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Data Analyst

*remote positions available in CA, CO, FL, GA, MA, NH, TX, UT, VA, WA only

Position Intro

Linden Lab is the creator and steward of the world’s largest, most successful, completely user-generated virtual worlds platform. Managing our own virtual economy, virtual currency exchange, and virtual goods platforms, we have some of the most interesting data and analytical challenges that exist in business today.

Primary Functions

Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Marketing, Finance, Compliance and others, supporting business decisions with data, by producing and maintaining reports and performing ad hoc data analysis using a variety of tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep expertise in Linden Lab products
• Meet regularly with business users of data to understand their business needs
• Create and maintain reports in Tableau, Metric Insights
• Develop and own the last-mile of data delivery to business customers
• Perform statistical analyses, in-depth analyses of customer activity
• Assist in maintaining and developing ETLs
• Represent the interests of business users to our world-class data engineering team
• A genuine interest in both business operations and product, and a desire to apply data to improving both. The desire to use data to tell a story that is both compelling and defensible.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Excellent communication skills: ability to work directly with all levels of management.
• Able to learn the language of business execs, marketers, accountants, and engineers.
• Comfortable talking about finance and economics.
• Proactive in helping to define and drive analysis.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, science or social-science field, or equivalent experience.

Experience

• Minimum of 2+ years of direct analytical experience in a professional setting.
• Intermediate level SQL skills (multiple joins, subqueries, window functions)
• Familiarity with Python or another data processing language.
• Some experience in one or more traditional BI analytics stacks (i.e. can turn a request into a report / chart / visualization using a database-linked toolset other than Excel).
• Experience with one or more data visualization tools (Tableau, Looker etc.).

Bonus skills:

• Applied machine learning (prediction, classification and/or recommendation)
• A/B testing techniques and tools (Optimizely etc.)
• Understanding of micro and/or macroeconomics

Travel Requirements

No travel required

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use the computer and communicate with coworkers in an office environment. The employee frequently is required to stand or sit to complete work and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Linden Lab seeks to maintain a diverse and welcoming workplace; therefore candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Fine Print :

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this job. They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.