Data Analyst (Contractor)

A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 10 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.

Amplify is a leader in creating immersive, rigorous digital learning experiences that look great, play great, and help students expect great things of themselves. Amplify has been described as the best tech company in education, and the best education company in tech.

As a Data Analyst at Amplify, you will join a talented team who seeks empirical answers to crucial questions about Amplify’s customers, operations, finances and products. You’ll play an active role in using data to inform business strategy, and product development. In doing so, you will have an impact on the lives of millions of students across the globe.

What You’ll Do

Our Data Analytics teams build reporting frameworks and narratives that drive strategic decisions across every department at Amplify. You’ll be working with data scientists and engineers to provide clean, accurate, reliable metrics and reports for our products and internal business partners.

• Impress the toughest customers around – students – through analytics which drive the design and development cycle for fun and compelling apps

• Help school administrators build great schools by:

  • discovering trends in usage of our reporting applications

  • providing the visibility our supply chain teams need to make sure educational materials arrive in full and on time

  • forecasting customer support demand to ensure that no administrator has to wait on hold when they need help

• Make life better for passionate Marketing, Sales and Operations teams by building cohesive and action-oriented Looker or Tableau dashboards which turn impressions into opportunities, opportunities into new customers, and new customers into long term relationships.

Example Projects You Might Work On

• Be a key driver of Amplify’s financial success by analyzing cross-selling patterns to distill lessons from those regions and product mixes where we are seeing success to formulate new strategies.

• Shape Amplify’s strategic priorities by providing the Amplify executive team with deep insights into key metrics like Annual Recurring Revenue and Effective Price.

• Empower customer success managers with usage and progress reporting which allows them to proactively support their districts implementation of Amplify’s products.

• Partner with our Professional Development team to reduce their cost of delivery by analyzing cost trends and drivers based on delivery method, geographic location, and session type.

Basic Requirements of the Data Analyst (Contractor):

• 2+ years of experience in a data analyst or related role.

• Fluency in SQL, especially its use in data analysis tasks. 

• Demonstrated ability to turn vague business problems into projects that data analysis and business intelligence can address.

• Experience building and maintaining enterprise Business Intelligence reports like Looker or Tableau.

• Excellent communication skills in writing and conversation, especially with non-technical partners.

• A drive to understand data and key performance metrics and their relevance to our business and product decisions.

• Familiarity with ETL/ELT pipelines and related tooling; understanding of relational data models, dimensional data models, and metric creation.

• Experience working in agile teams and a willingness to participate in team rituals like Storytime, Story Splitting, Story Estimation, and Retrospectives.

Preferred Requirements of the Data Analyst (Contractor):

• Experience working with a cloud-based data warehousing and analytics stack (Fivetran, Snowflake, dbt).

• Background in education or in edtech, or other fields with significant privacy, security, and compliance requirements.

Compensation:
The hourly rate for this role is $60-70HR.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To that end, we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. 

Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. 

This position may be funded, in whole or in part, through American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds.

Amplify Education, Inc. is an E-Verify participant.

If selected, a background check will be required. As required by state and local laws and district policies, you may also be required to provide additional documentation, such as proof of vaccination or submit to enhanced background screening, including fingerprints.