Analytics Engineer

Location: Open to candidates near our Los Angeles, San Francisco, or San Diego offices.

Salary: $95,000 - $105,000 per year, exempt

Organization Overview 

Founded in 2004, Brilliant Corners provides innovative housing and housing-related services to California’s most vulnerable individuals, with an emphasis on those transitioning from, or at risk of, homelessness or institutionalization. We develop, own, and manage multi-family supportive housing and licensed residential care homes. We implement a broad array of scattered-site, one-on-one supportive housing, and clinical case management programs through partnerships with developmental services, homeless services, veterans’ services, and health care sectors. 

In short, we do good work. 

We have offices statewide with a staff of passionate people. While we are growing rapidly, we are also selective: We’re seeking inspired, talented people who want to be effecting profound change and who have fun doing it. 

Position Summary 

The Analytics Engineer is responsible for data consolidation and maintenance across the organization’s data infrastructure and various data sources. The engineer works with Data Analysts and other business units to create data models and to build and maintain a cloud data infrastructure. Their work will support recurring and ad-hoc reporting, dashboard creation and maintenance, and data requests from internal and external stakeholders. The Analytics Engineer will also build business intelligence tools to help data analysts do their work more efficiently, such as improved or automated data clean up processes and a self-service analytics platform. They will also collaborate with the Product Development team and IT Operations team on data infrastructure and integration projects focused on transforming data and supplying data between operational systems to meet business needs. Lastly, they are responsible for using best practices to maintain version control and perform internal testing and deploy production-ready code. 

Position Responsibilities 

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain data models used for reporting and analytics.  

• Work with Data Analysts and other business teams to identify and develop ETL/ELT processes to automate, orchestrate, and maintain data pipelines.  

• Maintain data documentation and definitions, including data quality standards and business logic for metrics/KPIs, naming and formatting conventions and detailed specifications/documentation for analytics code.  

• Maintain version control for, test, and continuously integrate analytics code into testing and production environments.  

• Monitor data models and pipelines to ensure performance meets internal service level agreement.  

• Collaborate with Data Analysts to build dashboards and visualizations that show trends, patterns, and outliers in the data pipeline and models. As well as, maintain current inventory of reports and dashboards and publish this information to business users.  

• Work with Product Development and other business teams to consolidate and integrate data from and between multiple data sources (such as Salesforce, Financial Systems, HRIS, and other data sources).  

• Maintain and update (as necessary) existing integration infrastructure, with a focus on streamlining and consolidating processes.  

• Help evaluate and validate new and existing tools or development needs to suggest improvements and streamline operations.  

• Support updates/upgrades, configuration and troubleshooting for business intelligence tools.  

• Help coach Data Analysts on software development best practices. 

Professional Experience 

• Proven success in designing, building and maintaining data warehouse and infrastructure that meet business needs.  

• Experience with SQL.  

• Experience with Python or R.  

• Strong problem-solving skills in relation to data and software applications.  

• Excellent interpersonal skills and verbal/written/virtual communication skills to communicate technical details to both other team members and non-technical stakeholders.  

• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

• Prior experience with software development best practices around code (version control using Git, testing, debugging, continuous integration and deployment, clear comments in code), especially implementing such practices in organizations.  

• Experience with cloud data warehouses and platforms like Snowflake, GCP, Azure.  

• Experience with ETL/ELT tools like FiveTran, Matillion, Stitch.  

• Experience with DBT, Dataform, Databricks.  

• Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau, PowerBI, Looker, Sigma.  

• Experience with Integration Platform-as-a-Service like Workato or Mulesoft.  

• Clear technical writing experience, including data mapping documents, reports, and presentations.  

• Experience in a non-profit, human services setting. 

Core Competencies 

• Dealing with Ambiguity: Remains productive and effective in uncertain, rapidly changing situations by quickly analyzing information to adapt approach. Demonstrates flexibility, composure and good judgment despite challenges 

• Technical Learning: Quickly learns and applies new technical skills, knowledge, and industry expertise. Seeks guidance when needed to ensure quality 

• Problem Solving: Uses critical thinking to creatively investigate issues from diverse perspectives. Makes evidence-based recommendations addressing short and long-term needs 

• Total Work Systems: Designs, implements, and improves organization-wide systems to enhance quality and efficiency. Leverages technology and data to standardize workflows and meet stakeholder needs 

• Organizational Agility: Understands how the organization operates through formal and informal structures. Navigates dynamics, communicates rationale behind policies, and builds relationships to achieve goals 

• Customer Focus: Proactively understands and meets others' needs through a service-minded approach. Builds trust, leverages insights, and provides responsive support to align with evolving requirements 

Organizational Values 

• Humanity: Putting people first: We are committed to meeting people where they’re at, honoring their dignity, diversity, and experience.  

• Community: Building a better future: Sustainable housing solutions are fostered through partnership, collaboration, and human connection.  

• Ingenuity: Innovating for transformation: Systems-change requires relentless determination, thinking outside the box and challenging the status quo. 

Physical Requirements 

Candidates should have physical mobility for tasks such as standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, twisting, and walking on uneven surfaces. They should be capable of performing stationary tasks like sitting for up to 6 to 8 hours a day.  Additionally, candidates should be able to lift, carry, push, pull light to moderate weights up to 15 pounds safely. Requires mental acuity for analytical reasoning and document interpretation. 

Labor Union

This position is part of the OPEIU, LOCAL 30, AFL-CIO, bargaining unit. As a member of the OPEIU, LOCAL 30, AFL-CIO, the incumbent will be subject to the terms and conditions outlined in the collective bargaining agreement

Salary range for this position is $103,487 - $107,255 annually. This position is being offered at $95,000 - $105,000 annually. 

Brilliant Corners does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental, & Vision) 

• Retirement Plan (With 5% Match) 
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary and AD&D) 
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays) 
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity) 
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability 
• Training & Development 
• Wellness Resources 
• Hybrid Work