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Senior Data Analyst Goodreads
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We are seeking a talented senior data analyst to uncover key insights about how readers discover and share books on Goodreads. If you excel in analytic disciplines, are passionate about deriving value from data, and love to read, this is an unparalleled opportunity to dig into the richest set of data about people's reading behavior and influence the way Goodreads helps millions of people around the world discover and share their favorite books.This is an exciting and dynamic role in a well funded, rapidly growing company with excellent opportunity for career growth. Goodreads is a US Top 100 site and the 7th largest social networking site. The analytics team will be critical to our growth and since we're just getting started analytically this is the perfect opportunity to build something great from the ground up.
Responsibilities:
Mine and analyze data throughout the lifecycle, including user acquisition, book discovery, book discussion, and user retention, to identify critical insights and make us the leading authority on how people read
Proactively develop new metrics to quantify the value of different aspects of the user experience
Design and create the reporting that shares those metrics in a way that provides insights to the business
Evangelize the use of data for decision making across the company by making information accessible and actionable for all
Partner closely with product and engineering leaders throughout the lifecycle of launching new features. Ensure that necessary data is captured and analytic needs are well-defined up front
Requirements:
BS or MS degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, or other quantitative field
Expertise in SQL and Excel
Experience with statistical programming environments like R
Experience with a data visualization tool such as Tableau
Experience with Hive or Pig a definite plus as is experience with a scripting language
Strong critical thinking abilities and attention to detail
Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Must be able to explain technical concepts and analysis implications clearly to a wide audience, and be able to translate business objectives into actionable analyses
We Prefer People Who are Passionate About:
Reading
Thinking creatively
Building your own website, start-up, mobile app - we love entrepreneurs!
Our Environment:
Supportive, friendly and fun
See your work used by millions
Agile, fast paced release cycle
Apply open source, cutting edge technology with continual learning opportunities
Work with bright, talented colleagues
Great location: Downtown San Francisco (Near Market and 1st Streets and near BART)
About Goodreads:
Successful start-up with a team of 40
We are the 7th largest social networking site
We are the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations
We have more than 15 million members who have added more than 400 million books to their shelves
Our mission is to help people find and share books they love. Along the way, we plan to improve the process of reading and learning throughout the world
| Location: | San Francisco, CA United States |
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Goodreads
All Jobs: at Goodreads| Web Site: | www.goodreads.com |
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| Headquarters: | 49 Stevenson San Francisco, CA 94105 United States |
| Employees: | 41-100 |
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| Industry: | Consumer Products and Services |
| Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations. Founded in 2007, Goodreads is where readers find and share books they love. The site has 16 million members who have added more than 530 million books to their shelves and written more than 23 million reviews. Loved by avid and casual readers alike, Goodreads members can discover new books by seeing what their friends are reading or by using the Goodreads Book Recommendation Engine; share ratings and recommendations; track what they have read, and list what they want to read. Goodreads is also a place where more than 68,000 authors connect with readers. Goodreads is a subsidiary of (AMZN) Amazon.com, Inc. |
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