Data Engineer

Brainhunter Systems Ltd; Victoria; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mobile game development is on the lookout for a talented BI Data Engineer. This exciting role involves designing and enhancing ETL pipelines that support data aggregation and movement, ensuring data security, and making data usable in various reporting visualization tools. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in data science and engineering, along with strong programming skills, particularly in Python. This innovative firm offers a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact the player experience and overall business optimization. If you're ready to tackle complex challenges in a hands-on manner, this opportunity is for you!

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience in data science, engineering, or analytics roles.
• Strong database experience and ability to handle large data volumes.

Responsibilities

• Design and improve ETL pipelines for data aggregation and movement.
• Implement processes for data security and usability in reporting tools.

Skills

Data Science

Data Engineering

Analytics

Problem Solving

Python

Object Oriented Programming

Agile Development

Mobile Analytics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's or PhD in relevant field

Tools

AWS

Tableau

Looker

PowerBI

Hadoop Ecosystem

Luigi

Job description

On behalf of our mobile game development client located in Victoria, British Columbia, Brainhunter Systems Ltd. is seeking a skilled BI Data Engineer. Our client is a highly successful publisher of mobile and social games. They rely heavily on BI (business intelligence) stack to optimize their player experience and business.

Key activities and deliverables:

• Design, build and improve ETL (extract, transform and load) pipelines in support of data aggregation and movement
• Implement processes to efficiently maintain data security
• Ensure data is ingestible and usable in reporting visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, Meta, or PowerBI

Qualified candidates will have:

• 3-5+ years of work experience in data science, engineering or analytics roles
• Bachelor degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or Math, or equivalent experience
• Experience with AWS (Amazon web services) offerings, including S3, EC2 and EMR
• Development ability in python and an Object Oriented programming language
• Strong database experience, leveraging event-driven data
• Experience handling large data volumes
• Drive to thrive in a complex environment with a hands-on approach to problem solving

Preferred candidates will have:

• Masters or PhD in relevant field or equivalent experience
• Practical experience with agile development practices and egoless programming
• Programming skill with Java and/or GoLang
• Experience with Hadoop Ecosystem including Spark, HDFS, Hive, Kafka, Sqoop and Hbase
• Experience with Luigi pipelines for moving data between HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System) and RDBMS (Relational Database Management System)
• Experience in mobile or social analytics and mobile/social game industries (though interesting perspectives from other industries are also appreciated)
• Current knowledge on the latest technologies in data science, BI and/or data management