At Freethink Media, we believe the daily news should inspire people to build a better world. While most media is fueled by toxic politics and negativity, we focus on solutions: the smartest people, the biggest ideas, and the most ground breaking technology shaping our future.
Across our two flagship sites, Freethink and Big Think, we publish over 50 new articles and short documentaries every week to a community of more than 13 million followers and subscribers.
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What You’ll Do
- Architect and build the data layer – Working with the CTO, select the tools that will form the foundation of our modern data stack. Build pipelines that extract data from a variety of sources like Youtube, Facebook, and others, and load that data into a centralized data warehouse.
- Provide cleaned, transformed data for analysis – Using tools like great_expectations and dbt, clean and transform raw data into forms suitable for analysis and visualization.
- Apply software engineering practices to analytics code – Use version control, testing, and continuous integration as part of a SDLC for analytics code.
- Become a data subject matter expert – Be able to answer data questions with confidence and rigor, and collaborate with stakeholders across the company with differing levels of data expertise.
- Develop and maintain the data catalog – Document data sources, schemas, and access and governance rules.
What You’ll Need
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills
- 4-7 years of experience working with data as a software engineer, data engineer, or similar role
- Strong, recent experience with modern ELT, transformation, and related tools in the modern data stack
- Track record with Python/R and SQL to drive business insights
What You’ll Get Out Of this Opportunity
- Work from home – we’ve been remote-first from inception
- Form the core of a new team, with significant influence and autonomy to shape its growth as well as your own role
- Collaborative culture in a startup environment
- Growth opportunities within a fast-growing company
- Competitive salary and benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Insurance, 401(k), Commuter Benefits, Mobile Phone Stipend, and more!
Do you meet most, but not all of the qualifications for this role? No worries - we invite you to apply if you think you'd be a great match!