Data Engineer

BitSight’s mission is to enable trust in digital transactions.  Together, we are transforming how the market governs cybersecurity risk through Security Ratings. BitSight Security Ratings are real-time, data-driven measurements of cyber security performance that help companies, investors, insurers, government agencies and regulators make informed, dynamic risk decisions impacting business results, financial investments and national security.

• Founded in 2011, BitSight transforms how organizations manage information security risk. 
• Manage third party risk, underwrite cyber insurance policies, benchmark performance, conduct M&A due diligence and assess aggregate risk. 
• Seven of the top 10 cyber insurers, 20% of Fortune 500 companies, and 3 of the top 5 investment banks use BitSight
• BitSight is the most widely used Security Ratings Service with over 2,500 customers and the largest ecosystem of users and information

BitSight is looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join our Business Intelligence Engineering team. We pride ourselves on building exceptional career opportunities and offering outstanding benefits to our team. We have the enthusiasm of a start-up but the structure and solidity of a mature industry leader. BitSight’s mission is to make the online world a safer place by helping governments, companies, and NGOs understand and mitigate their cybersecurity risks. Ours is an internet-scale challenge - we track every IP address, every piece of malware, and a good portion of the world’s internet traffic.

BitSight’s Business Intelligence and Analytics team is responsible for building a Data Warehouse and KPIs in order to provide insights to different departments of the organization. Built on the highly scalable AWS ecosystem, our pipeline code base meets the highest standards of reliability and scalability to deliver consistent, actionable, intuitive, and responsive ratings to the customer.

The Behaviors That You Bring:

• Integrity – Your customer-centric attitude and commitment to doing what is right for BitSight, our business partners, and internal team members
• Natural Curiosity – You are a team player and a continuous learner. You share your knowledge with the team, embrace new learning opportunities, and search for ways to improve our operations
• Empowerment – You demonstrate organizational skills, the ability to manage priorities, deadlines, and troubleshoot issues independently
• Excellence – Your detail-oriented approach leads to quality processing results and your communication skills allow you to communicate effectively with internal team members
• Results Driven – You learn quickly, collaborate with others, and share your ideas for improving our service

The Excellence You Deliver:

• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines for optimal extraction, loading, and transformation of data from various sources using a modern data stack
• Collaborates with analytics and business teams to improve data models that feed business intelligence tools, increasing data accessibility and fostering data-driven decision-making across the organization
• Working with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Sales, and Engineering teams to support their data infrastructure needs while assisting with data-related technical issues
• Implement processes and systems to monitor data quality, ensuring production data is always accurate and available for key stakeholders and business processes that depend on it.
• Analyze data sets using statistical techniques and effectively communicate trends and patterns that enhance the opportunities for the business
• Perform data analysis required to troubleshoot data-related issues and assist in the resolution of data issues

About You:

We are looking for developers/engineers passionate about building data applications to collect, aggregate, and analyze data at scale using continuous incremental development methodologies. Someone with an entrepreneurial spirit, customer focus, drive, determination, and the strength of character to challenge the status quo. We are looking for someone who is flexible and willing to embrace change.  Above all, we’re looking for a great team player.

What You Should Have:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent related work experience. MBA or other Master's degree is a plus
• 3+ years of experience in data warehousing, data modeling, building data pipelines, and data visualizations
• Advanced SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases
• Experience in Snowflake, Redshift, or comparable MPP data warehouse solutions
• Experience in programming languages like python, java, etc
• Experience building reports and dashboards using tools like Tableau, Looker, Power BI, etc
• Experience with code management tools, such as Bitbucket, GitHub, etc
• Experience with or knowledge of Agile Software Development methodologies
• Familiarity with Fivetran or comparable ELT tools such as Stitch, Matillion, Rivery, etc.
• Familiarity with DBT
• Familiarity with Data Orchestration tools such as Airflow

• Diversity. BitSight  is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability.
• Culture. We put our people first. BitSight offers best in class benefits, including unlimited paid time off, 401k match, and commuter benefits. All employees are bonus eligible. We devote the same energy to nurturing our company's inclusive culture as we apply to serving our customers' needs. Working at BitSight will give you the opportunity to fulfill your professional goals and expand your skills.
• Open-minded. If you got to this point, we hope you’re feeling excited about the job description you just read.  Even if you don’t feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply.  We’re eager to meet people that believe in BitSight’s mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways.

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.  This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.  If you are resident of Colorado, please email us at recruiting@bitsighttech.com to receive compensation and benefits information for this role.