The venture capital industry in Australia and New Zealand has been punching above its weight, producing some of the most innovative tech businesses in the world including Canva, Go1 and SafetyCulture. With a growing venture capital ecosystem comes the opportunity to innovate using data to ensure we remain at the cutting edge of what's happening in the market and have the systems and tools internally to move fast and effectively. This role poses a unique opportunity to take an existing data infrastructure in a nascent discipline and become a driver for innovation in our venture ecosystem.Airtree is a leading Venture Capital fund focused on the Australian and New Zealand markets. We have invested in some of the largest software companies to come out of the ANZ market to date and pride ourselves on being able to support exciting early stage companies with capital, expertise and data.You will work closely with the investment, fund strategy, investor relations and finance teams to optimise and scale our existing data infrastructure, driving data-informed decision making across our venture capital operations. Your focus will be on enhancing our current Snowflake, AWS Lambda, and dbt ecosystem to further improve our origination process, portfolio reporting, and overall operational efficiency. This full-time, permanent position offers a unique opportunity to take our data initiatives to the next level in the dynamic world of venture capital.What you'll do: Optimise and scale our existing Snowflake data warehouse, ensuring it continues to meet our growing data needs efficiently. Enhance and maintain our ETL/ELT pipelines built with dbt and AWS lambda functions, focusing on improving performance, reliability, and extensibility. Refine and expand our suite of AWS Lambda functions to support data processing and integration needs. Collaborate with investment partners and investment managers to evolve our data-driven tools, continuously improving our ability to surface promising investment opportunities. Lead the ongoing analysis and reporting of the Airtree portfolio companies, streamlining processes for more efficient, accurate and insightful quarterly reporting. Iterate on Airtree's existing dashboards and insight packs (built with Streamlit), ensuring they continue to provide actionable insights as Airtree's needs evolve. Proactively identify areas for improvement in our data models and infrastructure, implementing best practices and leveraging emerging technologies where appropriate. Champion data-driven decision-making across the organisation, helping stakeholders leverage our data assets more effectively. Why this role is unique:As our Data Lead, you'll have the opportunity to significantly influence Airtree's data strategy by optimising and expanding our existing systems. You'll be working at the intersection of cutting-edge data engineering and venture capital, enhancing diverse projects that span from technical infrastructure to financial analysis. Your work will directly impact Airtree's ability to identify promising startups and support the portfolio companies more effectively, making this role both technically challenging and strategically important to Airtree's success.
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