Data Analyst

Location: Remote, New York City, or Oakland, CA Travel is encouraged approximately once every 6 months to state partners within the continental USA, and occasionally required. We expect these trips to include visits to prisons and parole offices. Role Type: Full-time Compensation :  $97,000 Visa sponsorship: Not available Hires remotely in: United States Experience: 2+ years of full-time, professional work experience Recidiviz is thrilled to be hiring a Data Analyst to join our team! We’re a small, fast-moving group that works with complex criminal justice data from our state partners and develops analyses and tools that target the drivers of incarceration. That’s where you come in. We’re looking for someone who has attention to detail to improve our analysis, creativity and inquisitiveness to identify and solve open-ended problems, clarity to think through complex and variable data, flexibility to adjust in a rapidly evolving environment, and above all else, a collaborative, kind nature to add to our culture. About us Recidiviz is creating safer, healthier communities by improving outcomes for people in the criminal justice system. We build technology to reduce the number of people in prison and to help criminal justice leaders embrace data-driven decision-making.  Using software tools and thoughtful product design, we’ve been able to safely and permanently reduce incarceration and improve outcomes. We work side-by-side with leaders of the criminal justice system, people in prison and on supervision, and ecosystem partners to build a better path forward. In addition to the revenue we earn from state partners, some of the most respected philanthropists and foundations support our work. People who succeed at Recidiviz lead with kindness and humility, assume good intent, learn from failure, and fix problems when they see them. They are excited to work arm in arm with government leadership and staff to improve outcomes. They are great listeners. They build deep relationships with and empathy for the people we work with and the people who our mission serves, even when those two groups feel at odds.  About the role This role collaborates across several teams to guide work that targets the drivers of incarceration. Our Data Analysts work with diverse data – criminal justice data both raw and processed from across the country, reports and policy documents from government agencies, and much more – to develop our understanding of the criminal justice system and to motivate change. They perform analyses, contribute to tooling that improve our data and how we work with it, and help drive product launches by ensuring each product in each state has the analytical data required to drive the impact we seek. Our Data Analysts also play a key role in contextualizing and presenting their analyses to key stakeholders, both internal and external.  Travel is encouraged approximately once every 6 months to state partners within the continental USA, and occasionally required. We expect these trips to include visits to prisons and parole offices. Core responsibilities Exploring our datasets to find new insights about American criminal justice systems Contextualizing and communicating key findings to internal and external stakeholders Collaborating with our State Engagement and Implementation Engineering teams to design and execute on targeted roadmaps that drive impact in the states where we work Collaborating with our Product Management, Data Science, and Software Engineering teams to bring analyses and data modeling into production software Analyzing trends and changes in areas related to our own work to understand how our products function Wild success A year from now: You’ve driven impact. Your work has led to several launches of our products across the country and has helped quantify the impact those tools are having on the outcomes of the justice system. You’ve leveled up our analytical team. Your contributions to our tooling and processes, as well as your support for your teammates, has helped set our team up to achieve more impact sooner. Minimum qualifications Strong communication and collaboration skills, to help nurture a knowledgeable, data-oriented culture  Enthusiasm for working with internal and external partners from diverse backgrounds and worldviews, such as government staff, researchers, journalists, technical staff, and practitioners in criminal justice reform Ability to inspect source data, reason about data models, examine results closely, and prepare data and analyses that are usable for various applications 2 or more years of practical experience exploring, analyzing, and processing complex datasets Professional work experience using SQL to work with large datasets, including high proficiency writing efficient queries for more complex data extraction and transformation tasks High familiarity with Python, specifically Pandas package, for tasks such as statistical analysis and data visualization Preferred qualifications Experience working in a cross-functional organization that designs, builds, and launches products for users Experience working with large datasets from the public sector, especially related to criminal justice Familiarity with our data stack, which includes Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Looker, Jupyter notebooks, and Python/Pandas Compensation Compensation is standardized based on roles and responsibilities. This ensures equitable compensation and responsible stewardship of our resources. As such, we do not negotiate compensation offers.  The annual compensation for this role is: $97,000. What we offer Effective, extremely thoughtful colleagues, working together on a mission that matters 90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents Flexible time off, including 20 days of PTO, 3 days of paid volunteering time, and 13 paid holidays 12 weeks of paid pa