WHO ARE WE?

The tech team builds the systems and apps that communicate with our customers, warehouses, customer service, payment providers, and more. In short, we create and manage the systems that keep the business running and, more importantly, make dogs happy. We work collaboratively (no such thing as a dumb question) and scientifically (test and measure whenever we can), while taking the work--but not ourselves--too seriously. We generally work on squads of engineers, product designers, data analysts, QA and product management. We also work closely with stakeholders throughout the company to get things done. We see technology as a means to an end; we love solving problems and making the most of our time!

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR 

We are looking for an experienced Analytics Engineer to join our rapidly growing Data and Analytics team! You will be partnering with Analysts, Engineers, Data Scientists and Business Stakeholders to deliver well-defined, transformed, tested, and code-reviewed data sets to the organization. Plus, you’ll get to hang out with dogs - if this sounds like you, reach out!

KEY DUTIES 

• Apply engineering best practices to design, build, and maintain critical pipelines to ensure operational reliability and modularity 
• Build upon our common data framework so that all data is accessible to analysts and data scientists throughout the company.
• Collaborate cross functionally with business users to gain an expert level understanding of business context.
•  Translate business requirements into performant data models, data visualizations, and ensure highly accurate and automated business reporting.
• Maintain transparent and up-to-date code to ensure business requirements and ETL logic match.
• Make data model and ETL code improvements to improve pipeline efficiency and data quality.
• Triage ad-hoc data issues as they arise while contributing to testing and tooling to improve data quality.
• Implement data validation processes.
• Collaborate with data engineers on infrastructure projects and advocate for (and emphasize) the business value of applications.
• Maintain deliverables, projects and timelines for business stakeholders.

EXPERIENCE

• 4+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, business intelligence or technical data analytics role.
• 4+ years in writing complex queries in SQL to unify data across multiple sources.
• Experience with the command line and git required. 
• Advanced expertise in SQL (Redshift and PostgreSQL) and ETL optimization techniques within cloud based data warehouses.
• Solid understanding of data warehouses and business intelligence tools such as Periscope, Domo, Looker as well as data pipeline management technologies with dependency checking (we use Airflow), schema design, and dimensional data modeling.
• Prior experience building data visualization dashboards using Tableau, Domo, Periscope, Qlik, Power BI, etc.
• Ability to interface with business stakeholders and conduct presentations on analysis.
• Experience at a B2C businesses or subscription based company.
• Experience with Airflow is a major plus.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Proficient in using Python to manipulate data 
• Excellent communication skills, particularly when explaining technical or complex matters to less technical stakeholders.
• Ability to leverage tools, business intuition, and attention to detail for data validation and QA.
• Passionate for building the best version of whatever you’re working on.
• An understanding of the difference between SQL that works and performant SQL.
• Must love dogs (non-negotiable - you think we’re kidding? Nope).

This position is a full-time position. BARK currently has offices in NYC and Columbus, Ohio, but for the right candidates working remotely is also an option. We offer health insurance for both you and your pup, 401k, wonderful team lunches, cold brew on tap, and a dog to pet anytime you wish.

ABOUT BARK 

Here at BARK, we love dogs and their people. We’re looking to make all dogs happy throughout the entire world (we’re not kidding). Think Disney for dogs -- we make magic for dogs and their people through our products, events, and experiences. Our ambition level is high, the opportunity is huge, and our love for dogs is through the roof! We launched in 2011 with BarkBox, a monthly-themed subscription of all-natural treats and clever toys. Since then, we've shipped more than 70 million toys and treats to the dogs across the world and use all of that direct customer feedback to inform new initiatives and ways to make magic between dogs and their people. We’ve since expanded into other offerings as well, as we aim to become THE Dog Company for every family with a four-legged, belly-scratch-loving, interspecies family member.