mercury has been named one of America's Most Trustworthy Companies by Forbes magazine, and has been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Los Angeles for eight years running. The company has also been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes.
Learn more about Mercury Insurance
Size
4,300 employees
Market Cap
$1.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$374.6 million
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+4.3%
Revenue
$3.7 billion
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