Yapta's mission is simple: To give our customers confidence in travel. To that end, we are one of the world’s leading companies for fare transparency and cost savings. We analyze billions of rates every month, and turn all that data into meaningful notifications and reports. We provide automated services for corporate travelers to save money, by tracking prices on airline tickets and hotels, and sending alerts when prices drop.

We were recently named to Deloitte’s Fast 500 for the 3rd year in a row, are highly profitable, and have grown 400% in the past 4 years. Our team is fast paced and focused, but we maintain a healthy work/life balance and have fun. We value integrity, flexibility, accountability, drive, and collaboration.
Yapta's Data product team has an immediate need for a passionate, creative, analytical, and experienced Data Analyst who loves big & complex data and uses their investigative mind to deliver insights that impact key business decisions.
Responsibilities:
You will engage with stakeholders and collaborate closely with data scientists, data engineers and other data analysts within the Data team. To be successful in this role, you must have strong written and oral communications skills, a go-getting attitude and the willingness to tackle hard problems in innovative ways. If you have an insatiable curiosity, and a desire to be on the leading edge of data in the travel industry, then this may be the role for you!

• Curate & analyze complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from multiple sources using several different tools and data analysis techniques
• Define, track and report key metrics to assess overall business health
• Deliver in depth analysis on business performance (trends, funnels) and drivers, as well as forecasts and targets
• Build/design dashboards to enable ongoing monitoring and decision making 
• Work with data engineers to operationalize dashboards and ingest new data sources
• Work with internal teams to socialize analysis and drive analytic adoption
• Hold analytic office hours for BI power users 
• Administrate BI content & governance
• Provide actionable insights on the business and support the initiatives of functional areas of the company
• Provide data sound bites to sales & marketing on trends and “did you know?” data facts

Qualifications:
Knowledge, experience and skills required:

• Exceptional problem solving, technical and data analysis skills 
• Advanced working knowledge of large data manipulation and data mining 
• Strong programming knowledge (proficient in SQL)
• Data visualization techniques & best practices
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, familiarity with BI tools (PowerBI, Tableau, Looker, Pyramid, Domo, Sigma, etc.)
• Exceptional written and verbal communication and presentation skills 
• Be self-driven, and demonstrate ability to prioritize & deliver 
• Interest and aptitude in data, metrics, analysis and trends and applied knowledge of measurement, statistics and program evaluation.
• Ability to translate analysis results into business recommendations, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years’ experience in data analytics, data mining with proven quantitative orientation
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required.
  

Preferred, Not Required:

• Advanced dashboard design & development
• Experience with Snowflake
• Understanding of the travel industry a plus

What we offer:

• Fun, collaborative environment
• Optional work-from-home Wednesdays
• Competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 5 weeks of PTO and 10 paid holidays (total 7 weeks)
• 401k
• Stock options
• Commuter benefits
• Stocked kitchens, with coffee, soda, and snacks
• Regular team activities, including Mariners games, ping pong tournaments, movies, etc.

This position is based in Pioneer Square in Downtown Seattle. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US. Yapta is unable to provide visa sponsorship for US employment eligibility at this time.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.