Niche
Online platform for school rankings, reviews, and student recruitment.
Company facts
- Founded
- 2002
- Employees
- 351
- Headquarters
- United States
- Type
- Private
- Funding
- Series C · $35M · 2020
- Subsidiaries
- Goodkind
About
Niche is a team of data scientists, engineers, parents, and “yinzers” based in Pittsburgh, PA. We believe people’s lives are made better by having the right resources to inform their biggest life decisions. Your ideas and work will make an immediate impact on our company and millions of users. Our Culture Niche.com is all about finding where you fit in, and that mission inspires how we operate every day in our office. Our management team is dedicated to fostering a workplace culture that encourages shared values, teamwork, and collaboration. On top of that, we want Niche to be a place people truly enjoy working. In addition to offering great benefits, monthly employee happy hours, team building activities and free lunches, we routinely check in with employees, in formal and informal ways, to make sure we’re doing everything we can to ensure Niche is among the best places to work -- not just in Pittsburgh, but anywhere. Our Values Team Players: We are an inclusive community committed to a friendly and respectful workplace for everyone. We approach our work with a positive outlook and a high degree of empathy and integrity. We go the extra mile to help the team. Candid: We are open and honest with each other. We're not afraid to challenge the status quo and make difficult choices. We encourage diverse viewpoints and expect everyone to play a key role. Driven: We get things done. We're self-motivated and constantly striving to improve. We're here to build something great. Systematic: We are a data-driven organization that values rigor, repeatability and scale. We develop standards and processes to maximize our impact. Resourceful: We are creative problem solvers. We're constantly teaching ourselves and learning from each other. We find ways around roadblocks when we hit them. We embrace change and adapt to achieve our goals.
Open positions
Sr. Marketing Analyst (Brazil & Argentina ONLY)
About Niche Niche is the leader in school search. Our mission is to make researching and enrolling in schools easy, transparent, and free. With in-depth profiles on every school and college in America, 140 million…
Sr. Marketing Analyst
About Niche Niche is the leader in school search. Our mission is to make researching and enrolling in schools easy, transparent, and free. With in-depth profiles on every school and college in America, 140 million…
Manager, Data Engineering
People-and-project leadership role managing a team of 3-5 data engineers to build and scale Niche's modern data platform - designing pipelines and warehouse layers with Python, SQL, Snowflake, DBT, Airflow, and Kafka - while mentoring engineers, running agile delivery, and partnering with Analytics, Product, and Engineering.
Tech Lead Manager, Site Reliability
Niche is hiring a hands-on Tech Lead Manager to lead a 3–4 person Site Reliability team, combining people management (1:1s, hiring, performance) with direct technical work like incident response, infrastructure automation, and platform tooling. Core stack includes AWS, Kubernetes, Grafana, GitHub Actions, Postgres, and Kafka.
Communications Manager
About Niche Niche is the leader in school search. Our mission is to make researching and enrolling in schools easy, transparent, and free. With in-depth profiles on every school and college in America, 140 million…
Tech Lead Manager, Consumer Engagement
About Niche Niche is the leader in school search. Our mission is to make researching and enrolling in schools easy, transparent, and free. With in-depth profiles on every school and college in America, 140 million…