About DAT

DAT is a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of innovation in transportation supply chain logistics for 43 years. We continue to transform the industry year over year, by deploying a suite of software solutions to millions of customers every day - customers who depend on DAT for the most relevant data and most accurate insights to help them make smarter business decisions and run their companies more profitably. We operate the largest marketplace of its kind in North America, with 226 million freight posts in 2020, and a database of $126 billion of annual global shipment market transaction data. We have co-headquarters in Portland, OR and Denver, CO, and additional offices in MO, TX, and Bangalore, India. For additional information, see www.DAT.com/company.

The Opportunity

DAT is seeking a Business Intelligence Engineer to join our Data and Engineering team in either our Denver, Colorado or Beaverton, Oregon offices.

Candidate profile

DAT’s industry dominant network of carriers, brokers and shippers makes our data an immensely valuable asset within the freight industry as well as outside the industry as input to advanced analytics of all kinds - making for an exciting place to work as a business intelligence professional.

The responsibilities of the Business Intelligence Engineer are broad, ranging from traditional dimensional modeling of data structures in our data warehouse to building sophisticated front end BI environments for our customers. In this role you will be part of a supportive, collaborative, and diverse team responsible for exploring, making recommendations, and implementing BI solutions. We work together, learning from and teaching each other to build each other up while we build great things.

What You’ll Do

• Work with subject matter experts and analysts to determine BI needs for our customers
• Work with product teams to factor BI needs into analytics embedded in our products
• Build robust data models in our Snowflake data warehouse and BI tools
• Work as a team to administer our BI tool footprint
• Work as both analyst and engineer, depending on the situation, to elicit BI requirements and to design and build BI solutions that drive results for our business
• Act as a teacher and collaborator to grow data, data analysis, and data visualization literacy throughout DAT
• Review and recommend new BI tools as the industry changes along with teammates. Working either independently on projects or in collaborative teams depending upon the needs of the effort

The Skills and Experience You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems or other quantitative field or equivalent experience
• 1-5 years experience in a BI role
• Experience with BI Tools such as Tableau, Business Objects, MicroStrategy, ThoughtSpot, Cognos, or similar
• Some experience with and a strong interest in data visualization
• Strong SQL Proficiency, including analytic queries and other complex use cases
• Experience with SQL Query Tuning, data investigation, and optimization
• Experience modeling star schemas and other summary objects based on business requirements
• Ability to distill complex business needs into tangible business intelligence requirements and solutions

Bonus Skills

• ELT/ETL background with data transformation and operational experience
• Experience building data warehouse solutions in Snowflake
• Scripting experience with Powershell and Python

(Colorado only) In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the minimum salary for this role is $80,000.00 + benefits. The maximum compensation for this role can vary significantly depending on your job-related skills and experience.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)