About Niche

Niche is the leader in school search. Our mission is to make researching and enrolling in schools easy, transparent, and free. With in-depth profiles on every school and college in America, 140 million reviews and ratings, and powerful search tools, we help millions of people find the right school for them. We also help thousands of schools recruit more best-fit students, by highlighting what makes them great and making it easier to visit and apply.

Niche is all about finding where you belong, and that mission inspires how we operate every day. We want Niche to be a place where people truly enjoy working and can thrive professionally.

We’re looking for someone interested in a position to help us grow our business. As an Analytics Engineer, you will research, build, run, and maintain ETL processes, propose process improvements, and implement those improvements. By creating quality datasets,  you will unlock new value for our business by enabling data products to be built within our organization. 

What You Will Do

During the 1st Month:

• Collaborate with various team members to learn about the company.
• You will work with data team members to learn about our data, data structure, the Tech department, and how your role fits within the team.
• Shadow data team members to learn more about recurring tasks you'll be responsible for, such as managing the processes that clean and sync our requests for data updates.

Within 3 Months:

• Assume responsibility for a recurring task that involves cleaning raw data, importing it into our databases, migrating the data as needed, and working with our Quality Assurance team to resolve any issues
• Start tackling work to improve the structure, code, and validation of our data pipeline.
• Participate in peer code reviews.  Learn how to provide written constructive feedback.

Within 6 Months:

• Work with your manager to discover what tasks/projects at Niche interest you. Together, you will figure out a plan to ensure you are working on what best fits your interests and aligns with Niche’s goals
• Own an area of external data updates for schools, colleges, graduate schools, and places to live

Within 12 months:

• Take ownership of a section of our data pipeline, mapping out process improvements
• Start to develop methods that improve our data ingestion processes at scale
• Start partnering with our engineering groups to better align our pipeline with our production services and data warehouse.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, information technology or a related field
• 1-3 years of related experience
• Hands on experience with SQL and databases
• Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of Python
• Experience with Docker and AWS is a plus
• Continuous learner who wants to learn and grow with the position and company

Are you excited about the position and its responsibilities, but hesitant because your experience doesn't align 100% with the posted requirements? We believe you are more than a resume, so go for it! You won’t want to miss the opportunity to play a part in helping students find where they belong.

Why Niche?

• We are a fully flexible workforce empowering our employees to choose to work remotely, in our Pittsburgh office or whatever combination suits you
• Full time, salaried position with competitive compensation in a fast-growing company
• Best-in-class 100% paid employee health plan, including vision and dental and supplemental coverage
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
• Stipend that allows you to build your work from home office in a style and function that suits your personal preferences
• Professional Development stipend each year for continuous learning and growth
• Ability to join our diversity committee (Niche Diversity Initiative) to shape company-wide programs and events
• Parental leave for all employees (12 weeks fully paid) in addition to short term disability for birthing parents
• Meaningful Stock options and 401(k) with employer match
• Your ideas and work will make an immediate impact on our company and millions of users
• You will join a team that cares about you, our mission, our work - and celebrates our wins together!

Niche will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future for this opening.  

We are currently hiring in states where we currently have employees: AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, DC.

Candidates only.  No recruiters or agencies, please. Sorry, we do not offer relocation assistance.

Niche is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

All interviews are being held remotely. If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.