Informatics Specialist

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About LearnVest

LearnVest is redefining the American approach to personal finance. Our planners leverage financial technology to create simple, affordable, realistic plans for anyone who wants to feel confident about their money and optimistic about the future. 

Since launching in 2010, LearnVest has been one of the premier financial technology companies in the country, helping thousands of people make progress on their financial goals. LearnVest was acquired by Northwestern Mutual in 2015 and is now scaling its technology and personal finance approach to help millions of people across both the LearnVest and Northwestern Mutual brands. 

Job Description:

Enjoy bringing clarity and insight to business questions through Data? 

Passionate about driving and building a data-centric culture at work? 

If count(1) where answer = yes is two, read on! 

Our Data Analytics team is looking for like-minded individuals to join our team and be a part of the data culture within the company. Data is at the core of everything we do, and we’re looking for someone who’s hungry, isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty, enjoys learning, and is a good communicator and listener. Our analysts are empowered with a wide range of responsibilities working with key areas of the organization to best leverage data, tools, and technology to drive efficiencies throughout the company.

Responsibilities:

  • Understand and leverage his/her knowledge of business systems to authoritatively answer questions, set expectations, guide projects, and establish a narrative with data
  • Research issues and determine root causes and workarounds
  • Build/Onboard new data sets using APIs as needed
  • Build out effective reports and dashboards to drive self-service (who wants to run the same queries over and over?)
  • “Data as a product” ideation / creation (machine learning, social proofing, etc.)
  • Data and Code Checks: everything we do is with integrity, and while getting something wrong isn’t the end of the world, we strive to provide the best intelligence from the get go.
  • Deep Data Insights (demographics, segmentation, user journey optimizations, etc.)
  • Partner with product managers to understand how people are using our products
  • Partner with engineering to drive and assist with proper data collection and processing

Qualifications:

  • SQL is a must, bonus points for experience with Redshift and noSQL databases
  • Experience with Python (think pandas, numpy) and Stats (Data Science background a plus)
  • Digital Marketing experience relating to acquisitions/channel data and attribution modeling
  • A good sense of design/visual communication -- you’ll be leveraging our tools to illustrate data
  • Understanding of software and web development a plus, but you’ll gain it here regardless
  • Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets
  • Strong bias to action and eagerness for ownership
  • Excellent communication skills and desire to maintain strong ties across the organization
  • Curiosity and an inner drive to learn

Technology We Use: 

mySQL, Redshift, Jupyter, Python, Optimizely, Google Analytics, Periscope, Indicative, Scala (legacy code), Linux, Docker

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41 East 11th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10003

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