Data Analyst

Tillster • Atlanta, GA

10d

About The Position

The Data Analyst is a mid-level individual contributor who owns smaller analytical domains end-to-end with minimal direction. The role develops independence, analytical depth, and stakeholder skills while contributing to team standards and proactively surfacing insights.

The analyst delivers analysis for assigned business areas, supports stakeholders across Marketing, Product, Finance, and Account Management, and contributes to A/B testing, GA4 reporting, and data collection practices. The role builds and maintains Looker dashboards, Explores, and LookML while helping improve the shared semantic layer and self-service analytics. It also takes ownership of data quality for assigned outputs, collaborates with Data Engineering and Analytics Engineering, and follows team standards for SQL, LookML, documentation, and code review.

The role uses AI and LLM tools to accelerate analytics workflows and supports continuous development across SQL, Python, statistical analysis, and cloud data platforms. It partners with senior analysts, engineers, business stakeholders, and junior analysts. The position is with Tillster, whose stated values include putting customers first, collaboration, innovation, data-informed decisions, results, ownership, and enthusiasm.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2–4 years of experience in a data analytics or BI role.
• Strong SQL skills, including window functions and CTEs.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience with Looker and LookML development.
• Experience with AWS or Google Cloud data warehouses, such as Redshift or BigQuery.
• Demonstrable experience building dashboards and Explores for non-technical business users.
• Working knowledge of software development best practices, including Git, PR reviews, and code style guides.
• Working knowledge of agile development processes.
• Ability to translate business questions into analytical tasks with growing independence.
• Clear, confident written and verbal communication with business stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to A/B testing concepts and basic experimental design.
• Foundational Python skills for data manipulation or automation.
• Familiarity with GA4 reporting and tracking fundamentals.
• Experience with AI or LLM tools applied to analytics workflows.
• Experience with Linux/OSX command line and Git.
• Understanding of ELT pipeline concepts and cloud data infrastructure.
• Prior experience mentoring or supporting more junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Deliver analytical work end-to-end for assigned business areas, from scoping and analysis through presentation and stakeholder follow-through, with minimal re-direction.
• Support ad-hoc analysis for Marketing, Product, Finance, and Account Management, providing interpretive framing alongside data outputs.
• Proactively surface trends, anomalies, and data-driven observations to stakeholders.
• Support A/B test experiments under the guidance of the Senior Data Analyst, including data preparation, metric tracking, and results summaries.
• Support GA4 reporting, tracking plan validation, and custom dimension and metric implementation.
• Design, build, and maintain Looker dashboards and Explores for assigned business areas.
• Develop and document LookML dimensions, measures, derived tables, and Explore configurations consistently with team standards.
• Contribute to the shared semantic layer by identifying metric definition inconsistencies and proposing resolutions with the Senior Data Analyst and Analytics Engineering team.
• Expand self-service analytics for non-technical stakeholders and maintain the accuracy and consistency of production Explores and dashboards as data warehouse structures evolve.
• Investigate discrepancies in assigned dashboards and analytical outputs, and escalate upstream issues to Data Engineering with root-cause evidence.
• Write performant SQL and collaborate with Data Engineers on query optimization and derived table design.
• Develop an understanding of data pipelines feeding owned dashboards to diagnose freshness and quality issues and communicate resolution timelines.
• Collaborate with Analytics Engineers on LookML architecture and semantic layer requirements for assigned areas.
• Follow and contribute to coding standards, SQL style guides, LookML conventions, documentation requirements, and PR review processes.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Support Junior Analysts through paired working and direct feedback under the guidance of the Senior Data Analyst.
• Partner with Senior Analysts, Data Engineers, and business stakeholders; clarify questions early and communicate blockers and timelines proactively.
• Apply AI and LLM tools to analytics workflows, including SQL generation, LookML authoring, documentation, and exploratory analysis.
• Experiment with AI-assisted insight narration and anomaly detection, sharing learnings with the team.
• Develop familiarity with self-serve analytics agent concepts such as Cortex Analyst or equivalent.
• Continue developing skills in advanced SQL, Python, statistical analysis, and cloud data platforms.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits for eligible full-time regular employees and their dependents.
• Healthcare and Dependent Care reimbursement programs.
• Employee Assistance Program and Optum Care 24-hour confidential medical counseling services.
• Ten paid holidays per calendar year.
• Full-time regular employees earn 15 days of PTO during their first 12 months of continuous service and 22 days in subsequent years; eligible part-time employees receive prorated PTO.
• Eligibility to participate in the 401(k) Plan effective with the employment start date.
• College tuition and education assistance programs.
• Udemy learning courses and ongoing learning and development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level