
Lightdash is an open source BI alternative to Looker, built for analysts on top of the modern data tools they already use and love. Lightdash brings your visual layer together with your data modelling and transformation layer, creating a single source of truth for data metrics for teams.

Lightdash is an open source BI alternative to Looker, built for analysts on top of the modern data tools they already use and love. Lightdash brings your visual layer together with your data modelling and transformation layer, creating a single source of truth for data metrics for teams.
What they do: Open-source, dbt-native BI platform with self-serve analytics and a developer-friendly semantic layer
Business model: Community (self-hosted) edition plus managed Lightdash Cloud
Founders: Hamzah Chaudhary and Oliver Laslett
Recent funding: $11M Series A led by Accel (Oct 2024); prior seed led by Accel (~$8.4M, 2022)
Employees: Approximately 27
Business intelligence and analytics for modern data stacks (dbt-centric metric consistency and self-serve reporting).
Software Development
$8.4M
Seed round reported Oct 6, 2022
$11M
Series A announced Oct 2024
“Accel led both seed and Series A; other investors include Y Combinator, Moonfire Ventures, Shopify Ventures, and Operator Partners”
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We’re seeking an exceptional Head of Engineering / Engineering Manager to partner closely with our CTO and lead the next stage of our engineering organisation. We want a deeply technical leader who still loves to build, leads from the front, and thrives in high-velocity, high-ownership environments. Your mission: build the fastest engineering team on the planet.
Who you are:
You’re a top-tier engineer with proven leadership experience in fast-moving startups or scaleups . You’re comfortable making imperfect decisions quickly, you’ve built products under pressure, and you know that momentum beats perfection .
You might be:
What makes you perfect for this role:
What you'll do
How we work at Lightdash
Our tech stack:
While familiarity with our stack is helpful, we value your ability to learn and adapt over specific technical experience.
⚡ We’re deliberately looking for ambitious leaders from startups and high-growth companies. If you want predictability, long roadmaps, and “the right way” over speed, this isn’t the role for you.
👉 Research shows that women and underrepresented groups often don’t apply unless they meet 100% of the requirements. Even if you don’t tick every box, if you have startup experience and a hunger for velocity, we’d love to hear from you.