Analytics Engineer

Posted 7 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in San Francisco
Remote
Mid level
Big Data
The Role
The Analytics Engineer role at Mixpanel involves working with data analysts and other teams to design and model data, implement data governance and quality frameworks, and manage data in the warehouse. Strong SQL and Python skills are required, along with excellent communication, analytical aptitude, and a motivation for enabling others to be data-driven.
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About Mixpanel

Mixpanel is a leading product analytics software company, currently helping the world answer 81 million product questions every year. Our pioneering event-based tracking solution gives product teams the ability to gain insights into how to best acquire, convert, and retain their users across web and mobile platforms.

Powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use, Mixpanel enables teams to learn from their user data and innovate rapidly in creating winning products. Today, we serve nearly 6,000 paying customers through seven offices globally in our quest to provide the most in-depth product analytics that everyone can use and trust.

About the team:

The Analytics Engineering team's mission is to make the decision-making process at Mixpanel as data-informed as possible. This team is responsible for building, maintaining & providing access to clean datasets for teams within Mixpanel which enables them to find self-serve answers.

We own the data in our data warehouse (BigQuery) and the tools that move data into/out of this warehouse (Fivetran, tray.io, census, hightouch). We collaborate closely with teams within the company and make sure that they have access to the required data in their analytics tool of choice (Mixpanel, Salesforce, Mode)

About the role:

This role requires someone who enjoys working with diverse functions across the company, understanding their unique analytics use cases, engineering creative solutions, and consulting with them on best practices to build reliable data sources. You will apply software engineering practices such as version control, automated testing, documentation & code review in your day-to-day.

Because a lot of our customers also likely require the same kind of solutions that we have built internally at Mixpanel, you’ll have the unique opportunity to influence our product roadmap & strategic initiatives within the company through your work.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with data analysts, and other teams within the company to design, model their data to satisfy their analysis requirements
  • Put in place tooling and frameworks to facilitate data governance, quality, and shared analysis between internal organizations
  • Own the data in the warehouse and represent the team with various stakeholders

What we're looking for someone who has:

  • 2+ years of experience of writing performant, iterable, and easy to debug SQL
  • 1+ years of experience in Python (or any other scripting language)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong analytical aptitude and the ability to rapidly understand the business context from new data assets
  • A strong understanding of data quality testing
  • Individuals who are motivated by enabling and helping others within the company to be data-driven

Bonus Points:

  • Experience working with Google BigQuery, Redshift, or similar technologies
  • Familiarity with cloud-based ETL technologies (i.e Google cloud functions, Fivetran, tray.io, dbt, census)

Benefits and Perks

  • Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
  • Mental Wellness Benefit
  • Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break

Culture Values

  • Be Open: When knowledge becomes open, we can come together as a team to collaborate around a shared purpose
  • Customer Focus: Our customers’ success is our success
  • Lead Change: Everyone at Mixpanel has the capacity to make an impact on the business
  • Results Oriented: Driving results in a measurable way ensures we stay focused on the highest impact initiatives
  • One Team: We can’t win without each other

Why choose Mixpanel?

We’re the leader in product analytics and have raised $277M from prominent investors like Andreessen-Horowitz, Sequoia, YC, and Bain Capital. Over the years, we’ve seen a spike in our leading indicators—signups and weekly active users—which have directly translated to revenue growth. Recently, we secured a $200M Series C growth investment from Bain Capital to accelerate our product development, expand our reach to customers, and more. Our award-winning teams make our continued growth possible by finding creative solutions to ever-changing challenges with scaling, reliability, design, and service. Today, we’re the only company single-mindedly focused on enabling the world’s most innovative companies to use data to uncover insights about their customers to build better products.

Mixpanel is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. At Mixpanel, we are focused on things that really matter—our people, our customers, our partners—out of a recognition that those relationships are the most valuable assets we have. We actively encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance or other similar laws that may be applicable, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We’ve immersed ourselves in our Culture and Values as our guiding principles for the impact we want to have and the future we are building.

Top Skills

Python
SQL
The Company
326 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

Helping the world learn from its data.

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