Analytics Engineer | Zepz | Remote (United States)

Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA Full Time Immediate Start
<h2><strong class=" font-semibold">About Zepz</strong></h2>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Zepz is the group powering two leading global remittance brands: WorldRemit and Sendwave. Since 2010, we have been disrupting an industry previously dominated by offline legacy players with our relentless focus on reducing the cost of remittances and increasing safety and convenience for our users.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Every day, our people work to unlock the prosperity of cross-border communities through finance and technology &#8211; driven by our vision of a world that celebrates migrants’ impact on prosperity, at home and abroad.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">In 2023, our brands helped cross-border communities send over $15bn from 50 countries to recipients in 130 countries. We operate over 2800 money transfer corridors worldwide and employ over 1,000 people globally. Zepz is a remote-first employer, with team members located across six continents</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Come join us!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><a href="http://zepz.io" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Zepz.io</a></p>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">Our Commitments:</strong></h3>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><strong class=" font-semibold">We act like owners</strong> &#8211; We are relentlessly delivering for our users and spending money thoughtfully.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><strong class=" font-semibold">We embrace embarrassing honesty &#8211;</strong> We function best when we&#8217;re open and honest with one another — especially about our challenges and doubts.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><strong class=" font-semibold">We have a bias to action</strong> &#8211; We get to first outcomes quickly, iterate and learn.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><strong class=" font-semibold">We strive to be better &#8211;</strong> We may make mistakes, but always learn from them.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><strong class=" font-semibold">We are inclusive &#8211;</strong> to better reflect and serve our users.</span></li>
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<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">About the role</strong> <strong class=" font-semibold">:</strong></h3>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">The Analytics Experience team is committed to empowering other Zepz teams to leverage data in order to solve analytical problems. We are a team of analytics and data engineers that work together to go from ideation to production. We own the core semantic layer for the data organization, creating a Zepz view of the WorldRemit and Sendwave brand data. As a member of this hub and spoke data team, you&#8217;ll be at the forefront of the Zepz data transformation as we continue to expand our core models and assist in development of individual domain models. By translating complex data into actionable insights, you will empower our brands to make strategic decisions and extend their positive impact on a global scale.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">This role will report to the Senior Engineering Manager and collaborate with various parts of the Zepz organization. Together you will build new data models and optimize existing ones to drive insights and recommendations from our data. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing data pipelines and analytical solutions that drive business insights and decision-making. You will work closely with data analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders to ensure data accuracy, availability, and usability.</p>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">As a Analytics Engineer, you will own:</strong></h3>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Developing, testing, and implementing data models to ensure data integrity and performance using DBT.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and develop solutions to meet those needs.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Contributing to and following best practices for data consumption, including educating data consumers on data quality, availability and interpretation</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Optimizing existing data processes and pipelines to improve efficiency and reduce latency.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Identifying opportunities to reduce complexity and increase efficiency across data models and our data warehouse</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Troubleshooting and resolving data issues, ensuring data quality and reliability.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ensuring the data and output is of high quality &#8211; tested, automated, scalable and documented</span></li>
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<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">What we’re looking for from you:</strong></h3>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with DBT to design and implement data models.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience using a modern data warehouse (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery) for scalable and efficient data processing.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proficiency in SQL and experience with database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redshift).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You have the ability to work confidently with the tools of modern software engineering, for example working with the command line, version control, testing and performing code reviews</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You have previous use of any orchestration tools similar to Airflow, DBT Cloud or Fivetran.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Mode, Tableau, Looker).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and their data services.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You’re comfortable, or have an interest in, reading and extracting data transformation processes from Python scripts.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You see yourself as a problem-solver who wants to understand the business problem and communicate the commercial impact alongside the technical solution</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a distributed team environment.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You are comfortable collaborating across multiple time zones.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You have an open mind with respect to diversity and inclusivity. Our team (and customers) come from all over the world</span></li>
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<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">What we offer you:</strong></h3>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold"><em>Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.</em></strong></h3>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. If you&#8217;re not in one of those regions, don’t worry &#8211; the Talent team can let you know what is available for you specifically:</p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><strong class=" font-semibold">Unlimited Annual Leave:</strong> Most Zepz team members are eligible for unlimited annual leave. Colleagues in customer-facing roles, receive a competitive holiday allowance and four recharge days a year. Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance!</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><strong class=" font-semibold">Private Medical Cover:</strong> ​​You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><strong class=" font-semibold">Retirement:</strong> We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><strong class=" font-semibold">Life Assurance:</strong> Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200"><strong class=" font-semibold">Parental Leave:</strong> We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible.</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In many locations, we have workspaces, which you can use as you desire. Most roles in the Philippines are predominately office-based, with this we offer free meals for those 100% on-site.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz!</p>
<h3 class=" text-white font-semibold text-lg mb-2"><strong class=" font-semibold">Why choose Zepz?</strong></h3>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Our team of over 1,000 employees is fully distributed across the world. We are working from coffee shops, homes, and co-working spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growth-stage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations &#8211; spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together. We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose &#8211; to continue to provide the best service to our users.</span></li>
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<h2><strong class=" font-semibold">Ready to Apply?</strong></h2>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold"><em>Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we&#8217;ll let you in on a secret: there&#8217;s no such thing as a &#8216;perfect&#8217; candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive.</em></strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold"><em>So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.</em></strong></p>
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