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At Handshake, data is used in decision making across all areas of our business. As a Senior Analytics Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our data ecosystem by implementing scalable data models. Your expertise will empower our business stakeholders to make data-driven decisions, enabling the organization to leverage data as a strategic asset. Your contributions will enhance our ability to translate complex data needs into actionable metrics and models, driving innovation and efficiency across the organization. Your technical expertise will be instrumental in helping millions of students discover meaningful careers, irrespective of their educational background, network, or financial resources.
In this role, you will be responsible for:
Design and implement scalable data models and their corresponding pipelines.
Collaborate closely with product and business teams to translate their data requirements into effective data models and metrics.
Develop and own the data ecosystem, ensuring robust data governance and high data quality.
Act as a leader in the data space, driving best practices and enabling data driven decisions across the product org.
To excel in this role, you should possess:
Advanced SQL skills: Strong expertise in SQL and experience with data modeling and database design conventions.
Proven leadership in data modeling or data governance, contributing to successful data strategy implementations.
Demonstrated expertise in data modeling at scale.
History of collaboration with product and business teams to align data initiatives with organizational goals.
Experience using data orchestration and data modeling tools (airflow and dbt are the tools we use at Handshake)
Cloud platform proficiency: Hands-on experience with cloud-based data technologies, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including BigQuery, DataFlow, BigTable, and more
While not required, expertise in any of the following areas would be highly advantageous:
Experience with Apache Spark for large-scale data processing and knowledge of when to utilize big data tooling.
BI tool knowledge: Specifically Looker and Hex
Containerization and orchestration: Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
$192,222-$213,580
For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S.-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Handshake is the career platform for Gen Z. With a community of over 17 million students, alumni, employers, and career educators, Handshake’s network is where career advice and discovery turn into first, second, and third jobs. Nearly 1 million companies use Handshake to build their future workforce—from Fortune 500 to federal agencies, school districts to startups, healthcare systems to small businesses. Handshake is built for where you’re going, not where you’ve been.
When it comes to our workforce strategy, we’ve thought deeply about how work-life should look at Handshake. With our hybrid-work model, employees benefit from collaboration and shared team experiences three days per week in our vibrant offices, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work two days per week. Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, London, and Berlin.
At Handshake, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure.
Benefits below apply to employees in full-time positions.
(US-specific benefits, in addition to the first section)
(UK-specific benefits, in addition to the first section)
(Germany-specific benefits, in addition to the first section)
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