Game Data Engineer / Analyst (LiveOps)

Kano; British Columbia; Remote; CAD 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative gaming studio as a Data Engineer/Analyst, where you'll play a crucial role in enhancing player experiences through data insights. This remote-first company is dedicated to continuous improvement and values ownership, allowing you to make a significant impact on multiple live games. You'll work closely with a small, agile team to build and optimize data pipelines, automate processes, and deliver actionable insights that drive player engagement. If you're passionate about gaming and data, this is the perfect opportunity to grow your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Health, dental and vision benefits

3 weeks vacation to start

Paid holiday shutdown in December

12 paid Care Days per year

Yearly Continuous Improvement allowance

Uncapped profit share

Opportunity to work on popular game projects

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in data engineering or analysis, especially in gaming.
• Strong Python skills for ETL processes and data manipulation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines for player behavior tracking.
• Collaborate with teams to design event tracking and reporting systems.

Skills

Python

Data Engineering

SQL

AWS

Data Analysis

ETL Processes

Data Visualization

R

Tools

AWS S3

AWS Glue

AWS Athena

pandas

numpy

Prefect

Airflow

dbt

Job description

**This is an opportunity to work for a remote-first company. Only applicants living in British Columbia will be considered. Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.**

Location: Remote (Must be located in British Columbia)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Our Values:

Driven by PLAYER OBSESSION, we look to craft unparalleled gaming experiences.

OWNERSHIP is our compass, propelling us to deliver exceptional results.

With a spirit of RESOURCEFULNESS, we fearlessly tackle challenges and defy limitations.

Driven by the ethos of CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, we foster a culture of perpetual learning and growth.

About UsWe're an independent gaming studio that's been operating live games for over 15 years. Our teams are small, nimble, and player-obsessed. We move fast, learn continuously, and are always looking for ways to improve our games and how we operate them.
We’re growing our LiveOps team and are looking for a Data Engineer/Analyst who can help us scale our LiveOps systems, reporting, and player insights to the next level.

About the RoleYou’ll work at the intersection of data engineering, analytics and product, building and maintaining the pipelines that power our LiveOps systems, reporting, and experiments.
You’ll be hands-on with our data, solving problems, spotting trends, and helping the team make smarter, faster decisions to drive player engagement.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain data pipelines that capture key player behaviours across our live games
• Develop and automate Python scripts for ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes
• Work with AWS services (e.g., S3, Glue, Athena) to structure, query, and manage game data
• Migrating Scripts from R to Python
• Data Enablement and Orchestration
• Optimize existing scripts to run faster and reduce operational costs
• Collaborate with Product Managers, LiveOps, and Analysts to design new event tracking and reporting systems
• Deliver actionable dashboards and deep-dive reports that support LiveOps campaigns and ongoing content updates
• Monitor data health, troubleshoot pipeline issues, and continuously improve reliability and performance
• Identify new data opportunities to better measure user acquisition, engagement, monetization, and player retention
• Continuously improve, maintain, and develop our analytics tools for our games
  
  

Skills & Experience We're Looking For

• 4+ years practical data engineering and/or analysis experience, preferably in F2P Gaming
• Strong experience writing and managing Python scripts and packages like pandas, numpy
• Familiarity with Python frameworks like Django, TurboGears
• Experience with Data orchestration tools like Prefect, Airflow, and dbt
• Solid SQL skills (you can comfortably pull and wrangle large datasets)
• Experience with AWS data tools (Example: S3, Athena, Glue)
• Familiarity with data modelling and best practices
• Experience working with R Scripts
• Experience working with third-party APIs (MMP, Facebook, Google Play, etc)
• A passion for games and improving the player experience through better data and insights
• Ability to show resourcefulness and ownership of our games reporting and analysis systems.
• You are a Team Player that is Hungry, Humble, and SMART.

Bonus Points

• Experience working in mobile or social gaming
• Hands-on experience supporting live service products (games, apps, or web platforms)
• Strong understanding of player lifecycle metrics (DAU, Retention, ARPU, etc.) and LiveOps KPIs
• Experience and success leveraging AI to boost productivity and insights in a data role
• Experience with visualization tools (QuickSight, Tableau, Looker, etc.)
• Knowledge of event design and telemetry best practices in games
• Strong understanding of KPIs and reporting for live mobile games
  
  

Why Join Us?

• You’ll have a big impact across multiple live games
• You’ll work with a small, collaborative team that values ownership and innovation
• You'll help build the systems and processes that directly shape how we operate our games and engage players
• Uncapped profit share
• You'll have room to grow and shape the role based on your strengths and interests

$100,000

The listed pay range reflects the potential earnings for this role. Actual compensation will depend on experience, skills, and alignment with company needs, typically falling toward the midpoint for most candidates

Kano is a remote-first workplace with an in-person attendance requirement 2-6 times a year.

What we offer

• Competitive wages determined by market research
• Health, dental and vision benefits
• 3 weeks vacation to start
• Paid holiday shutdown in December
• 12 paid Care Days per year
• Yearly Continuous Improvement allowance
• A results-driven company with a compassionate culture
• Opportunity to work on game projects that are enjoyed by millions of players worldwide!
• Ability to make a difference. Have an idea? Talk directly with leadership about it instead of running through layers of bureaucracy

About Kano

Since inception, Kano has released twelve gaming titles (seven of which are live serviced today), with over 35 million downloads and close to $100M in sales.

Bootstrapped in 2008, and achieving profitability in 2009, Kano continues to grow its team, game portfolio and player base as an independent gaming studio, with hit games like Mob Wars , Idle Distiller and Monster Country .

Canadian owned and full-remote, we believe in giving small teams of talented people challenging problems and getting out of their way. That’s why we look for the best and brightest to join our team; people who have talent, vision, and commitment.

Check out this article If you'd like to get some insight into our hiring process, our employee manual to understand how and why we do things the way we do, and this fun little video for an intro to the team!

• 2019 Great Place to Work - British Columbia
• 2019 VIATEC Employer of the Year - Finalist
• 2018 VIATEC Company of the Year (11-49 Employees) - Winner
• 2018 VIATEC Employer of the Year - Finalist
• 2017 VIATEC Company of the Year (11-49 employees) - Finalist
• 2014 VIATEC Employer of the Year - Winner

*Kano is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, religion, marital status or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law*

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