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Analytics Engineer (Remote)

Engineering

Remote (United States)

Packback’s mission is to empower every student to be fearlessly curious and find their unique voice.

These few words shape everything we do at Packback from the smallest decision to the largest. Over the last decade since our company’s founding, our team has seen first-hand the power of giving students intentionally designed spaces in their learning experience to be autonomous and curious. We have also seen the incredible benefits of using AI technology to shorten feedback loops and help students revise their work before they submit.

Packback is a pedagogy partner that uses technology as a “means to an end” to shorten feedback loops for students and instructors, improve writing and critical thinking skills, and cultivate student-centered, trust-based educational learning environments.

Who we are

Packback team members are passionate, mission-driven lifelong learners. Many of us spent time as educators in classrooms and have experienced first hand just how draining the day to day of educating can be. We have seen the gap between the most and least prepared students grow wider every year. The pressure to close that gap has once rested directly on our shoulders, and we understand the enormous cost of addressing that gap, and also not addressing that gap.

Some of us were intrinsically motivated students, the “teacher’s pets” who never want to stop learning. Some of us were the distracted or unmotivated students who wished their instructors would have adopted the pedagogy behind Packback. But all of us share a passionate commitment to our purpose.

About the role

Packback is looking for an Analytics Engineer to support our mission to awaken and fuel the lifelong curiosity in every student. Packback’s A.I.-powered platform is used by educators in K-12 and higher education to help their students fall in love with the subject matter, drive personalized learning, and most importantly, quantify and improve student critical thinking skills.

What you'll do

Consult with various teams in the organization to translate key product/business processes into technical data requirements. Use dbt, BigQuery, and SQL to build up Packback’s metrics layer to enable self-serve access to core analytics.
Build, optimize, and orchestrate data pipelines with dbt, Airflow, and Python.
Establish data integrity standards and SLAs to ensure timely, accurate delivery of data.
Build insightful and reliable dashboards to track performance of core company metrics across the product and business.
Collaborate with business operations teams to define and train on best practices with respect to data modeling, analytics, and visualization.
Collaborate with leadership to conduct analyses and apply statistical methods to answer day-to-day questions or support larger initiatives.
Lead Packback’s research function with partner institutions and perform in-depth analyses to understand how Packback’s products are driving key student outcomes.
Consult on the adoption of new technologies that impact Packback’s data infrastructure.

Qualifications

2-5 years of experience in an analytics focused role - analytics engineer, data engineer, or analyst/consultant with a strong technical background
Expert with SQL and experience with Python or other scripting languages
Experience with modern data warehouses (BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, etc.)
Experience with software development best practices applied to data (CI/CD, automated testing, version control)
Strong story-teller with data and experience with visualization tools (Looker, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)
Strong business acumen and the ability to work through complex and ambiguous business requirements with non-technical stakeholders.

Additional Information

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S without the need for sponsorship. Packback does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Currently we are only able to hire from these states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI
The salary range for this position is $108,000 - $120,000 annually + bonus. We set clear expectations for professional growth and offer an annual learning and development stipend.

Why work at Packback?

Build a meaningful career while innovating the future of education as a part of a company culture that fosters the growth, safety, and creativity of its employees.

Intentional Culture

Packback knows that the single most important part of any company is its people. We take building and maintaining a conscious and intentional culture of open communication, curiosity, and leadership extremely seriously. We work hard to make Packback a safe environment where people can focus on doing great work instead of dealing with drama.

Career Development

Packback’s career development tracks present a unique balance between clarity and guidance around defined paths, and room for our team to forge their own path. Each team has its own career development tracks with support and training, and still allow for customization of these paths to create a role where a team member’s full passions and abilities are put to use!