Senior Analytics Engineer

Amplify

68d • $135,000 - $150,000

About The Position

A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com. Amplify is a leader in creating immersive, rigorous digital learning experiences that look great, play great, and help students expect great things of themselves. Amplify has been described as the best tech company in education, and the best education company in tech. As an engineer at Amplify, you will join a talented team tackling the toughest problems in education with the best ideas in technology – including user experience, APIs and services, data analysis, and deployment pipelines. You’ll play an active role in imagining and improving product design and the classroom experience.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Data Science, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software development or data engineering experience.
• Expertise in computer, data, and analytics engineering.
• Expertise in SQL and its use in code-based ETL frameworks preferably dbt.
• Expertise in ETL/ELT pipelines, analytical data modeling, aggregations, and metrics.
• Strong communication skills in writing and conversation.

Nice To Haves

• Fluency in a development language such as Python.
• Familiarity with metadata management tools such as Atlan.
• Experience building dashboards, reports, and models in business intelligence tools such as Tableau or Looker.
• Proven passion and talent for teaching fellow engineers and non-engineers.
• Experience in education or ed-tech.

Responsibilities

• Work with data scientists, data analysts, and data engineers to provide clean, accurate, reliable models and metrics for our products and internal business partners.
• Build analytical models which drive the design cycle for fun and compelling apps.
• Help school administrators by respecting privacy and ensuring security while offering useful insights.
• Architect data warehouse schemas and SQL transforms.
• Analyze performance and squash tricky bugs using tools like Fivetran, Snowflake, Airflow, DBT, SQL, Python, Looker, and Tableau.
• Build cohesive, common data marts from ERP and CRM source systems like Salesforce, Netsuite, and HubSpot.
• Participate in agile rituals and leverage infrastructure collaboration, pull request-ing, CI/CD processes.
• Contribute to leading industry data standards, such as Caliper Analytics, EdFi, or xAPI.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan
• Competitive health insurance and mental health options
• Basic life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Access to best-in-class development programs
• Annual discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees