Data Analyst

NoRedInk

NoRedInk

IT, Data Science
Remote
Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2024

Teaching kids to think critically and communicate effectively has never been more important, and NoRedInk helps students become better writers in more than 60% of U.S. school districts. We're looking for a skilled Data Analyst to join our team and drive data-driven decision-making. You will use your expertise combined with our massive dataset to inform product strategy, improve operational efficiency, and enhance NoRedInk’s ability to help teachers and students in improving their language and writing skills every day.

Notice: Unfortunately, we’ve discovered a phishing scam targeting NoRedInk applicants; please see below to learn more*.

Responsibilities:

  • Deliver Business Insights: Conduct in-depth data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for business improvements, such as optimizing product features, enhancing user experience, and improving operational efficiency.
  • Build Engaging Reporting: Build dashboards to translate complex data into actionable insights and recommendations. Use BI tools to create interactive data visualizations and narratives to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with various departments, understanding their data needs, and advise them on how best to utilize NoRedInk’s data.
  • Write Documentation: Create clear and concise documentation of data pipelines, data analysis processes, findings, and insights.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • Have 3+ years of professional experience as a data analyst, a business analyst or a data scientist.
  • Excellent SQL skills for writing and optimizing complex queries.
  • Expert in exploratory data analyses (EDA) applying probabilistic and statistical methods to uncover trends and patterns.
  • Excellent storytelling and visualization skills with the ability to communicate complex findings effectively.
  • Familiarity with Python programming for data manipulation, analysis and visualization.
  • Familiarity with data warehousing (Snowflake or similar) and data transformation tools (DBT or similar).
  • Familiarity with business intelligence tools (Sigma or similar) for data exploration and reporting.
  • Experience working on data pipelines and ELT processes is a bonus.
  • Experience in improving ELT processes through automation is also a bonus.

What NoRedInk Offers:

  • A competitive salary and equity package in a well-funded startup with strong product-market fit
  • Excellent health, vision, and dental benefits (U.S. Only)
  • 100% remote work environment
  • Flexible PTO and paid parental leave
  • 401(k) (U.S. Only)
  • LinkedIn Learning subscription with unlimited access to thousands of expert-led online courses
  • Team retreats and events to connect with fun, talented coworkers
  • The ability to help millions of students and teachers and address a critical societal need

About NoRedInk:

NoRedInk helps students in over 60% of US school districts become better writers. Our deeply engaging, adaptive curriculum personalizes exercises to kids' interests, guides them through the writing process with instructional support, and boosts their skills through targeted practice. Students have completed over 10 billion exercises on our site, and our mission is to help all students harness the power of the written word.

Check out our press page, including our 2-minute pitch on NBC and articles in The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.

NoRedInk believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. At NoRedInk, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

*Unfortunately, we’ve discovered a phishing scam targeting NoRedInk applicants. The scam uses a similar domain to deceive candidates, including posting our same role on LI.

  1. If on LinkedIn, please ensure it is a posting associated with our LI site

  2. Verify the link is accurate by visiting our careers page

  3. Our communications will always come from an @noredink.com address after applying.

If you have questions regarding the legitimacy of a job posting, please contact talent-acquisition@noredink.com.

*Note: Agencies or other third-party recruiters may not submit unsolicited candidate resumes or their information to any NoRedInk employee, including a NoRedInk Recruiter, unless a contract is signed and you are given permission by the Talent Acquisition team to work on a job opening.