Remote Data Analyst – Criminal Justice Analytics

Recidiviz; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO 20 days

Paid volunteering time

13 paid holidays

Paid parental leave 12 weeks

401(k) with 5% company match

Job summary

Recidiviz is hiring a Data Analyst to turn complex criminal justice data into actionable insights. Youll work with state partners and internal teams to perform analyses, build visualizations, and support product launches across the US.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, curiosity with messy data, and clear communication. The organization builds data-driven tools to reduce incarceration and improve outcomes, partnering with state leaders and ecosystem partners.

Qualifications

• 6 or more months of practical experience exploring, analyzing, and cleaning real-world datasets.
• Working proficiency in SQL, including joins, aggregations, and window functions
• Familiarity with Python, specifically the Pandas package, for data analysis and visualization

Responsibilities

• Exploring our datasets to find patterns and insights about American criminal justice systems
• Carrying out well-scoped analyses with guidance from senior analysts and our State Engagement team
• Supporting product launches in the states where we work by following established launch processes, preparing the analytical data each launch needs, and flagging data discrepancies as they come up
• Building clear, well-documented visualizations and dashboards using our existing tools
• Communicating findings to internal teams, and presenting to state partners alongside teammates
• Analyzing trends in areas related to our own work to understand how our products function

Skills

SQL

Python (Pandas)

Data analysis

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Google Cloud Platform

BigQuery

Jupyter notebooks

Job description

Recidiviz is hiring a Data Analyst to turn complex criminal justice data into actionable insights. Youll work with state partners and internal teams to perform analyses, build visualizations, and support product launches across the US.

The role emphasizes attention to detail, curiosity with messy data, and clear communication. The organization builds data-driven tools to reduce incarceration and improve outcomes, partnering with state leaders and ecosystem partners.