Data Analyst

Description Uplight is creating a new category of energy. We make software that manages energy resources in homes and businesses—including things like smart thermostats, electric vehicles, solar panels, storage batteries, heat pumps, and even people’s behavior—to generate, shift, or save energy to balance the grid, making it more efficient and reliable. This creates clean energy capacity that can be used by the power grid instead of burning more fossil fuels. Our solutions accelerate the transition to clean energy and save money for energy customers.

We are looking for a Data Analyst to drive our company forward, and help us lead the clean energy revolution!

How You Will Make An Impact

• Investigate and explore our diverse datasets and the products that create and use them
• Work closely with a broad range of stakeholders, such as Customer Success Managers, Solution Architects, software engineers, and data scientists.
• Quality data is key to quality results and you will be responsible for ensuring that the data is complete and accurately represents the customers data
• You will work on Data collection initiatives: Gathering information from various sources
• You will be responsible for troubleshooting issues resulting from data quality
• Build out automation and tooling for recurring reports, including learning and practicing software engineering skills.
• Be part of a rapidly growing Professional Services organization as we increase our capabilities to serve Uplight across our entire platform of products and services.
• Passion for our mission and the stories we can tell with the data we provide.
• Motivation to increase your ownership and responsibilities over time.
• Compassion and team spirit to support our clients and your fellow teammates.
• Curiosity and drive toward understanding and synthesizing complicated information sources across multiple platforms.
• Ability to Identify trends that impact multiple clients or programs, summarize those trends with data, and drive visibility and action for a robust solution.
• Transparency and traceability of time spent and internal/external communications.
• Creation and maintenance of thorough documentation for data integration processes.
• Ability to step back from initial problem statements and anticipate/see the larger issues and develop an action plan to ensure the systematic issue is identified and addressed.
• Active communication with other teams to understand upstream and downstream requirements.
• Ability to maintain a calm, professional demeanor under pressure.

What You Bring To Uplight

• 3-5 years’ personal, professional, and/or educational experience with one or more of our team’s core tasks: accessing data, analyzing data, transforming data, packaging data into reports, and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders; OR the ability to demonstrate your skill in one or more of these tasks as part of the interview process.
• Proficiency in two or more of the following:
• Looker
• SQL or other structured query languages.
• Writing programs or scripts with Python or other languages.
• Dashboarding, with an emphasis on automation.
• Experience with one or more of: Amazon Web Services S3, Google Cloud Platform, other proprietary web-based applications and technologies of Data manipulation in Microsoft Excel or Looker, Tableau, or other Business Intelligence tools or other skills or training that are thematically similar to the above.
• Patient, communicative, team player who is detail-oriented and has outstanding interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple time-zones and communication platforms.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, tenacity, and fortitude.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to balance multiple short- and long-term projects of varying scopes with clients across the country.
• Vigorous written and oral communication skills.
• Curiosity about and commitment to technology, energy efficiency and your potential.

Bonus Points

• Experience working with SaaS, electric/gas utilities, or energy efficiency software.
• Exposure to and understanding of Agile and other technical project management methodologies is a plus.
• Experience handling personally identifiable information (PII)

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women, marginalized genders and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Uplight we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why Join Uplight in Leading the Fight Against Climate Change?

At Uplight, We’re Not Just Offering a Job – We’re Offering a Chance To Be Part Of The Solution To One Of The World’s Biggest Challenges. As a Certified B Corporation, We’re Deeply Committed To Both Social And Environmental Responsibility. Here’s Why You Should Join Our Team Of Passionate Uplighters

• Make a Meaningful Impact: Your work directly impacts our mission of decarbonization and building a more sustainable future.
• Grow Your Career: We offer ample advancement opportunities, robust learning and development programs, and a supportive team environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.
• Thrive: We offer comprehensive benefits, including flexible time off, generous parental leave, a wellness stipend, and work flexibility to help you thrive both personally and professionally.
• Belong to an Inclusive Community: We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, empowered, and heard. Our Employee Resource Groups offer opportunities to connect with colleagues who share your interests and backgrounds.
• Be Part of a Growing Movement: Join a team of dedicated individuals who are passionate about creating a more sustainable future. We offer a collaborative environment where your ideas are valued and your contributions recognized. Together, we can build a brighter tomorrow.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefits package and other perks, visit uplight.com/careers

Salary Range: $70,000 to $85,000 + Bonus

Application Deadline: July 31, 2024

In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the approximate annual base compensation range is listed above. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant’s experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team.

Uplight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin, disability status (including neurodivergence), genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, neurotypicality, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.