Contract: Sr. Analytics Engineer - Internal Data

Job description

Seeking to hire a Senior Analytical Engineer - Contractor based out of Argentina for Newsela's Internal Data Team. - We are looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to join our data team. - Reporting to the Hiring Manager, you will be responsible for applying data engineering best practices to analytics code to transform, test, and document data. - You will provide clean and organized data sets to end users. - You will be provide expert code reviews and mentorship to other engineers in the data space - You will be responsible for building and maintaining composable data models, as well as optimizing SQL query performance for the models you build. - You will transform raw data into business insights, working closely with stakeholders and developing analyses to answer critical business questions. - You will create data visualizations and help stakeholders explore and understand the data visualization tools available to them. **Why you'll love this role:** **Data Modeling and Transformation** - Build new analyses and support existing ones using SQL and Python. - Apply software engineering principles like version control and continuous integration to the analytics codebase. - Expand our data warehouse with clean data ready for analysis. **Data Quality and Testing** - Apply advanced data testing strategies to ensure resulting datastores are aligned with expected business logic. - Implement validation checks and automated testing procedures to manage data quality in your ETL/ELT pipelines. **Collaboration and Communication** - Work with stakeholders to define business logic and data expectations. - Help drive a change in the usage of data by actively surfacing insights to stakeholders. - Lead initiatives and problem definition, scoping, design, and planning. **Infrastructure and Automation** - Build tools and automation to run data infrastructure. - Manage large-scale data migrations in relational datastores. **Why you're a great fit:** - 8+ Years experience working with data in a software environment. - Required Skills: Mastered proficiency in SQL and Python; advanced experience managing business semantic layer tooling, data catalog tooling and data integrity testing frameworks. Experience with dbt orchestration and best practices. - You have a track record of working autonomously and proactively, with deep domain knowledge of data systems. - Required Tech Stack: SQL, Python, relational datastores, DAG tooling (like Dagster or Airflow), dbt and Tableau. - Experience with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Terraform) and document, graph, or schema-less datastores. Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits ### **About Newsela:** Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. We deliver integrated, AI-powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement, empower teachers, and drive meaningful learning outcomes. Our suite of products supports knowledge and skill development, writing practice, daily instruction, assessment, and data-informed decision-making across K–12 classrooms. Grounded in learning science research, Newsela’s solutions integrate content, assessment, and analytics to help educators track progress, understand student outcomes, and deliver high-impact instruction that supports every learner. #LI-Remote