Data Analyst (Contractor)

Job Description

Do you ever wonder what happens inside the cloud?DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.We want people who are passionate about creating experiences that our customers and peers will loveThis Data Analyst (12 month contract role) will collaborate with business partners across the organization by providing robust and relevant analysis and improving data access and availability. The ideal candidate for this position will be comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, and will work directly with the Data Engineering Team on company-critical data projects. Analytics at DigitalOcean is hands-on, technically intensive, with a wide variety of datasets, including salesforce data, marketing data (clickstream data, email, paid search, etc.), product behavior data, financial/payment data, trust and safety data, and operational/infrastructure data.What You?ll Be Doing:

• Developing metrics and methods to analyze the performance of our products, as well as providing reporting on those efforts.
• Become a subject matter expert on the data generated by our products and used by our Product, Engineering, Marketing, FP&A, and Business Operations teams for decision making
• Drive business case analysis, modeling, and recommendations (e.g., opportunity sizing, impact analysis, forecasting)
• Collaborate closely with data engineering to design and build technical processes that address business issues
• Creating and updating dbt models to improve availability and accessibility of new and existing datasets
• Deliver findings to multiple levels of leadership with effective presentations and visualizations
• Develop and automate the delivery of data views, dashboards, and self-service data exploration to provide insights at scale using Looker and dbt
• Support our global effort to standardize data and model documentation as part of a global cross-functional initiative

What We?ll Expect From You:

• Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Economics, or other quantitative field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a quantitative analytics role, preferably in a high-growth environment, working across multiple stakeholders, teams or businesses
• Demonstrable critical thinking, analytical, and problem solving skills, including the ability and confidence to make conclusions and recommendations from data
• Proactive communication skills and track record of setting and executing on clear, realistic deliverable timelines
• Ability to be efficient and work independently while also being able to collaborate effectively in a group setting, organize and manage multiple assignments and deadlines
• Advanced experience querying data (SQL), developing dbt models, and performing ad-hoc analysis (Excel/Google Sheets) required
• Experience with data modeling in Looker or other BI tool (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI)
• Ability to effectively summarize analysis and communicate findings in the form of presentations (Powerpoint / Google Slides), and present those findings to leadership
• Experience scripting in Python or working with Airflow a plus.

Why You?ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on relevant years of experience and skills. Employees may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees including grants of equity upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• We value development. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging our teams and employees to continuously grow. We maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development through formalized mentorship and other internal programs. We provide all employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
• We care about your well-being. In addition to cash and equity compensation, we also offer employees a competitive array of benefits. In the United States, these include health insurance, unlimited vacation, retirement benefits, a generous parental leave program, and additional resources to support employees overall well-being. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary in other countries due to local regulations and preferences.
• We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

*This is a remote role#LI-Remote

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