Where do you draw the line between Analytics Engineer and Analyst responsibilities?
I’m a solo Analytics Engineer in my team and we have with a few Data Analysts. We don’t have a DE, so I also do pipeline and ingestion. Right now, the lines between our jobs sometimes feel really blurry.
For example, the analysts build a lot of our dbt models and make changes to them. I know our roles naturally overlap, but I feel like we are missing clear ownership of who does what. Since they are not so technical and lack the engineering mindset, it can quickly turn into a spaghetti and miss best practices. I want to empower them, but I also want to make sure our architecture stays clean and that I'm actually doing AE work, not just acting as a code reviewer.
For those of you on similar teams, how do you split the work? Do you have a clear division of who does what?
I would love to hear what works for your team. Thanks!