Analytics Engineer

Guild is hiring an Analytics Engineer who will sit at the intersection of data, AI, infrastructure, and analytics, to help shape and deliver valuable data and business-critical reporting and insights for Guild. You will be responsible for organizing, standardizing, and analyzing our data to enable Guild’s Analytical efforts. This role will have a critical impact on the business and our students by surfacing valuable data and providing insight into opportunities for improvement across all aspects of our business.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and deeply understand core data models and curated datasets that support reporting, AI, and advanced analytics use cases, effectively communicating their structure and purpose to enable broad access to trusted data.
• Develop a deep understanding of business and operational needs by building strong relationships across the teams who manage and use Guild’s data.
• Perform in-depth data QA by diving into various data sources to identify and resolve issues.
• Efficiently execute on assigned projects and requests from business partners, proactively communicating progress, timelines, and any challenges to manage stakeholder expectations for delivery.
• Translate business questions into technical requirements as part of a well-defined development cycle.
• Act as subject matter expert for Looker/Omni infrastructure and content, supporting team members in troubleshooting issues that arise.
• Implement and maintain robust governance and oversight processes to ensure accuracy and continuity of critical data sources and reporting.

Experience

• 3+ years of full-time work experience as an analytics engineer, data analyst, BI analyst, data engineer or similar.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining core data models that support a range of downstream use cases, including reporting, self-service analytics, and AI/ML applications.
• Hands-on experience with modern data transformation frameworks (e.g., dbt or similar tools), including building scalable models, managing dependencies, and scheduling reliable data pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data modeling best practices and modeling layers (e.g., staging, intermediate, marts), with a focus on maintainability, performance, and long-term extensibility of the analytics layer.
• Hands-on experience with data model development and reporting in data visualization tools such as Looker, Omni or Tableau.

Additional information

• Highly skilled in SQL, and some experience in a scripting language (e.g. Python, R).
• Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to data quality and reporting accuracy.
• Analytical, intellectually curious, creative problem-solver who is comfortable going beyond data access to analytics and strategic insights.
• Keen design and data visualization skills – you know how to transform data to generate useful insights and be easily digestible.
• In-depth understanding and application of Data Engineering standard processes.
• Teammate approach, with strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Passion for our mission – Guild is pioneering a new path for career development as a benefit in a complicated and regulated space – success means quickly and effectively adapting your expertise.

We are committed to equal pay for equal work and believe in compensation transparency. All salary ranges are standardized nationwide and will not vary by region. This role offers a competitive total compensation package, including a base salary of $110,000 - $159,000 and stock options. Compensation offered will be based on a combination of factors such as experience, competencies, and internal equity.

Posting Date: 6/3/2026
*This role will stay open for a minimum of 3 days.