Data Manager

This full-time role is only open to candidates located in United States & Canada time zones.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Bonfire is transforming the way people buy and sell high-quality custom apparel. We are a free online platform where anyone can design, sell, and buy custom products. We’ve helped thousands of individuals, groups, and nonprofits raise money for the causes they care about, and also serve the world’s top creators as their premiere custom merch platform. We’re a passionate, creative, and data-driven team constantly pursuing our vision: to strengthen communities that inspire a kinder world. We bring this vision to life by hiring passionate, smart people who celebrate and respect others, are committed to a life of curiosity, are never satisfied with ‘good enough’, are eager to co-create the future, and who thrive through teamwork.

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ABOUT THE JOB

Bonfire is seeking a skilled Data Manager to take ownership of our analytics and reporting, refine our data infrastructure, and deliver actionable insights to stakeholders. In this role, you will engage with stakeholders to gather and understand their data needs, design and build solutions for collecting, organizing, and utilizing data effectively. You will also develop and maintain the data pipelines that provide critical information to analysts, stakeholders, and end-users, empowering them to make well-informed decisions.

This role lies within our Data department and reports to the Director of Engineering (DoE).

All Bonfire employees are expected to embrace the Mission and Values, we live together and apart:

Humble Ingenuity, Trusting Partnerships, Inclusive Cooperation, Moral Courage, Healthy Dissatisfaction

Bonfire is currently supporting a virtual work environment; however, this is a full-time employee position and is only open to candidates residing in the United States and Canada.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Data Engineering:

• Maintain and improve data pipelines, ETL processes, and data warehouse architecture for accurate and timely reporting
• Own all definitions, models, and dimensions in our Data department
• Build and maintain our Data Lake and Data Warehouse

Analytics & Reporting:

• Develop dashboards, reports, and data visualizations to track key metrics and support business decisions
• Build recurring and ad-hoc reports tailored to specific team needs (e.g., marketing campaign performance, product usage trends, or sales funnel metrics)

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Create and execute a departmental strategy to achieve company-wide goals
• Work directly with teams (e.g., Product, Marketing, Sales) to gather requirements and deliver actionable insights
• Translate business questions/requirements into specific data analysis and reporting tasks

Data Governance: Ensure data quality, security, and compliance across systems.

Tool Management: Manage analytics tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, AWS Redshift)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong experience in data analytics and reporting, with a proven ability to translate complex data into business insights.
• Proficiency in SQL databases (Postgres), and programming languages most applicable for the specific task (Java/Scala/C/Python)
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and AWS cloud-based databases (AWS RDS – PostgreSQL, Redshift)
• Experience with AWS ecosystem and knowledge of data pipeline development and ETL processes – AWS Glue, DMS, Step Functions, Lambda
• Experience in running and operating a Data Lake and Data Warehouse
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work directly with stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to prioritize and deliver in a dynamic environment.
• Thrives in an autonomous role
• Extremely detail oriented

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Graduate, College Degree (BS or MS) preferred
• Fluent English (written and spoken)
• Proficient with SQL databases (Postgres), and programming languages most applicable for the specific task (Java/Scala/C/Python)
• Experience in running and operating DWH, ideally in AWS environment
• 4+ years of experience working with Data
• Consistent access to a reasonably distraction free home work space, with reliable access to high-speed internet and use of a smart phone/mobile device.
• Technologically savvy, with strong computer skills and the ability to embrace and adapt to changes to technology that is critical to how we work.
• Good working knowledge of the primary Google business, productivity and collaboration tools/software.

WHY WORK AT BONFIRE?

When team members all around the world were asked to find three words they’d use to describe Bonfire, the most commonly shared values were: kind, inclusive, charitable, supportive, collaborative, and passionate. Work here and help us guide people toward their full potential and possibility in support of a company that’s trying to infuse the world with more of those values.

In addition to leading purposeful work, you will also benefit from our team member offerings:

• Competitive compensation
• Remote work environment (We are a fully distributed team!)
• Flexible scheduling
• Year-round swag giveaways
• A positive culture and dynamic team environment
• The ability to help create a kinder planet
• An environment to grow your skills, learn new technologies, and to challenge yourself

Does this sound like you? If so, we’d love to hear from you.