Jenna Jordan is a senior analytics engineer and civic tech data specialist bringing a data librarian’s perspective to modern analytics teams. She writes about data engineering best practices, dbt architecture, and building trustworthy data systems for public impact.
9 articles from this blog
Explores implementing a data mesh architecture using dbt, outlining how dbt Mesh projects can align with data mesh principles for large-scale organizations.
How data teams can use a librarian's reference interview technique to better understand and fulfill stakeholder data requests.
Data professionals discuss AI anxiety, job security, and the future of tech careers at Data Day Texas 2025.
A profile of a Senior Analytics Engineer specializing in dbt, data mesh architecture, and applying library science principles to modern data teams.
A data engineer reflects on their 2-year career journey at the City of Boston, sharing lessons learned in data warehousing, ETL, and civic tech.
Part 1 of a series on data warehouse transformation flows, building intuition for analytics engineers and data professionals.
An introduction to analytical data warehouses, explaining their purpose, differences from transactional databases, and their role in team-based analytics.
A developer shares their experience creating and teaching a semester-long curriculum of Carpentries workshops, covering Git, Shell, and computational skills for interns.
An introduction to The Carpentries, a global community teaching foundational coding and data skills for research through inclusive, evidence-based workshops.
