Data Engineer
<p>We are looking for a Data Engineer/Analyst to join a B2B technology team in San Francisco, California. This role focuses on turning complex business questions into clear reporting, actionable metrics, and effective dashboard solutions that support multiple teams. The ideal candidate is comfortable working with large datasets, building scalable Tableau reporting, and querying data directly in Databricks. This opportunity is well suited for someone who can balance a steady flow of requests while clearly communicating insights to cross-functional stakeholders.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a 3-6 month contract opportunity. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Oversee and prioritize a continuous pipeline of analytics requests coming from different business groups to ensure timely delivery of insights.</p><p>• Investigate reporting issues, resolve dashboard errors, and create new Tableau dashboards designed for long-term scalability and usability.</p><p>• Convert loosely defined business needs into measurable KPIs, structured analysis, and intuitive data visualizations.</p><p>• Write and refine SQL queries against the Databricks data lake to retrieve accurate data for reporting and analysis.</p><p>• Prepare large datasets by extracting, transforming, merging, and summarizing information from multiple sources.</p><p>• Improve query efficiency and enhance data structures to support faster, more reliable dashboard performance.</p><p>• Develop reporting focused on operational metrics such as performance trends, transfer activity, and response or resolution measurements.</p><p>• Design visual outputs such as trend analyses, comparison views, and region-based reporting to help stakeholders interpret results quickly.</p><p>• Present dashboards to partners and explain the methodology, assumptions, and logic behind the analysis in a clear manner.</p>
• 3+ years of experience in data analytics or a related role supporting business reporting and performance measurement.<br>• Strong SQL skills with hands-on experience querying data directly from a Databricks data lake environment.<br>• Proven ability to build, update, troubleshoot, and maintain Tableau dashboards for business users.<br>• Experience working with large and complex datasets that span multiple regions, teams, or differing metric definitions.<br>• Demonstrated success managing a high volume of incoming analytics requests while maintaining quality and accuracy.<br>• Comfortable collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and gathering requirements from ambiguous or evolving business questions.<br>• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain insights, reporting logic, and dashboard design decisions clearly.
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- San Francisco, CA
- remote
- Temporary / Contract
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40 - 45 USD / Hourly
- <p>We are looking for a Data Engineer/Analyst to join a B2B technology team in San Francisco, California. This role focuses on turning complex business questions into clear reporting, actionable metrics, and effective dashboard solutions that support multiple teams. The ideal candidate is comfortable working with large datasets, building scalable Tableau reporting, and querying data directly in Databricks. This opportunity is well suited for someone who can balance a steady flow of requests while clearly communicating insights to cross-functional stakeholders.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a 3-6 month contract opportunity. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Oversee and prioritize a continuous pipeline of analytics requests coming from different business groups to ensure timely delivery of insights.</p><p>• Investigate reporting issues, resolve dashboard errors, and create new Tableau dashboards designed for long-term scalability and usability.</p><p>• Convert loosely defined business needs into measurable KPIs, structured analysis, and intuitive data visualizations.</p><p>• Write and refine SQL queries against the Databricks data lake to retrieve accurate data for reporting and analysis.</p><p>• Prepare large datasets by extracting, transforming, merging, and summarizing information from multiple sources.</p><p>• Improve query efficiency and enhance data structures to support faster, more reliable dashboard performance.</p><p>• Develop reporting focused on operational metrics such as performance trends, transfer activity, and response or resolution measurements.</p><p>• Design visual outputs such as trend analyses, comparison views, and region-based reporting to help stakeholders interpret results quickly.</p><p>• Present dashboards to partners and explain the methodology, assumptions, and logic behind the analysis in a clear manner.</p>
- 2026-05-21T00:00:00Z