Senior Analytics Engineer

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Creating insights to revolutionize an industry.The opportunity:

The Analytics Engineering team sits within our Insights organization and works alongside Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Platform, and Business Intelligence teams. The work of Analytics Engineers supports internal analytics as well as directly supporting customer-facing products and experiences.

We are seeking Senior Analytics Engineers with proven experience in building models that scale and setting data standards for large and complex enterprises.

You will:

  • Architect, build, publish, and maintain performant and reliable data models and pipelines to power:
    • Self-service data consumption throughout the enterprise
    • Flexible querying and data visualization
    • Advanced analytical and scientific use cases
  • Serve as a data steward and subject-matter expert for a dedicated set of business and technology domains.
  • Build, maintain, and improve tooling and systems consumed by the Flexport Research team to collect and analyze data.  
  • Drive data quality by transforming dynamic data and business logic into consistent and trustworthy datasets
  • Develop and evangelize development standards and best practices for data modeling and working with our data and tools.

You Should Have:

  • 8+ years of work experience querying, visualizing, and presenting data; prior experience at a modern technology company with a well-developed data organization
  • Advanced skills with writing clean, performant, scalable SQL
  • Advanced familiarity with modern BI tools: Looker, Superset, Metabase
  • 6+ years of advanced experience with Snowflake or Bigquery
  • 2+ years with dbt or spark-based data pipelines
  • 6+ years of extensive experience in schema design and data modeling strategies (e.g. dimensional modeling, data vault, etc)
  • Significant experience with general-purpose programming (e.g. Python, Java, Go), dealing with a variety of data structures, algorithms, and serialization formats

Other Requirements

  • Ability to solve ambiguous problems independently
  • Detail oriented and excited to learn new skills and tools
  • Ability to write clear, concise documentation, and to communicate generally with a high degree of precision
  • Passion for high data quality and building systems and processes that scale

Our Stack

  • Ingestion: Kafka, Snowpipe, Fivetran, Data Coral, Mulesoft
  • Warehouse: Snowflake
  • Orchestration: Astronomer
  • Transformation: dbt
  • BI: Looker, Snowsight
  • Reverse ETL: Mulesoft
  • Cloud: AWS
  • Other: Terraform, Sumologic

About Flexport

At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make it easy and accessible for everyone. We’re shaping the future of a $8.6T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year. 

The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. At a valuation of $8 billion, we’re experiencing record growth and are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business, society, and the environment? Come join us.

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Technology we use

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Sales & Marketing
    • JavascriptLanguages
    • RubyLanguages
    • ReactLibraries
    • ReduxLibraries
    • Ruby on RailsFrameworks
    • Google AnalyticsAnalytics
    • PeriscopeAnalytics
    • AsanaManagement
    • ConfluenceManagement
    • TrelloManagement
    • MailChimpEmail

Location

We're located near tons of restaurants and only a 10-minute walk from 3 parks!

An Insider's view of Flexport

What’s the vibe like in the office?

The people in this office are the cream of the crop. They’re down to earth and razor-sharp. You could go up to anyone in the office, ask them a question, and they will stop whatever they were doing and help you out every time.

Victoria

SMB, Account Executive

What's the biggest problem your team is solving?

We are solving the extreme complexity and opacity of trucking coordination and execution in international supply chains. We bring visibility and control to our customers while also reducing operational overhead.

Uri

Director, Engineering

What makes someone successful on your team?

Ownership. Our company is growing quickly and the surface area of our product is growing quickly as well. The strongest contributors identify important projects and see them through completely. They are proactive from the initial research and design phases to the post-launch productive monitoring. As Flexport grows, they emerge as natural leaders.

Max

Senior Staff Engineer

How does your team reward individual success?

Every team member's accomplishments are integral to their peers' success which, in turn, stimulates each of us to celebrate each others wins and nominate one another for projects and roles that facilitate unparalleled career development.

Ellen

Solutions Consultant

What are Flexport Perks + Benefits

Flexport Benefits Overview

Flexport is an employee forward company. We know that life comes first and want you to take the time you need with our flexible paid time off program. We offer 100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance, 401K, performance bonuses, stock with a 10-year tax option, commuter benefits, a generous maternity (18 weeks with a phase back program that offers reduced hours and flexible schedule during their first month back) and paternity leave (8 weeks), free lunch and snacks, dog-friendly offices, pay equity, career advancement, and more.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Diversity
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Flexport's flexible PTO policy allows employees to take as many days off as they need, providing they get manager approval.
Paid volunteer time
Flexport encourages employees to give back with paid volunteer time off up to 10 hours per year.
Paid holidays
Flexport gives all full-time employees paid time off to observe all major holidays.
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Flexport offers pre-tax commuter benefits for all full-time employees.
Company-sponsored outings
Company-sponsored happy hours
Pet friendly
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program

Additional Perks + Benefits

We're proud that we collectively speak over 40 languages and live on 3 continents. We strive to create a workplace where candidates, employees, and all community members within Flexport’s ecosystem of connected organizations are encouraged to share their stories, celebrate their cultures, and learn from one another. Joining Flexport means joining a truly global community.

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