Our mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone. We empower students with financial support and supercharge their ability to pay down their debt, so they can get on the right financial track, fast.

We build tools that help people feel in control of their financial future, including:

Private student loans - low rates, people-first service, and flexible payments.
Student loan refinancing - break free from high-interest rates or monthly payments.
Scholarships - access to thousands of scholarships to help students pay less.

Earnies are committed to helping students live their best lives, free from the stress of student debt. If you’re as passionate as we are about our mission, read more below, and let’s build something great together!

The Senior Analytics Engineer will report to the Engineering Manager - Data Platform and Analytics.

As the Senior Analytics Engineer, you will:

Transform raw data into well-structured datasets using dbt.
Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and engineers to develop scalable data models that power experiments, ML models, and reporting.
Define and implement best practices for data modeling, quality, and governance.
Ensure data reliability and accuracy through robust validation and monitoring processes.
Develop advanced analytics solutions and dashboards in Looker to give stakeholders actionable insights.

Your Impact:

Enable accurate reporting and analytics by building and maintaining scalable, high-quality data models.
Ensure stakeholders have access to trusted insights through improving data reliability, governance, and monitoring.
Empower analysts and data scientists by delivering clean, structured data for ML models, experiments, and reporting.
Drive business growth and operational efficiency by optimizing financial reporting, customer analytics, and product insights.
Drive data-driven decision-making and innovation by collaborating with cross-functional teams.

About You:

2+ years of experience in data transformation and task scheduling tools such as dbt and Airflow.
2+ years of experience maintaining and building in BI/analytics tools (Looker, Tableau, or similar tooling).
2-3 years of experience with cloud data warehouses, such as Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, or similar platforms.
Expert-level SQL skills.

Even Better:

Experience in the Fintech industry.
1-2 years experience working with financial systems and/or financial data.
2+ years of experience working with AWS services (IAM, DMS, Ansible, Terraform, etc.)
Working knowledge of Python.

Where:

This role will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
While you’ll enjoy the flexibility of remote work, we also love to see our Earnies face-to-face! We ask you to join us at our Oakland office for 3 consecutive days a month for team collaboration and some fun. Its a chance to connect, share ideas, and maybe even grab some coffee together!

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A little about our pay philosophy: We take pride in compensating our employees fairly and equitably. We are showcasing a range of your potential base salary. The successful candidate’s starting pay will also be determined based on job-related qualifications, internal compensation, and budget. This range may be modified in the future.

Pay Range

$157,000—$178,000 USD

Earnest believes in enabling our employees to live their best lives. We offer a variety of perks and competitive benefits, including:

Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office
Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match
Robust tuition reimbursement program
$1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world
Competitive days of annual PTO
Competitive parental leave

What makes an “Earnie” culture:

Drivers – Drivers are satisfied by making things happen, not coming along for the ride. They feel a strong sense of ownership for their projects and teams and demand high standards from themselves and others.
Humility – Humble team players check their egos and consider the team’s needs above their own. They are self-aware of their strengths and opportunities for improvement.
Growth Mindset – People with a growth mindset approach challenges and failures as learning opportunities. They seek feedback to improve, give feedback to others, and genuinely want to perform well.

At Earnest, we are committed to building an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging enables us to move forward with our mission. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage anyone to apply if your experience is close to what we are looking for.

Earnest provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or genetics. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for the position in a manner consistent with the Fair Chance Ordinance.