Senior Analytics Engineer

Our mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone. We empower students with financial support and supercharge their ability to pay down their debt, so they can get on the right financial track, fast.

We build tools that help people feel in control of their financial future, including:

• Private student loans - low rates, people-first service, and flexible payments.
• Student loan refinancing - break free from high-interest rates or monthly payments.
• Scholarships - access to thousands of scholarships to help students pay less.

Earnies are committed to helping students live their best lives, free from the stress of student debt. If you’re as passionate as we are about our mission, read more below, and let’s build something great together!

• The Senior Analytics Engineer will report to the Senior Manager - Data Platform & Analytics Engineering.

As the Senior Analytics Engineer, you will:

• Transform raw data into well-structured datasets using dbt.
• Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and engineers to develop scalable data models that power experiments, ML models, and reporting.
• Define and implement best practices for data modeling, quality, and governance.
• Ensure data reliability and accuracy through robust validation and monitoring processes.
• Develop advanced analytics solutions and dashboards in Looker to give stakeholders actionable insights.

Your impact:

• Enable accurate reporting and analytics by building and maintaining scalable, high-quality data models.
• Ensure stakeholders have access to trusted insights through improving data reliability, governance, and monitoring.
• Empower analysts and data scientists by delivering clean, structured data for ML models, experiments, and reporting.
• Drive business growth and operational efficiency by optimizing financial reporting, customer analytics, and product insights.
• Drive data-driven decision-making and innovation by collaborating with cross-functional teams.

About you:

2+ years of experience in data transformation and task scheduling tools such as dbt and Airflow 2+ years of experience maintaining and building in BI/analytics tools (Looker, Tableau, or similar tooling) 2-3 years of experience with cloud data warehouses, such as Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, or similar platforms Expert-level SQL skills Experience in the Fintech industry 2+ years of experience working with AWS services (IAM, DMS, Ansible, Terraform, etc.) Working knowledge of Python Where This role will be based in the US and is fully remote #LI-GA1 A little about our pay philosophy: We take pride in compensating our employees fairly and equitably. We are showcasing a range of your potential base salary based on the roles location. The successful candidate’s starting pay will also be determined based on job-related qualifications, internal compensation, candidate location and budget. This range may be modified in the future. Pay Range $175,000—$215,000 USD

Earnest believes in enabling our employees to live their best lives. We offer a variety of perks and competitive benefits, including:

Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office Monthly internet and phone reimbursement Employee Stock Purchase Plan Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match Robust tuition reimbursement program $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world Competitive days of annual PTO Competitive parental leave

What Makes an Earnie:

At Earnest, our people bring our cultural principles to life. These principles define how we work, how we win, and what we expect of ourselves and each other:

• Every Second Counts: Speed is our competitive advantage. Our customers need better solutions, and the faster we execute, the greater our chance of success.
• Choose To Do Hard Things: We win by tackling the hard things that others avoid, fueled by grit and resilience.

Pursue Excellence: Great companies, teams, and individuals never settle and are proud of the work that they do. What’s good enough today won’t be good enough tomorrow. Excellence isn’t a destination; it’s a mindset of continuous improvement.

• Lead Together: Our success comes from how we work together. Leadership is not about titles—it is about action. We take ownership, drive results, and move forward as a team.
• Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously: We take our work seriously, not ourselves. The stakes are high, but a sense of humor keeps us grounded, creative, and resilient.

At Earnest, we are committed to building an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging enables us to move forward with our mission. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage anyone to apply if your experience is close to what we are looking for. Earnest provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or genetics. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for the position in a manner consistent with the Fair Chance Ordinance.