Senior Data Analyst Contract

Teaching kids to think critically and communicate effectively has never been more important, and NoRedInk helps students become better writers in more than 60% of U.S. school districts. We are looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented Data Analyst to join our team as a full-time contractor. In this role, you will partner closely with departments across the company including Sales, Customer Success, Product, and Leadership to deliver high-quality analytics, reporting, and insights that drive strategic and operational decision-making across the company.

You’ll work within our modern data stack including Snowflake, dbt, and Sigma, to transform raw data into trusted dashboards, ad-hoc analyses, and actionable recommendations. This is a hands-on role that requires strong SQL skills, excellent communication, and the ability to juggle multiple requests at once.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary analytics partner for cross-functional stakeholders (Sales, CS, Product, Operations, Leadership).
• Create, maintain, and improve Sigma dashboards, reports, and deep-dive analyses.
• Develop and optimize SQL queries and transformations in Snowflake.
• Translate ambiguous business questions into clear analytical frameworks and data requirements.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis and root-cause investigations.
• Build and maintain metric definitions and data documentation.
• Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across dashboards and analytical workflows.
• Prioritize incoming data requests and manage expectations with stakeholders.
• Identify trends, patterns, and opportunities to improve business performance.
• Support experimentation and product analytics (e.g., usage patterns, cohort analysis).

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of experience as a data analyst, BI analyst, product analyst, or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in SQL (Snowflake experience strongly preferred).
• Hands-on experience with dbt and modern ELT/analytics engineering best practices.
• Strong experience with BI tools; Sigma experience a major plus.
• Ability to translate business questions into technical requirements and analytical outputs.
• Experience supporting cross-functional stakeholders (Sales, CS, Product highly preferred).
• High attention to detail and strong data quality mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong prioritization skills and ability to manage multiple workstreams independently.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth B2B SaaS environment.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with product analytics tools (e.g., Amplitude, Mixpanel, Heap).
• Experience with forecasting, propensity modeling, or other statistical techniques.
• Prior work in early-stage or mid-stage SaaS startups.
• Basic familiarity with Python or R for advanced analysis.

About NoRedInk:

NoRedInk helps students in over 60% of US school districts become better writers. Our deeply engaging, adaptive curriculum personalizes exercises to kids' interests, guides them through the writing process with instructional support, and boosts their skills through targeted practice. Students have completed over 10 billion exercises on our site, and our mission is to help all students harness the power of the written word.

Check out our press page, including our 2-minute pitch on NBC and articles in The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.

NoRedInk believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. At NoRedInk, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

The hourly compensation for this role is $75/hour and accounts for a variety of locations and skills/experience. Please know that if you are invited to speak with a recruiter at NoRedInk, they will have an open discussion about compensation during your first call to ensure alignment.

*Note: Agencies or other third-party recruiters may not submit unsolicited candidate resumes or their information to any NoRedInk employee, including a NoRedInk Recruiter, unless a contract is signed and you are given permission by the Talent Acquisition team to work on a job opening.