Senior Thoughtspot Engineer [T500-23871]

About Albertsons Companies Inc.:

As a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates over 2,200 stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners across the United States, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others, serve more than 36 million U.S customers each week.

We build and shape technology solutions that solve customers problems every day, making things easier for them when they shop with us online or in a store. We have made bold, strategic moves to migrate and modernize our core foundational capabilities, positioning ourselves as the first fully cloud-based grocery tech company in the industry.

Our success is built on a one-team approach, driven by the desire to understand and enhance the customer experience. By constantly pushing the boundaries of retail, we are transforming shopping into an experience that is easy, efficient, fun and engaging.

About Albertsons Companies India:

At Albertsons Companies India, we're not just pushing the boundaries of technology and retail innovation, we're cultivating a space where ideas flourish and careers thrive. Our workplace in India is a vital extension of the Albertsons Companies Inc. workforce and important to the next phase in the companys technology journey to support millions of customers lives every day.

At the Albertsons Companies India, we are raising the bar to grow across Technology & Engineering, AI, Digital and other company functions, and transform a 165-year-old American retailer. At Albertsons Companies India associates collaborate directly with international teams, enhancing decision-making processes and organizational agility through exciting and pivotal projects. Your work will make history and help millions of lives each day come together around the joys of food and inspire their well-being.

Staff Engineer (ThoughtSpot)

We are seeking Staff ThoughtSpot Engineer to join our Analytics and BICOE team. This role is a hands-on technical position responsible for the ThoughtSpot platforms architecture, administration, and strategic enablement across the organization. The ideal candidate will drive platform Administration, scalability, governance, Dashboard development, and adoption while partnering closely with engineering, data, and business teams to enable data-driven decision-making at scale. This role owns the end-to-end analytics experience, with a strong emphasis on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GCP Big Query (BQ), cloud-native architecture, and high-performance SQL, enabling scalable, governed, and reliable analytics across Albertsons.

Key Responsibilities:

• 58 years of experience in data analytics, with expert-level skills in ThoughtSpot development and deep expertise in ThoughtSpot architecture, administration, and data modeling.
• Design, develop, and implement ThoughtSpot dashboards, Liveboards, and worksheets.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders to understand reporting and analytics requirements.
• Develop data models and optimize ThoughtSpot schemas for performance and scalability.
• Design and optimize BigQuery data models to support self-service and enterprise analytics.
• Write and optimize complex, high-performance BigQuery SQL for large-scale analytical workloads.
• Drive query performance tuning and cost optimization in BigQuery (partitioning, clustering, materialized views, etc.).
• Administer and manage ThoughtSpot SaaS environments.
• Coordinate with vendors and Albertsons change management teams for production upgrades.
• Monitor platform health, usage analytics, and overall system performance.
• Manage tenant configurations and enable new platform features.
• Troubleshoot platform issues and coordinate with ThoughtSpot support as needed.
• Configure and manage users, groups, and role-based access control (RBAC).
• Ensure governance standards, compliance, and audit readiness; maintain Confluence documentation with platform updates.
• Configure and manage live query connections and rotate service account (SA) keys to ensure uninterrupted operations.
• Monitor query performance and partner with engineering teams to optimize schemas.
• Use ThoughtSpot Modeling Language (TML) to support migrations across non-production and production environments.
• Leverage REST APIs for automation and administrative tasks.
• Support internal teams using ThoughtSpot via visual embed and ensure product changes are communicated effectively.
• Conduct training sessions to onboard new teams and provide mentorship to junior developers.
• Provide L2/L3 production support.

Required Qualifications:

• 58+ years of experience in data analytics, BI, or analytics platform engineering.
• Expert-level experience with ThoughtSpot development, architecture, administration, and data modeling.
• Strong understanding of SaaS analytics platforms, semantic modeling, and query performance optimization.
• Strong understanding of enablement of the ThoughtSpot analytics platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or AWS.
• Deep expertise in BigQuery, including Advanced BigQuery SQL, Performance tuning, Data modeling for large-scale analytics.
• Experience with enterprise governance, RBAC, and compliance requirements.
• Proficiency with REST APIs, automation, and platform integrations.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to operate independently and lead initiatives end to end.