Senior Analytics Engineer, People Data and Insights at The New York Times | NY, US | Rezi

Senior Analytics Engineer, People Data and Insights at The New York Times

Senior Analytics Engineer, People Data and Insights

The New York Times · NY, US

5 days ago

Senior Analytics Engineer, People Data and Insights

The New York Times · NY, US

5 days ago
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About the Role

The New York Times is rebuilding its people data usage, moving from ad hoc reports to governed, reusable data tools for HR decision-making. You will help build this foundational layer, transforming data from various systems into a modeled, tested, and documented foundation for products. You will lead the models, transformations, and data quality for all products shipped by the team and report to the Senior Director, People Data and Insights.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain data models and databases for products.
  • Oversee the transformation layer from source systems into governed, tested, documented models.
  • Turn metric definitions into executable logic to prevent drift between definitions and produced numbers.
  • Build data quality into the pipeline with tests, validation, and reconciliation across sources.
  • Translate product requirements into models and identify discrepancies with underlying data.
  • Handle effective-dated and historical data correctly for accurate point-in-time reporting.
  • Implement and maintain access controls for sensitive data.
  • Document models and lineage for clarity and understanding.
  • Demonstrate support for journalistic independence and the company's mission.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or an equivalent role building production data models.
  • Expert SQL skills.
  • Strong dimensional modeling skills with judgment on normalization.
  • 5+ years of experience with a transformation framework like dbt.
  • 5+ years of experience with version control and code review.
  • 5+ years of experience handling slowly changing dimensions, dated records, and point-in-time reporting.

Skills

  • SQL
  • Dimensional modeling
  • dbt
  • Version control
  • Code review
  • Slowly changing dimensions
  • Dated records
  • Point-in-time reporting
  • Python
  • AWS data services
  • Hex
  • Tableau
  • Looker

Location

  • New York office

Work Type

  • Hybrid schedule

Experience Level

  • 5+ years of experience
  • 2+ years of experience

Salary/Compensations

  • $160,000—$185,000 USD

Benefits

  • Medical benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • Vision benefits
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
  • Company-matching 401(k) plan
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid vacation
  • Paid sick days
  • Paid parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Professional development programs

About the Company

  • The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism.
  • We embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization.
  • We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

Equal Opportunity

  • We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law.
  • All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
  • The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.
  • The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.
  • Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com.