Data Analyst

Clay · Vertical AI · New York, NY · Data Science

Clay is an AI company that helps organizations turn growth ideas into reality. They are seeking a Data Analyst to build and own analytics data models, dashboards, and analyses, partnering closely with Product and Go-to-Market teams. The role involves using SQL, dbt, and BI tools to explore data, answer open-ended questions, and translate insights into actionable outputs. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of experience, strong SQL fundamentals, and a deep curiosity about product usage and business performance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and own analytics data models
  2. Build and iterate on analytics metrics and tables
  3. Explore data deeply to answer open-ended questions
  4. Help operationalize data
  5. Translate questions into insight

Skills

Required

  • Strong SQL fundamentals — comfortable with joins, CTEs, window functions, and clear query structure
  • Experience building analytical data models or metrics tables using dbt or similar analytics-engineering workflows
  • Comfortable working with BI tools like Sigma, Looker, Tableau, Mode, or similar
  • Strong analytical intuition — able to ask the right questions, explore data thoughtfully, and synthesize clear, well-reasoned conclusions
  • Clear communicator who can share insights with technical and non-technical partners
  • Deeply curious about product usage and business performance — motivated to go beyond the what to understand the why, without getting lost in rabbit holes
  • 2+ years of full-time work experience in a related role

Nice to have

  • Experience with Snowflake or other similar cloud data warehousing tools
  • Comfortable using SQL as the primary analysis tool, with the ability to use Python or R when helpful for deeper or more efficient analysis
  • Familiarity with Hex or other notebook-based analysis tools
  • Familiarity with Census or other reverse ETL tools
  • Prior experience in a product-led or B2B SaaS environment

What the JD emphasized

  • data-driven from the ground up
  • digging deeply into data to understand why things are happening, not just what is happening