Analytics Engineer, Chess.com
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Online chess platform
Job no longer available
Online chess platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help people enjoy their lives through the game of chess.
Role
Who you are
- You love data and shaping it to produce business insight
- And you have great experience with the types of data questions relevant to a SaaS/gaming business (retention, engagement, monetization, cohort analysis etc.)
- Moreover, you love what data tells you, and you are eager to get your hands on the treasure trove of Chess.com data to see what you can learn about the game, the players, and the business
- You’re looking to use your skills to work at a company that you actually care about (and that actually cares about you!)
- You are a seasoned analyst with intuitive strategic, communication and technical skills
Desirable
- 3+ years of data analytics experience
- 3+ years experience with a scripting language e.g. Python
- Strong SQL skills (we use BigQuery and some MySQL)
- Experience with designing, running, and evaluating large-scale online experiments
- Experience working with data in a cloud environment e.g. Gcloud, AWS, or Azure
- Experience in conducting ETL / ELT with large datasets and handling DAG data dependencies. Experience with Airflow is a bonus
- Experience with customer lifecycle analysis typical of SaaS and/or Gaming companies (retention, LTV, engagement, monetization, cohort analysis, etc.)
- Strong collaboration and communication skills working in a fully distributed team
- Puts value building strong relationships with colleagues and partners, enjoys mentoring and guiding others and you have the ability to explain complex topics in simple terms
What the job involves
- Dive into our data to discover insights into subscriber trends, player behavior, and user segments
- Develop AB-testing and other analytical tools that ease the insight generation process
- Use BigQuery SQL to create robust data pipelines
- Orchestrate our data processing using Airflow
- Help bring new data sources online and set up new pipelines
- Work closely with analysts and engineers on data capture upcoming data needs and enhance existing datasets and 3rd party data injections, or build new ones to fill those needs
- Collaborate with and mentor analysts/data-scientists in building scalable analyses and datasets
- Develop tools and best practices to ensure high data quality and identify and prevent errors before they reach production datasets
- Contribute to comprehensive documentation of tools and datasets
Our take
Chess is a timeless game of logic that has been around for nearly 1,500 years, and public interest in the game has become increasingly competitive. The game is now well grounded as a discipline that can be studied, enjoyed with friends, or pushed to its limits - a challenge that depends on access to the right chess resources.
Chess.com provides an online chess platform, hosting casual and competitive games for players, as well as strategic puzzles, videos and other educational content. The website also serves as a hub for all chess-related news and social media and has ultimately driven the growing success of online chess as an eSport.
Whilst online chess is never going to replace the age-old tradition of competing at a physical chess board, Chess.com has set the standard for online chess. Through its optimized online chess platform and educational content, the company aims to democratize the logic behind chess and make it more fun and accessible than ever to play.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
40% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Hillcrest, Orem, UT
Leadership
Erik Allebest
(Founder & CEO)CEO and Founder of Chess.com since 2006. Guest Lecturer at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Has been a Seed Investor for SEOcrawl since 2021 and Investor for Landover since 2022.
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