Nitrogen is a financial technology company revolutionizing client engagement for financial advisors. The Analytics Engineer will contribute to production data workflows and analytics products, ensuring data correctness and reliability while building robust data pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Builds SQL-based transformation workflows that parse, cleanse, and model complex data with accuracy and resilience within established patterns and standards
- Writes and maintains production-ready dbt models in Snowflake, including tests and documentation appropriate to the change
- Contributes Python workflows that complement SQL/dbt transformations and automate repeatable data tasks
- Supports the successful delivery of daily financial data feeds that standardize raw data from numerous sources into our warehouse
- Supports exports of fresh, correct datasets to downstream production systems, validating outputs and surfacing issues early
- Resolves data issues through analysis and lineage tracing, escalating with clear evidence and proposed fixes when needed
- Delivers high-quality features that meet expectations for correctness, maintainability, and operational safety
- Develops a working understanding of domain-specific custodial data and how it affects customer experience and product behavior
- Uses AI-assisted development tools effectively to increase productivity and code quality (we use Devin and Cursor heavily)
- Demonstrates continuous improvement in independence, throughput, and quality across delivery cycles
- Ensures day-to-day technical contributions align with team priorities and company objectives
Skills
- Early-career experience building data pipelines, analytics workflows, or production data systems, or equivalent hands-on academic or project experience that demonstrates production-grade habits
- Substantial practical experience working with real datasets. Coursework alone is not sufficient
- You write clear, correct SQL in Snowflake/dbt and can work effectively within an established warehouse architecture
- You implement joins, aggregations, and window functions appropriately, and you can extend existing pipelines safely
- You can reason about what 'correct' data should look like, validate outputs against business expectations, and explain discrepancies clearly
- You can trace data lineage across models and sources, narrow hypotheses, and identify root causes and collaborate with senior engineers when broader architectural changes are required
- You communicate findings with evidence and propose practical fixes
- You adopt modern AI developer tools to accelerate delivery and improve quality
- You incorporate feedback, strengthen engineering habits, and improve reliability of your work over time
- You seek ways to reduce recurring issues through better tests, documentation, and automation
Benefits
- 4% 401(k) Match. Our employees invest so much in our company and we love getting to invest in them. The company will match your contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to 4% of your total annual compensation.
- Free Financial Planning Services. By working at a financial technology company, you get the benefit of fantastic financial advice. This is offered to all employees wanting expert guidance on how to handle their money.
- Medical, Dental & Vision insurance plans. We want to help keep you (and your family) healthy! Comprehensive health insurance options for you & your family.
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA) or Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) available depending on chosen medical plan. We know that investment risk isn’t a one-size-fits all and neither are your health savings options!
- Generous maternity & paternity leave for either the birth or adoption of a child. Mom's & Dad's need time with their new family members!
- Discounted pet insurance available. Pets are family too!!
- 3 weeks vacation & 1 week sick time per year. Take the time you need for fun or simply time to recover from not feeling well.
- 11 paid company holidays per year. Enjoy your time off; you deserve it!
- Remote & in-person team building activities help our employees stay connected and engaged. We absolutely love to hype our people up!
- Company wide meetings held by our CEO benefit all employees by keeping everyone in the loop. We are one team, and we tackle projects together.
- Employee development is our priority. From leadership training, to mentorship, to industry resources, we care about progressing you in your career.
Company Overview
Nitrogen helps investment advisors to capture a quantitative measurement of client risk tolerance to find investments that fit them. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Auburn, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://nitrogenwealth.com/.