Who We Are
is a Certified B Corp® with a mission to maximize savings for the 46 million Americans burdened by student debt. Summer combines policy expertise with innovative tech to help borrowers track their loans across multiple lenders and enroll them in the best loan assistance programs––saving borrowers an average of $30,000. Watch our and hear from on how Summer has put them on the path to becoming debt free.
Summer has raised $20 million to date from world-class investors, including QED Investors, General Catalyst, Greycroft, Foundation Capital, Story Ventures, NextView, Flourish Ventures, and the Financial Health Network. We've partnered with dozens of clients who pay for Summer to assist their employees and customers, including the city government of Alexandria, Virginia, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Diabetes Association, Asurion, Mattress Firm, Credit Karma, and more.
Your Role
Summer is hiring a Data Analyst to power insights across the entire company. Data lies at the core of our loan algorithms as well as our business decisions, and this position will involve cross-team collaboration to transform data into actionable strategies. In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Architect and build frameworks and tools to enable data-driven decisions
- Segment student loan borrowers to understand motivations and use cases
- Support calculations for loan repayment scenario modeling
- Proactively identify patterns in user behavior that inform product opportunities
- Work closely with marketing team to optimize our acquisition funnel
- Collaborate with engineering team to maintain consistent data collection across web, app and API sources
- Champion an experimentation culture that rapidly tests, measures and iterates
- Build dashboards that enable data democratization and empower teammates to monitor key metrics
- Have a direct and profound effect on a data-driven organization that is breaking down barriers to higher education
Recommended Experience
To be successful in this role, we are seeking a teammate with the following:
- Degree in a quantitative field and 3+ years of experience in data analytics
- Understanding of A/B testing methodologies
- Experience with statistical analyses and data visualization
- Strong SQL skills and knowledge of relational databases
- Experience in Python or other scripting languages
- Proficiency with business intelligence tools
- Startup and/or finance experience are a plus
Finally, we are excited to work with teammates who are equally passionate about applying their talents to tackle a major social issue of our time.
Values + Benefits
We're proud to be a mission-driven company with an inclusive culture. Our greatest asset is the set of values our team strives to embody every day: empathy, diversity, growth, determination, humility, and fun. Learn more about culture at Summer:
We also offer competitive salaries, significant equity allocations, healthcare coverage, 401(k) plans with an employer match, contribution toward student loan repayment, and flexible vacation/PTO. Summer supports a hybrid, flexible work environment and we welcome applicants from anywhere in the United States.
Sound interesting? We look forward to hearing from you. Join us to help fix the system!
Summer provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
