Regrid | Senior Data Manager | Remote (US) | Full-time
We build a product with spatial data on every property, address, and building footprint in the US. A sustainable, independent (non-VC) business, we have the freedom to work with interesting organizations and missions across the world.
The core of the role is managing a team of data professionals and processes. A strong technical and business understanding of spatial data, ETL and data pipelines, and data products is key.
> As far as I can tell, the “behavioral interview” is essentially the same as a Scientology intake session except, you know, for capitalism instead. You have to answer the same 8 questions at every interview around “so what would you do if you had a conflict at work?” where the interviewer treats you like a 5 year old learning about people for the first time instead of acknowledging you as a professional with 0.5, 1, 2, 3 decades of experience.
Man, I don't know how many interviews the author has been on the other side of the table for. There are a _lot_ of people with 2 decades of experience who have no idea how to communicate constructively with other humans over the internet. It is not a solved problem.
Regrid is a dynamic spatial data company building software and data products to deliver a nationwide dataset of 153+ million land parcels, 180+ million building footprints, and 300+ million addresses covering 99% of the US population. We offer our data in multiple formats to customers across private and public sector verticals as bulk data files & through an API. Our Mapping as a Service product at https://app.regrid.com allows our customers to work with the parcel data we have collected. Our mobile apps give individuals and teams access to the latest parcel data and data collection tools in the field.
Data Analyst I or II (Processing, $75,000 - $95,000)
Regrid maintains a geospatial dataset of over 158 million parcel polygons, plus rich associated information, all collected from thousands of sources. The core of this role will involve extract, transform, load (ETL) work organized around a repeating 2-week cycle: ingesting new data, transforming it into our schema, cleaning it to meet our standards, and packing it for deployment to our clients. We primarily work with open source geospatial tools like PostGIS, GDAL (ogr2ogr), and QGIS.
Data Analyst I or II (Client Services, $80,000 - $110,000)
Our customers are small, medium, and large businesses, nonprofits, NGOs, and government agencies, operating with a range of technical skills and in a variety of environments. They value our high quality support, including our fast response times, expertise, accurate and positive communication, and understanding, empathy, and respect for their needs and challenges. The primary product you will be supporting is a nationwide spatial dataset of 158 million parcel (property) polygons and associated attributes, as well as other companion data products.
> I am curious how one pops popcorn, shakes a pan, throws the pan, and heats the sides of the pan when eg reducing stock. How do woks work, exactly, on an induction burner? Why does spilling liquids cause the problems I encountered? Why does the bottom of the pans have to be perfectly flat? Some of my cast iron skillets (whoops never mind) are 50 years or more old and are not perfectly flat. They cook fantastic on a gas range. My All-Clad skillets reduce stock while caramalizing above the liquid level, and... the flavor gain is detectable. My only a few years old set of de Buyers "work" on induction but they're not perfectly flat, either. They are ever so slightly concave up in the center. They work fantastic too on a gas burner, but are a disaster on induction.
... we do all of those things on our mid/low-range induction stove? Our primary cookware is random cast iron, the pasta water boils over all the time with no ill effect, we make popcorn, we make stocks, toss things in a pan by lifting it from the surface all the time. I don't know what range you had but something is wrong with it.
Our local library has a "new" section on their website that sorts everything by date acquired. A couple times a year we page through it and request the interesting-looking books!