The Athletic

Data Engineer, Analytics

The Athletic

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $125,000 - $145,000 per year

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

Tech Stack

AirflowAmazon RedshiftBigQueryCloudKafkaPythonSQL

About the role

  • Own the Enrichment layer of our data stack, primarily through the creation and maintenance of data products and marts used by our analysts and scientists.
  • Develop, maintain, and expand the use of a centralized Metric Library intended to be the source of truth for analysts for KPIs across the company.
  • Embed with analysts to understand the most pressing needs and design solutions that are both efficient and scalable.
  • Practice independently by producing and deploying your own solutions.
  • Participate in team best practices, including agile sprint planning and peer review.
  • Contribute to and maintain our data ecosystem through deployment of infrastructure, creation of pipelines and maintenance of our data lake.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience as a data analyst or data engineer, preference for experience in clickstream data.
  • Expert level knowledge of SQL, Databases (prefer BigQuery and Redshift) and Git.
  • Knowledge of Python (preference for Airflow) and Cloud Infrastructure.
  • Familiarity with event-based architecture (preference for Kafka).
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, both at the executive level and with peers and cross-functional teams.
Benefits
  • Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans.
  • Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses.
  • 401k retirement savings plan and employer match.
  • Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
  • Global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
SQLDatabasesBigQueryRedshiftGitPythonAirflowCloud Infrastructureevent-based architectureKafka
Soft skills
communication skillscollaboration skillsindependent practiceproblem-solvingefficiencyscalabilityteam best practicespeer reviewagile methodologycross-functional teamwork