Senior Data Analyst

JOB SUMMARY 

Code.org’s Research, Evaluation, and Data (RED) Team plays a critical role in shaping our strategic decisions and helping us achieve our mission. We’re looking for a skilled and passionate Senior Data Analyst to join our team.

We have millions of student and teacher users, all of whom generate data. As a Senior Data Analyst, you'll be leading analytics workstreams. You will work with internal stakeholders to ask critical questions about our work and then define data models and metrics to track our performance. You will continuously improve our data pipelines, ensuring our analytics layer is built in a scalable and sustainable way.

A great applicant is passionate and excited about our mission, can independently scope and manage data projects with multiple stakeholders, and has experience with the full-stack data ops and analytics pipeline. If you're the type of person who loves to ask questions and also has the skills to answer those questions, we can't wait to meet you!

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role you will:

• Own analytics projects from conception through execution. For instance: writing a spec for a new way to measure teacher effectiveness, proposing a measure, working with leadership to achieve sign-off, and then releasing it as a data model in our analytics layer

• Build on and continuously improve our analytics layer in dbt, with an eye to optimizing performance and scalability

• Identify trends in our metrics and independently ask and answer questions about possible drivers

• Work closely with end-user teams to help them get value from organizational data. This means both serving as a strategic partner and responding to ad hoc requests for data and analyses, hosting office hours, and editing Tableau dashboards. 

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS We seek candidates who have:

• Passion for the mission of driving equity in Computer Science and AI education

• 5+ years work experience in data analysis, analytics, or equivalent field.

• Experience with analytics engineering and/or process improvement

• Experience building and maintaining complex data pipelines in SQL (dbt preferred)

• Experience leading and managing quantitative or statistical analysis projects with a high impact to the organization 

• Experience building alignment between technical and non-technical leaders

• The ability to approach problems creatively and find novel solutions 

• Strong documentation and verbal communication skills

We prefer candidates who also have:

• Connection to or experience in the fields of education, computer science and/or ed tech

• Experience working with AWS cloud resources

• Experience with python or R for data analysis

In addition, candidates must:

• Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

• Work within the United States

• Pass a pre-employment background check

• Be willing to travel a minimum of two times per year for team events 

WHAT IS THE INTERVIEW PROCESS LIKE?

Step 1: Informational Interview - learn more about the role and share your experience (30 minutes) Step 2: Homework (~2-3 hours) Step 3: Interviews with several members of the Code.org team (~ 3 hours) Step 4: Final Interview (1 hour) Step 5: Reference Checks 

All interviews are currently being conducted virtually via Zoom

TO APPLY

Our team will review all applications on an ongoing basis and if we believe your qualifications would make a great fit, we'll contact you to schedule an informational interview.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS PACKAGE

The expected salary range for this position is $113,850 - $126,500. Most offers are on the lower end of the salary range and are at the company’s sole discretion based on the final candidate’s experience. This allows us to provide a fair and equitable approach to compensation when setting pay and maintaining internal pay equity.