Senior Analytics Engineer - Finance - Remote Eligible

Analytics Engineer

Join our Data Platform Team at Kraken! Are you passionate about leveraging the power of data to drive business decisions in the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency? We're seeking a talented Analytics Engineer to play a crucial role in our innovative Data Platform team. As an Analytics Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of transforming terabytes of data into actionable insights, enabling us to stay ahead in the ever-evolving cryptocurrency landscape. Within this role, you'll work on Finance data, building data products for various Finance and analytics teams, and that's where your Finance background and expertise, alongside with Analytics Engineering skills will help us succeed!

If you are ready to be a driving force behind Kraken's data initiatives, working with cutting-edge technologies and a passionate team, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey at Kraken!

The Opportunity

• Build dynamic data visualizations aid management decision support
• Perform data analysis and investigation related to finance use cases and liaise with cross-functional groups to resolve issues
• Build scalable and reliable data pipeline that collects, transforms, loads and curates data from internal systems and databases
• Augment platform data with data pipelines from select external and internal systems
• Support design and deployment of finance data lake that will be central source of truth for finance functions reporting and analysis needs
• Develop automation as feasible to drive data solutions to be as near real-time as possible
• Evaluate new technologies and build prototypes for continuous improvements in finance data analytics operations
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills You Should HODL

• 4+ years of work experience in relevant field (Data Engineer, Analytics Engineer, DWH Developer, Data Analyst, etc)
• Proficiency in a major programming language (e.g. Scala, Python, Golang,..)
• Experience with data warehouse technologies and relevant data modeling best practices (Presto, Athena, Glue, etc)
• Experience building data pipelines/ETL and familiarity with design principles (Apache Airflow is a big plus!)
• Mastering the ELT concepts with DBT or similar Analytics Engineering frameworks.
• Experience with finance operations, management reporting and regulatory reporting.
• Proficient with data wrangling tools and scripting languages (e.g. python, SQL etc.)
• Excellent SQL and data manipulation skills using common frameworks like Spark/PySpark, or similar.
• Proficient working with API's and data querying languages for data modeling and analysis
• Working knowledge of project and workstream management tools such as Wrike, Confluence, Jira
• Experience with business requirements gathering for data sourcing

Nice to Haves

• Experience in fintech, banking, or Web3 industry
• Experience with crypto currencies and knowledge of blockchain technology is preferred
• Proficient with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI etc.)
• Experience working with Kubernetes or Docker.

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline. Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgeable about crypto!

As an equal opportunity employer, we don't tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that's based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.