Hey there! Thanks for stopping by. We’re Airtasker, the tech company that connects people who need to get things done with those who have the skills to do it.
Our mission is to empower people to realise the full value of their skills. This doesn’t just apply to those who use our product. It’s also for our whooooooole team of go-getters who bring the product to life and deliver impact to our community on a daily basis. Because we believe work (and life) is always better when you truly know and appreciate your strengths and skills.
So, with that in mind, we are looking for a new Analytics Engineer to join our team of go-getters and realise the full value of their skills!
The Role:
Airtasker is a two-sided marketplace which brings together those who need things done with those who can help. The analytics engineering team contributes to this mission by creating data assets, methodologies and standards that enable teams throughout the organization - whether it be powering decision making, data products like recommendation systems, natural language processing, optimisation or our platform operations. We have a strong engineering & product capability at Airtasker, meaning that our data-led insights and recommendations can be deployed into production and lead to immediate impact.
The purpose of an Analytics Engineer is to increase the value and impact of data on the organisation by building maturity in our decision making, and by providing analytics assets (e.g. datasets, dashboards, reports) and services (e.g. engineering) that builds efficiency and trustworthiness for users of data.
What you'll do:
- Design and build accurate, performant and reliable data models and data pipelines
- Collaborate with stakeholders to create valued reports and dashboards
- Develop analytical and tooling that enables self service of data and insights
- Educate users on using our analytical assets and tooling, empowering them to answer their questions and find value in our data
- Support stakeholders by fulfilling ad-hoc requests
- Support data analysts with data governance services
- Support software engineers and site reliability engineers with our machine learning platform
- Coach data analysts on software engineering best practices (e.g., building testing suites and CI pipelines)
We'd love to hear from you if you tick some of these boxes (no need to tick them all!):
- Understanding of analytics lifecycle from stakeholder engagement and requirements gathering through to deployment and maintenance
- Strong SQL and data warehousing fundamentals incl. Kimball
- Familiarity with at least 1 programming language (Python, R)
- Understanding of software engineering best practices incl. testing, CI, and CD, DRY
- Familiarity with analytics technology stack covering BI, ELT, DB, user behavioural analytics, experimentation
- Data visualisation fundamentals and theory
- Familiarity with data design in dbt
- Familiarity with the design of a machine learning stack
- Data analysis and sense making
- Ability to write efficient SQL, Jinja
- Data manipulation and transformation
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to coach team members and data analysts on software engineering best practices
What you'll love:
Competitive compensation packages
Flexible workplace environment - we embrace flexible working to support different life stages and lifestyle preferences.
Airtime Fridays! - no meetings and no slack on Fridays to allow you to find your flow in deep focus work, invest in your personal growth and increase your productivity.
Connection and celebration - we celebrate connecting as people through regular rituals such as weekly AMAs, annual AirCon and Tuesday lunches. These moments are designed to bring us all together, whether you are local or remote!
A culture of context, not control - we believe that empowering people through Airtasker starts with empowered people within Airtasker.
We are agile and innovative in the way we work and how we grow - we believe in a growth mindset and trying new things.
Learning and development - as humans, we never stop growing - we believe feedback is a gift, and provide allowances to empower you to identify learning that is right for you.
Progressive parental leave policies - we believe that feeling supported to stay connected to both your professional and personal self when raising a family is vital in bringing your best self to work.
Celebration swap benefit - the option to swap national, state or territory public holidays for those that are more aligned to your beliefs and background.
Access to wellbeing support - we want to ensure that you have all the support you need to prioritise your mental health and wellbeing, so that you can bring your best self to work. To this end, you'll be given full access, via our EAP, to regular 1:1 counselling with mental health and wellbeing specialists.
Airtasker credits - whether it’s help around the home or planning your next date night, use your Airtasker credits every year to help you get more done.
Dog friendly office - say hello to Harvey and Frank!
At Airtasker we believe in culture add - that each person is different and has their own background, learnings and unique experiences that can add to the Airtasker cultural tapestry. We pride ourselves on our inclusive culture, and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
To all recruitment agencies and talent suppliers: Airtasker does not accept unsolicited resumes. Airtasker is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job postings or directly to our managers. If you are on our supplier list and have terms in place, ensure you work alongside our internal TA team and do not send resumes directly to managers.
