Analytics Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and deeply understand core data models and curated datasets that support reporting, AI, and advanced analytics use cases, effectively communicating their structure and purpose to enable broad access to trusted data.
• Develop a deep understanding of business and operational needs by building strong relationships across the teams who manage and use Guild's data.
• Perform in-depth data QA by diving into various data sources to identify and resolve issues.
• Efficiently execute on assigned projects and requests from business partners, proactively communicating progress, timelines, and any challenges to manage stakeholder expectations for delivery.
• Translate business questions into technical requirements as part of a well-defined development cycle.
• Act as subject matter expert for Looker/Omni infrastructure and content, supporting team members in troubleshooting issues that arise.
• Implement and maintain robust governance and oversight processes to ensure accuracy and continuity of critical data sources and reporting.

Requirements

• 3+ years of full-time work experience as an analytics engineer, data analyst, BI analyst, data engineer or similar.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining core data models that support a range of downstream use cases, including reporting, self-service analytics, and AI/ML applications.
• Hands-on experience with modern data transformation frameworks (e.g., dbt or similar tools), including building scalable models, managing dependencies, and scheduling reliable data pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data modeling best practices and modeling layers (e.g., staging, intermediate, marts), with a focus on maintainability, performance, and long-term extensibility of the analytics layer.
• Hands-on experience with data model development and reporting in data visualization tools such as Looker, Omni or Tableau.
• Additional information
• Highly skilled in SQL, and some experience in a scripting language (e.g. Python, R).
• Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to data quality and reporting accuracy.
• Analytical, intellectually curious, creative problem-solver who is comfortable going beyond data access to analytics and strategic insights.
• Keen design and data visualization skills - you know how to transform data to generate useful insights and be easily digestible.
• In-depth understanding and application of Data Engineering standard processes.
• Teammate approach, with strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Passion for our mission - Guild is pioneering a new path for career development as a benefit in a complicated and regulated space - success means quickly and effectively adapting your expertise.
• Posting Date : 6/3/2026
• *This role will stay open for a minimum of 3 days.
• Guild partners with the country's most innovative employers, including Chipotle, Target, Walgreen

Benefits

Additional Information

At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 32 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board . ---- To thrive as a company and meet our impact goals, we must cultivate a culture of high-performance. We know managers are often the single-largest driver of employee satisfaction and growth, and our talent is our biggest asset. Because of that, we've identified consistent expectations for all of Guild's people managers - helping you know what to expect from your experience here. ---- Guild is hiring an Analytics Engineer who will sit at the intersection of data, AI, infrastructure, and analytics, to help shape and deliver valuable data and business-critical reporting and insights for Guild. You will be responsible for organizing, standardizing, and analyzing our data to enable Guild's Analytical efforts. This role will have a critical impact on the business and our students by surfacing valuable data and providing insight into opportunities for improvement across all aspects of our business.

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