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Analytics Engineer

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We’re looking for someone interested in a position to help us grow our business. As an Analytics Engineer, you will research, build, run, and maintain ETL processes, propose process improvements, and implement those improvements. By creating quality datasets,  you will unlock new value for our business by enabling data products to be built within our organization.

What You Will Do

During the 1st Month:

  • Collaborate with various team members to learn about the company.
  • You will work with data team members to learn about our data, data structure, the Tech department, and how your role fits within the team.
  • Shadow data team members to learn more about recurring tasks you'll be responsible for, such as managing the processes that clean and sync our requests for data updates.

Within 3 Months:

  • Assume responsibility for a recurring task that involves cleaning raw data, importing it into our databases, migrating the data as needed, and working with our Quality Assurance team to resolve any issues
  • Start tackling work to improve the structure, code, and validation of our data pipeline.
  • Participate in peer code reviews.  Learn how to provide written constructive feedback.

Within 6 Months:

  • Work with your manager to discover what tasks/projects at Niche interest you. Together, you will figure out a plan to ensure you are working on what best fits your interests and aligns with Niche’s goals
  • Own an area of external data updates for schools, colleges, graduate schools, and places to live

Within 12 months:

  • Take ownership of a section of our data pipeline, mapping out process improvements
  • Start to develop methods that improve our data ingestion processes at scale
  • Start partnering with our engineering groups to better align our pipeline with our production services and data warehouse.

What We Are Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, information technology or a related field
  • 1-3 years of related experience
  • Hands on experience with SQL and databases
  • Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of Python
  • Experience with Docker and AWS is a plus
  • Continuous learner who wants to learn and grow with the position and company

Are you excited about the position and its responsibilities, but hesitant because your experience doesn't align 100%% with the posted requirements? We believe you are more than a resume, so go for it! You won’t want to miss the opportunity to play a part in helping students find where they belong.

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