Monday, April 13, 2015

[KITlist-Tech] Principal Programmer Analyst (San Mateo, CA)

 

Please direct your responses to: https://careers-solarcity.icims.com/jobs/6376/sr.-software-engineer-%e2%80%93-process-engineering/login

Do you have a passion for applying engineering to solve creative problems?

Do you have a thirst for working with data?

Do you believe all business decisions should be driven by data?



SolarCity has an incredible amount of real-world data on operations efficiency and office productivity coming in to our databases every day. In this role, you will have an opportunity to apply your talent and insight to help the company make better decisions each and every day by working on the core reporting solution used throughout the company.



The ideal candidate will have experience working in a centralized analyst capacity, supporting multiple departments. Candidates should have a for thirst for getting things done and have a passion for applying technology to help solve real business problems as they happen. Candidates should be comfortable working with loosely defined requirements and have a strong desire to work on Business Intelligence applications.



At SolarCity, you will have an opportunity to change the world and have a direct impact on the daily lives of team members and customers. SolarCity is in hyper growth mode and business demands and requirements shift rapidly. This is a great opportunity for people who like to think on their feet and solve real-world problems to help scale the company!

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage reports in the company's reporting solution, Zipline. These reports cover a variety of functional areas including Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations, etc which range from showing data tables, trend line charts, and custom developed visualizations for interactive charts

• Partner with internal customers to strategize, define, prioritize and deliver reporting requirements

• Own data quality and integrity. Investigate, explain and address data discrepancies to improve process efficiency

• Identify and extract the necessary data to build reports and generate information and insights

• Tune and optimize extract and query processes to deliver rapid results to end users

• Define data and ETL processes and requirements to support reporting needs

• Responsible for identifying process issues along with presenting high level recommendations to business leaders and executives based on information derived from reports

• Work with team members to plan and execute weekly sprints

• Identify best practices and areas for improvement and drive those initiatives within the team.

• Evaluate core business process issues at individual office or company wide scale and create action plans to address and improve overall business function

• Analyze process engineering data to problem solve and fix reporting issues, produce better reporting data, and ultimately build reports to generate desired information to analyze

Qualifications:

• B.S. or higher from a top tier school

• 8+ years of experience in an analyst or similar capacity supporting multiple disciplines including sales, finance, operations and marketing.

• Comfortable supporting and presenting to C-level and executive audiences

• Expert experience designing, querying and optimizing relational databases, ideally Microsoft SQL

• Expert experience with Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet software, creating pivot tables, etc.

• Proven track record of delivering high quality and timely insight and analysis

• Ability to handle fast paced, high urgency reporting needs and perform well under demanding situations.

• Software development or scripting experience is a plus, especially with Python.

• Experience working with DataFrames and statistical analysis is a plus.

• Experience managing ETL and batch processes is a plus

• Experience working with BI visualization solutions is a plus (Tableau, GoodData, Birst, etc.)

• Driven and focused. Self-starter. Able to work with minimal supervision

• Ability to learn quickly, think critically, have a great attitude and hunger to learn

• Must be a great team player and focused on customer service and experience

• Extremely detail oriented

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required

• Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment criminal background search

Benefits for Full-Time Positions

• Competitive compensation with many positions incentivized

• Paid training with the nation's leader in solar power

• Full benefits package including health, vision, dental insurance

• Attractive vacation, sick and holiday pay

• 401(k) savings plan

• Employee referral program

• Eligibility to receive equity in the company

• Career path opportunities for top performers

SolarCity is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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