Analytics Engineer (contract)

Job Title: Analytics Engineer Location: Hybrid/Remote About The Role We are looking for an Analytics Engineer who can bridge the gap between data science, data engineering, and business problem-solving. This role will focus on creating reliable analytical workflows, improving and updating machine learning models, and transforming complex business requirements into executable technical solutions. You will work closely with SMEs to deeply understand operational context — while still being hands-on in Python, SQL, and cloud tooling. What You’ll Do • Build, enhance, and update Python-based analytical workflows, including ML model updates/refinements • Translate stakeholder/business requirements into clear technical implementation steps • Query, model, and transform data using SQL, Pandas, and NumPy • Design and validate analytics with strong quality assurance practices • Work independently on analysis, model upgrade tasks, and code contributions • Collaborate closely with SMEs to understand real operational or domain constraints • Deliver analytics and visualizations using Bokeh • Use Git version control for collaborative development • Leverage Google Cloud Platform for analytics workloads and ML integration activities Must-Haves • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field • Strong Python development background (not just notebook work) • Google Cloud Platform experience • High-level understanding of machine learning concepts and model integration processes • SQL querying fluency • Pandas + NumPy hands-on • Quality assurance mindset • Ability to work independently • Experience translating business ask → technical plan • Bokeh data visualization experience Good-to-Have • Data modeling + ETL exposure • Agile/Scrum delivery experience • Oilfield domain exposure • Dataiku experience • Performance optimization / workload profiling • Signal processing background • Engineering discipline background Trainable / COE Enablement • CI/CD pipelines & DevOps tooling • Prognostics & health management analytics techniques The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $42.35/hour - $66.18/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.