Position: Data Analyst
Company: Boosta
Category: SQL
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper

We are building a freelance platform which is powered by a complex Recommendation System and Advanced Analytics. Everyday you will collaborate with the product managers, developers and other data-analyst/scientists to improve our product via data-driven solution making. Most of your time (80-90%) you will use MySQL and Python for data extraction, manipulation and product research, hypothesis testing, and further presenting and discussing the insights with a team. Some of your time your might spend on business processes automation and optimisation using Google SpreadSheet as user interface powered by Python+MySQL backend. Finally, together with a team, you will build the complex logics and custom optimisation models using mathematical/statistical modelling and machine learning.

What knowledges will help you to do your best:
– solid experience with SQL
– python analytics-stack: numpy / pandas / visualisation libs / Jupyter
– data visualisation & reporting: Power BI or similar; plotly/dash (python)
– solid knowledge in statistics and mathematical modelling
– hypothesis & A/B testing
– understanding data structures / OOP principles / algorithms

Will be a plus:
– understanding Data Science / Machine Learning principles (+ libs: sklearn, keras, etc)
– Google Analytics

Personal qualities are equally important:
– passion for research and ability to dig deeply into the problem; curiosity; carefulness; persistence
– strong data-driven storytelling and presentation skills: ability to extract meaning and suggest action items from data, not just report metrics
– proactive mindset and willingness to take initiative and work with little supervision
– independent learner; desire to invest extra efforts for personal and professional growth
– acting as a team player and having highly developed communication skills

What you will be doing:
– perform data-driven product research using add-hoc analytics (and ML)
– search for insights which help to improve the product, build and validate hypothesis, present findings to team
– extract data form database, calculate some metrics, perform visualisation and reporting
– design and analyse A/B tests
– automate different business processes using Google SpreadSheets powered by Python+MySQL backend

What you won’t be doing:
– spending all your time in Excel or writing dozens of SQL queries.

Why you’ll want to become part of Boosta:
– you will become a part of a team of young professionals ready to share their knowledge and expertise
– the project is interesting and dynamically developing on a daily basis
– we offer flexible working hours because we believe in a perfect work-life balance
– Boosta supports your professional development, thus,  is ready to compensate for different trainings, conferences, conducts English and speaking classes on a regular basis
– we offer outstanding corporate parties, regular team buildings, sports events, and much more
– you’ll get 18 vacation workdays, 5 days off,  5 sick leaves per year
– 5-minute walk from Olympiiska metro station to the office, great Olympic Stadium view from the window, doesn’t that sound nice?
– and of course, you’ll get a competitive reward in Boosta