Cars.com is seeking an Analytics/BI developer with skills to design and develop dashboard/reporting capabilities. The candidate will collaborate with business users and application teams across the Cars.com organization to build consensus and promote adoption of solutions.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Excellent analytical and problem solving using SQL.
• Knowledge in various reporting objects like Facts, Attributes, Hierarchies, Transformations, filters, prompts, Calculated fields, Sets, Groups, Parameters etc., in Tableau or other data visualization tool.
• Experience in creating different visualizations using Bars, Lines and Pies, Maps, Scatter plots, Gantts, Bubbles, Histograms, Bullets, Heat maps and Highlight tables.
• Proficiency in working with large databases: Oracle, Teradata or Hadoop.
• Experience with data modeling concepts. Experience working with Dimensional Models to include Star and Snowflake schemas.
• Good communication skills and ability to work independently and as a part of the team.

Required Skills:

• Build complex queries on large data sets
• Translate business needs into data visualizations
• Collaborate with data platform teams
• Foster self-service analytic environment by providing domain and tool expertise
• Perform root cause analysis on reporting and data issues
• Ability to self-motivate, set goals, prioritizes and meet deadlines
• Ability to partner with internal and external peer groups to design and implement solutions
• Maintain courteous and professional working relationships with employees at all levels of the organization
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Create technical documentation.

Required Experience:

• 2-3 years in SQL programming
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI or QlikView
• Ability to work with large databases such as Oracle, Teradata and/or a big data environment
• Solid understanding of Data Warehousing concepts and technologies
• Ability to communicate with internal and external teams both verbally and written
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related field.

Preferred:

• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Proficiency in Python or R
• Experience with Hive or Impala
• Experience with cloud based technologies like AWS.