About Remote

Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if you’re interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.

Please take a look at remote.com/handbook to learn more about our culture and what it is like to work here. Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age and abilities to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. You can check out independent reviews by other candidates on Glassdoor or look up the results of our candidate surveys to see how others feel about working and interviewing here.

All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!

What this job can offer you

• Data Analysis: support Operational Analytics team (incl. Customer Experience, Onboarding & Mobility, Lifecycle, People and others) by creating an ad hoc data reports and interactive dashboards using SQL and / or Metabase.
• Data Exploration & Quality: contribute to a culture of higher standards by discovering, documenting and working towards improving the quality of our data.
• Data Modelling: collaborate with data engineers and other data analysts and contribute to building the modelling layer of our data warehouse.
• Collaboration: collect requests from stakeholders and translate them into meaningful data. Collaborate with data engineers and other data analysts to create high-quality reports.

Our current core data stack (among other tools) contains Metabase, Retool, dbt, Redshift, Meltano, Airflow and GitLab.

What you bring

• 1-2 years work experience in statistics, data analytics, software engineering or a related field; ideally in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong ability to collaborate and build effective relationships with your colleagues.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to document processes for both business and technical audiences.
• You have a good knowledge of SQL and you know how to work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and / or Redshift.
• You know how to work with BI tools like Metabase, Looker, Tableau or similar.
• Preferably, you know Git and have a basic knowledge of dbt.
• A self-starter mentality and the ability to thrive in an unstructured and fast-paced environment.
• You are a kind, empathetic, and patient person.
• It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered as a plus

Practicals

• You'll report to: Manager, Data Analytics
• Team: Data, Engineering
• Location: South Africa
• Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

Benefits

Our benefits & perks are explained in our public handbook at remote.com/benefits.

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

Application process

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with future manager
3. (async) Small challenge
4. Interview with team members (no managers present)
5. Prior employment verification check (Read more at remote.com/employment-checks)

How to apply

Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.

We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.

See how to convert your CV to PDF here.

If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

Need help? Email hiring@remote.com

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