Purple Drive
Title: Data Analyst
Location: Mountain View, CA / Charlotte, NC
Experience: 6-8
Type: Contract
Responsibilities
Location: Mountain View, CA / Charlotte, NC
Experience: 6-8
Type: Contract
Responsibilities
- Analyze complex datasets delivered through Databricks/Spark pipelines to extract actionable business insights.
- Write efficient SQL queries to retrieve, manipulate, and validate data across large relational and distributed systems.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools to communicate findings.
- Collaborate with Data Engineers to ensure data quality, consistency, and accuracy in data pipelines.
- Work with business teams and data scientists to translate requirements into data-driven solutions.
- Perform ad-hoc analysis, data validation, and statistical exploration to support decision-making.
- Document data sources, definitions, and business logic for transparency and reusability.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, or related field.
- 2-3 years of experience as a Data Analyst (or similar role).
- Strong proficiency in SQL (complex queries, joins, aggregations, window functions).
- Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, etc.).
- Strong analytical skills and ability to work with large datasets.
- Familiarity with Python (Pandas, NumPy) or R for statistical analysis.
- Understanding of data modeling concepts and collaboration with Data Engineers.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) for querying and analysis.
- Basic familiarity with Databricks/Spark for data exploration (engineers handle heavy lifting).
- Knowledge of statistics and A/B testing for product or process improvements.
- Experience with GitHub or version control systems for collaborative workflows.