Senior Policy Data Analyst

The role

Senior Policy Data Analysts own end to end analytic processes to support criminal justice policy decisions. They build analysis from corrections and parole data using SQL and Python to model policy scenarios and communicate findings to decision-makers.

What you will do

• Building analysis from corrections and parole data using SQL and Python
• Modeling policy scenarios and quantifying tradeoffs using statistical methods
• Communicating findings to decision-makers through decks and memos
• Running projects end to end from strategy to implementation
• Collaborating across the organization to obtain state context
• Finding the next opportunity by spotting additional analysis needs in states

Required qualifications

• 5 or more years of practical experience exploring, analyzing, and processing complex datasets
• Professional experience using SQL with large datasets
• Professional experience with Python, particularly pandas, for statistical analysis and data visualization
• Sufficient statistical background to reason about analysis design and examine results
• Experience scoping and delivering analytical work
• Experience on teams where ownership is shared across functions

Nice to have

• Experience adapting quantitative methods to introduce intuitively meaningful metrics in ambiguous, unconstrained contexts
• Experience working with large administrative datasets from the public sector, especially related to criminal justice
• Familiarity with our data stack, which includes Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Looker, Jupyter notebooks, and Python/Pandas

Benefits

• 90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible time off, including 20 days of PTO, 3 days of paid volunteering time, and 13 paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• 401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match and no vesting period
• Complimentary One Medical membership (depending on location)
• Partnership with Carrot to provide inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, hormonal health and gender-affirming care benefits
• Monthly ClassPass credit for personal wellness
• Free mental health support via Talkspace
• Well-located offices in Oakland and Manhattan
• Annual company offsite each spring and other ad-hoc gatherings

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship: Not available

About the company

Recidiviz builds technology to reduce the number of people in prison and help criminal justice leaders embrace data-driven decision-making. They work with state partners to improve outcomes for people in the criminal justice system.