Analytics Engineer III, Marketing & Product
2U · Cape Town · Technology
About this role
2U is hiring a mid-level Analytics Engineer in the data engineering function based in Cape Town. The posting calls out experience with Python, SQL, dbt, Git.
- Role
- Analytics Engineer
- Function
- data engineering
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Cape Town
- Department
- Technology
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Job description
from 2U careersAt 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to make learning limitless– and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class higher education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading online learning platform, 2U powers thousands of higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with our college, university, and corporate partners, we are helping accelerate careers and transform lives.
What We’re Looking For:
This senior analytics engineering role focuses on architecting and optimizing data pipelines and models that power Product Analytics, with an emphasis on eventing with e-commerce data. The position is responsible for building scalable, reliable data sources that enable advanced analytics, tracking user behaviour, purchase funnels and core e-commerce metrics to drive data-driven decisions making across product, business and operational functions.
The role partners closely with product and business stakeholders to develop trusted, actionable datasets that enhance visibility into customer engagement, enrollment patterns and e-commerce performance. It also provides technical leadership and mentorship to junior analytics engineers, influencing data architecture and project direction for business-critical, medium-to-high complexity data ecosystems spanning multiple product lines and functional areas
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
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