Data Analyst (Contract) Remote or San Francisco

We are seeking a highly skilled Data Analyst (Contract-to-Hire) to support our Product, Sales, and Marketing teams with actionable insights, robust data infrastructure, and strategic recommendations. You will work cross-functionally to enhance decision-making through data, while also expanding our analytics capabilities by integrating new data sources and building scalable solutions.

About Glide

Glide is a no-code software company empowering businesses and individuals to build powerful apps and internal tools without writing code. Our mission is to make software creation as easy and accessible as using a spreadsheet.

Key Responsibilities

• Insights & Information Support: Partner with Product, Sales, and Marketing teams to provide insights, build reports, and answer strategic questions using internal data warehouse (DWH) and external data sources.
• Business Intelligence Development: Design, develop, and maintain KPI dashboards and exploratory analysis in Hex , ensuring business stakeholders have easy access to critical metrics.
• Strategic Decision Support: Conduct deep-dive analyses and develop data-backed recommendations to inform business strategy, go-to-market initiatives, and product development.
• Data Integration & Expansion: Bring online new data sources (e.g., third-party tools, APIs) to enrich our data ecosystem and expand analytical capabilities.
• Pipeline Development: Build and maintain robust, efficient data pipelines in dbt and Python to ensure clean, reliable, and up-to-date data for analysis and reporting.
• BigQuery Expertise: Leverage Google BigQuery to perform advanced data analysis, optimize queries, and ensure scalability and performance of data solutions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a Data Analyst, Data Engineer, or Analytics Engineer role.
• Strong proficiency with BigQuery and SQL for large-scale data analysis.
• Hands-on experience with dbt (data build tool) for modeling and transformation workflows.
• Proficiency in Python for data manipulation, pipeline development, and automation tasks.
• Experience with Hex (or similar BI tools) for dashboarding, storytelling, and exploratory data analysis.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate data insights into actionable recommendations.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product, Sales, Marketing).
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment with changing priorities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience integrating external data sources (APIs, SaaS platforms) into internal data warehouses.
• Background in SaaS, no-code, or startup environments.
• Familiarity with data governance and best practices for scalable analytics infrastructure.

What We Offer

• Contract-to-hire opportunity with potential for full-time employment.
• Work with a collaborative and mission-driven team.
• Flexible remote work environment.
• Opportunity to shape and scale data operations at a high-growth no-code software company.