Data Analyst (Contractor)

At SheerID, our core product derives its power from our access to data. Every day we are focused on sourcing and leveraging data in new and creative ways. SheerID's technology gives merchants a privacy-friendly, consent-driven ability to connect directly with specific consumer segments, enabling targeted and efficient customer acquisition. We continually seek to identify opportunities for product growth and expansion, and a large part of this is discovering and ingesting new sources of data.

We are looking for a Data Analyst to join our data team in Portland, Oregon. As a Data Analyst you'll be responsible for managing all aspects of the data that powers SheerID's products as well as owning the data and BI resources then empower the rest of the company to make great decisions. These responsibilities include using internal tooling to configure connections with data sources, analyzing and evaluating potential data solutions, designing data integrations into our verification products, debugging and optimizing current technology implementations, writing API calls to access various datasets, and owning the overall end-to-end data discovery and integration into the SheerID platform. We're seeking someone who is technically savvy as well as communicative and outgoing. In this role, your day-to-day will vary from being deeply engaged with a given date resource to interfacing with internal stakeholders and external partners. Additional responsibilities will include product management through backlog and roadmap development, creation of data pipelines, ETL, identifying optimization opportunities, and ingesting and structuring data.

Role Specific Job Duties

• Integrate with new data sources every day through the use of internal proprietary tools.
• Manage resource tracking tools and documents.
• Create documentation to help onboard new users of internal tools
• Partner closely with external and offshore resources to support the team
• Technically evaluate partner solutions and data quality
• Access and evaluate datasets through APIs
• Continually seek and research an evolving data landscape
• Identify new data source opportunities to fill gaps in product coverage
• Partner with product managers, software developers, and business leaders to develop and optimize product strategy
• Leverage your expertise with data to come up with creative product solutions

Required Skills/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, STEM experience preferred
• Comfortable working with large and complex data files.
• Familiarity with standard web development languages such as HTML, CSS
• Familiarity working with APIs and other data technologies (SQL, ETL, Excel, etc.), or aptitude & motivation to learn these skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Bias to action and strongly motivated
• Organized / able to write & maintain clear documentation
• Strong prioritization skills
• Self-directed; able to complete work with minimal supervision.
• Interest in learning new skills & technologies
• Ability to think critically and apply a systematic approach to problem-solving

SheerID is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all candidates and employees. SheerID believes that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.