Job Description

Job Description

Technical Data Analyst, Bellevue WA

The Organization

At USAFacts, we believe facts deserve to be heard. We are on a mission to provide a comprehensive and unbiased look at our country by the numbers. Democracy thrives on serious, reasoned, and informed debate. And we’re here for it.

Founded and funded by Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft, USAFacts answers questions around government spending and outcomes. While these are basic questions, finding the answers is hard. But it’s also pretty exciting. We pull together data from thousands of jurisdictions to normalize, contextualize, and visualize these metrics so the data is approachable and understandable.

Every day, we learn something about our country, how to make complex data understandable, and how to make the American people interested in the numbers. We’re a collaborative group and are always learning from each other, too. The team is mission driven, with no political agenda nor commercial incentive; we do this work purely as a public service.

Oh, and to top it off? USAFacts was named to Fast Company’s List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2025! Learn more about us at usafacts.org and linkedin.com/company/usafacts.

We’d love for you to bring your talents and your curiosity to come make a difference!

The Opportunity

At USAFacts, we are committed to providing unbiased and transparent data about the United States. We are seeking a Technical Data Analyst to join our mission-driven team.

This Technical Data Analyst will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, and maintaining data to ensure its accuracy and integrity. They will perform data analysis to identify patterns, trends, and insights, and implement procedures to ensure data quality. Data reporting and visualization are crucial for communicating data insights effectively. The Technical Data Analyst plays a vital role in supporting decision-making processes and facilitating the organization's effective and scalable use of data.

Key Priorities & Responsibilities

• Analyze robust government data to reveal patterns, trends, and insights for publication on our flagship website product
• Integrate data from multiple sources, ensuring compatibility and comparability
• Leverage AI models responsibly to assist and accelerate core work
• Generate reports, dashboards, and visualizations to effectively communicate data insights
• Develop and implement procedures to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency
• Identify data quality issues, resolve them where possible, and enforce governance best practices to comply with organizational requirements
• Identify process bottlenecks and work with Product and/or Engineering Teams to resolve them. Solutions may include altering workflows, introducing automation, or integrating AI products
• Assist in workstream automation via AI and other means to enable organizational scale and reduce manual interventions

Qualifications

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree, ideally in a field that includes data analysis
• Experience with data projects in an educational or internship setting
• Experience with SQL & Python required. PySpark is nice to have
• Hands on experience with AI/ML tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or similar large language models in analytical workflows
• Experience integrating commercial AI tools into data analysis processes, including prompt engineering and output validation
• Operates effectively even when there is uncertainty. Secures and deploys information and resources to address problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes
• Communicates well with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. Acts with a clear sense of ownership
• Can effectively prioritize and sequence activities, shifting from strategic and complex work to tactical implementation, as needed
• Actively learns through experimentation when tackling new challenges or facing change. Views failures and mistakes, as well as successes, as opportunities to learn
• Readily learns and adopts new technologies or tools
• Is proficient with tools such as the Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, OneNote), and any other role-specific platforms, applications, or systems. Uses the appropriate technologies in the right time and in the right way to find information, communicate ideas, connect with others, and create work products.
• Passion for mission-driven work, ideally in a governmental or policy space

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in a data science, computer science, or statistics field (including economics or hard sciences)
• Experience in a data-driven organization
• Experience working with SQL databases
• Experience in more than one programming language

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation

The starting cash compensation range for the Technical Data Analyst role in Bellevue includes a base salary range of $103,500 to $129,400, plus a 10% performance bonus target opportunity.

The base salary maximum for the role is $155,300 per year. Individual pay increases are assessed annually based on multiple factors such as demonstrated skill in the role and context, progress and performance against goals, and increased experience.

Featured Benefits & Perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employee and dependent premiums entirely paid for by Ballmer Group
• 3 weeks of paid vacation annually
• 11 paid holidays, plus paid days off for the weekdays between Christmas and New Year
• 80 hours of paid sick leave annually
• 401(k) with 6% employer contribution
• 2:1 Ballmer Family Giving Match for charitable contributions, and $50 donation per volunteer hour
• Professional development reimbursement up to $2,000 per year
• Employer-paid life insurance of 3x salary up to $1,000,000
• Fertility and family building benefits, including back-up childcare reimbursement
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
• Parking or transportation (Orca card) up to $250 monthly
• Cash stipend of $300/month (for cell phone, wellness expenses, etc.)
• Identity theft protection

Location & Hybrid Work

The position is based in Bellevue, WA.

Our organization practices intentional hybrid work​. All USAFacts employees are expected to work on-site Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays during overlapping core hours of 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Mondays and Fridays remain flexible work-from-home or office workdays.

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