Senior Analytics Engineer

Upstart is a leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. By leveraging Upstart's AI marketplace, Upstart-powered banks and credit unions can have higher approval rates and lower loss rates across races, ages, and genders, while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digital-first lending experience their customers demand. Our offerings include personal, auto, and small business loans, and we plan to expand into more verticals as our business grows.

Upstart is a digital-first company, which means that most Upstarters can live and work anywhere in the U.S. We also have offices in San Mateo, CA; Columbus, OH; and Austin, TX.

Most Upstarters join us because they connect with our mission of enabling access to effortless credit based on true risk. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Upstart, we’d love to hear from you!

The Team

As the Senior Analytics Engineer at Upstart, you will design and develop well documented data models for analytical stakeholders to empower them to retrieve meaningful insights. Our analytics engineering team is centralized within the company and partners closely with data engineering, data platform, software engineers and cross functional analytics squads to stitch together datasets to create data models that are ready for analysis.

In addition to architecting data models we enable analysts to think like software engineers by defining, documenting and ensuring adoption of best practices when making contributions to the analytical code-base.

Position Location - Remote | United States

Time Zone Requirements - The team operates across all time zones in the United States!

Travel Requirements - We are digital first organization meaning you can work anywhere in the United States. We have quarterly on-site collaboration sessions. These meet-ups occur 3 days per Quarter at one of our offices (San Mateo, CA or Columbus, OH). Upstart will cover all travel related expenses need to travel to make these meetups!

How you’ll make an impact:

Communicate effectively with business and analytical stakeholders to translate requirements from whiteboards to clean code, tests, data warehouse design and performant dashboards
Contribute and manage analytics code base and ensure software engineering best practices are followed (example: version control, testing, CI)
Collaborate with data engineers, data platform teams to create analytics pipelines
Meet consumers of data where they are by wearing an educator’s hat and training them on how to use BI tool and dashboards
Be a close strategic partner to analytics squads to participate in decision making on the analytics road map for Upstart

What we’re looking for:

Minimum requirements:
6+ year(s) of experience as a Data Engineer / Analyst / BI Engineer
Expertise in SQL, Python and ETL optimization techniques
Strong understanding of OSX command line and version control software (git).
Familiarity with business intelligence visualization tools such as Looker, Tableau, etc.
Excellent communication skills, particularly when explaining technical or complex matters to less technical co-workers
MS or BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Bioinformatics or a related field OR equivalent practical experience in Data Engineering/Science/Analytics
Preferred qualifications:
Experience with cloud computing platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud
Experience with building Looker data models (LookML), analytics engineering framework like dbt and orchestration tools like Airflow, schema design, and dimensional data modeling
Experience with a thorough understanding of data lake/warehouse architectures (BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift)
Experience working with data engineers and data platform teams for data ingestion
Experience prioritizing goals based on the larger picture, while being comfortable getting into the details as needed

What you'll love:

Competitive Compensation (base + bonus & equity)
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Personal Development and Technology & Ergonomic Budgets
Life insurance and disability benefits
Clubs and Activities (Game Nights, Fitstarters, Superwomen, Book Club, Investing Club, Money Discussions, Photography Club and Basketball teams)
Generous vacation policy
401(k) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Catered lunches + snacks & drinks

At Upstart, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within this range: $155,400-$215,000.

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