Business Intelligence Developer

Rakuten Kobo Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours and hybrid remote working environment

Subsidized in-office lunches

Four extended long weekends in the summer

Full benefits starting from your first day

Paid Volunteer days and unlimited sick days

Work From Anywhere Program for up to 3 months

Monthly commuting allowance

Talent and development training budget

Free Kobo device and weekly e-book

Dog friendly office

Job summary

A leading digital bookseller in Toronto is seeking an experienced Business Intelligence Developer to enhance their reporting suite using Google BigQuery and visualization tools like Tableau. The role involves creating intuitive dashboards, optimizing SQL pipelines, and conducting insightful analyses to aid business decisions. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and over 5 years of BI development experience. The company promotes a casual working environment with a strong emphasis on work/life balance and offers various competitive perks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in BI development with a proven track record in building reports and dashboards.
• Strong front-end BI development and visualization skills (preferably Tableau).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform preferred).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain intuitive dashboards and reports in Tableau.
• Build and optimize SQL pipelines (Dataform) for reliable report sources.
• Conduct ad hoc analyses to support business decisions.

Skills

Business Intelligence development

SQL proficiency

Data visualization (Tableau)

ETL processes

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

Tools

Tableau

Google BigQuery

Dataform or dbt

Job description

Overview

Here at Rakuten Kobo Inc. we offer a casual working start-up environment and a group of friendly and talented individuals. Our employees rank us highly in terms of commitment to work/life balance. We realize that for our people to be innovative, creative and passionate they need to feel valued and supported. We believe in rewarding all our employees with competitive salaries, performance based annual bonuses, stock options and training opportunities.

If you’re looking for a company that inspires passion, personal, and professional growth – join Kobo and come help us on our mission of making reading lives better.

The Role

Rakuten Kobo Inc. is seeking an experienced Business Intelligence Developer to evolve our reporting suite using Google BigQuery and visualization tools such as Tableau, Domo, or Looker. The evolution of our BI layer aims to grow from charts to stories and from reports to insights to enable effective and timely decision making based on data. This role will focus on creating a cohesive storytelling and insight generation environment that leverages centralized data assets as the single source of truth to inform business strategy and key priorities across Kobo.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain intuitive dashboards and reports in Tableau or similar BI tools, ensuring they are clean and multi-purpose where appropriate
• Build and optimize SQL pipelines (Dataform) to generate reliable report sources and improve legacy logic
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain existing dashboards and pipelines for performance and data quality
• Conduct ad hoc and deep-dive analyses to support business decisions and deliver actionable insights
• Gather requirements, prepare dashboard wireframes, document processes, and provide knowledge transfer and user support
• Recommend enhancements to reporting processes and stay current with BI best practices

The Skill Set

Must-haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in BI development with a proven track record in building reports and dashboards
• Strong front-end BI development and visualization skills (preferably Tableau)
• Proficient in SQL and ETL processes for KPI generation
• Familiarity with Google BigQuery
• Understanding of data modeling and performance optimization

Nice to haves

• Experience with Dataform (preferred) or dbt
• Knowledge of other BI tools (e.g., Looker, Domo)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform preferred)
• Experience with version control (Git) and analytics workflow automation

The Perks

• Flexible hours and hybrid remote working environment
• Subsidized in-office lunches
• Four extended long weekends in the summer
• Full benefits starting from your first day
• Paid Volunteer days, unlimited sick days, and 3% RRSP matching
• Work From Anywhere Program for up to 3 months (90 days)
• Monthly commuting allowance for those who are hybrid
• Lifestyle spending account
• Talent and development training budget
• Free Kobo device + free weekly e-book or audiobook
• Weekly Kobo Tech University sessions
• Maternity/paternity leave top up
• Dog friendly office

About Rakuten Kobo Inc.

Rakuten Kobo Inc. is the world’s digital bookseller created by and for booklovers. Owned by Tokyo-based Rakuten Group, Inc. and headquartered in Toronto, Rakuten Kobo’s millions of worldwide users can read anytime, anywhere, and on any device. With a mission to make reading lives better for all, Rakuten Kobo connects readers to stories using thoughtful and personalized curation of eBooks and audiobooks, and the best dedicated eReaders and apps for reading. With the singular focus of making reading lives the best they can be, Kobo’s open platform allows people to fit reading into more moments in their busy lives. To learn more about Rakuten Kobo, visit www.kobo.com.

Rakuten Kobo Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Accessibility accommodations for candidates with disabilities participating in the selection process are available on request. Any information received related to accommodation needs of applicants will be addressed confidentially.

Rakuten Kobo would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this role; however, only qualified candidates will be shortlisted.