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Roles & Careers terms
Analysts, scientists, engineers and the chief data officer: who does what, and what it pays.
Analytics engineer A role that builds and maintains the transformed, tested data models analysts and dashboards rely on. Analytics translator A role that bridges business stakeholders and technical data teams, turning business problems into analytics questions. Chief data officer (CDO) The senior executive responsible for an organization's data strategy, governance and analytics capability. Data analyst A practitioner who explores and reports on data, typically with SQL and BI tools, to answer specific business questions. Data engineer A practitioner who builds and maintains the pipelines and infrastructure that make data reliably available for analysis. Data literacy The ability to read, interpret, question, and communicate with data accurately enough to make sound decisions. Data scientist A practitioner who combines statistics, programming and domain knowledge to build models and extract insight from data.