Summary
Rachael Gilbert is a Staff Data Analyst with nine years of experience building data products and teams, currently driving analytics at dbt Labs in Seattle. An ex-Atlassian PhD, she combines rigorous research habits from her phonetics background with hands-on product analytics and data modeling expertise. She founded Trello’s analytics efforts at Atlassian and later built Magical’s data stack from scratch in Snowflake and dbt, demonstrating both platform-level design and startup velocity. Rachael has experience managing cross-functional analytics teams, mentoring engineers, and translating complex user and product signals into actionable business insights. She’s active in the startup and maker community through South Park Commons, blending entrepreneurial exploration with practical, production-ready data infrastructure work. Colleagues describe her as someone who pairs academic rigor with a builder’s instinct to ship reliable, scalable data systems.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Phonetics, PhD, Phonetics at The University of Texas at Austin
BA, Linguistics, Business, BA, Linguistics, Business at Georgetown University
Study abroad, Study abroad at Université libre de Bruxelles
English, French, Spanish, Japanese