BI Engineer

MBA-Exchange.com; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading South African online retailer is seeking a talented BI Engineer to enhance business intelligence initiatives. This role involves leading analytical projects and collaborating with multiple stakeholders to design and implement BI solutions. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of experience in a similar capacity, strong skills in SQL, and proficiency with BI tools like Looker and Tableau. The position combines flexibility with a supportive team environment, fostering professional growth.

Benefits

Market-related Total Remuneration Package

Collaborative work environment

Hybrid working model

Mentorship programme

Online learning access

Regular social events

Employee discount

Birthday leave

Modern equipment

Confidential counselling support

Free parking

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of Business Analysis or related technical experience.
• At least 3 years experience using BI reporting tools.
• Minimum 3 years SQL experience.
• High proficiency with large data sets and business models.

Responsibilities

• Lead BI analytical projects for new software tools and systems.
• Work on complex cross-functional BI solutions.
• Evaluate stakeholder needs for appropriate solutions.
• Participate in planning, development, and testing of BI solutions.

Skills

Customer business needs understanding

Problem identification and root cause analysis

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

8 years equivalent experience in Business Analysis

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Microsoft BI

Google Cloud Platform

Python

Job description

Overview

The Takealot Group, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented BI Engineer to join our team. We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. At the Takealot Group (Takealot.com and Mr D), the BI Engineer works closely with internal stakeholders to determine business intelligence, reporting and data analysis needs. You will work with business and development teams to design and document dashboards, alerts, and reports. As BI Engineer you are not only a report builder, you are also a data modeller, steward, and a first-class citizen for data manipulation, ready to answer the question: Can you tell us something that we don’t know?

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Responsibilities

• Lead BI analytical projects as part of the implementation of new BI software tools and systems (Google BigQuery, Looker).
• Work on highly complex, cross-functional, and enterprise BI solutions.
• Evaluate internal and external stakeholder needs in order to provide appropriate solutions.
• Participate in the planning process, technical design, development and testing of BI solutions.
• Provide input to the development of information quality metrics.
• Review data pipelines and test plans to ensure that business results are tested and correct.
• Research, identify, analyse, and provide input to new tools, frameworks, techniques, patterns, or processes that will have a positive impact on the BI architecture.
• Research and develop best practices for reports and dashboards deployments.
• Provide guidance, training, and problem-solving assistance to other team members.
• Provide subject matter expertise for key BI core functions.

The skills we need

• Ability to understand a customer’s business needs and translate them into development requirements.
• Ability to anticipate, identify, and define problems and seek root causes.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to collaborate with other members of formal and informal groups in pursuit of common missions, vision, values, and mutual goals.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Management, with a minimum of 5 years of Business Analysis or related technical experience.
• If no Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma, an equivalent experience of at least 8 years in Business Analysis or related technical experience.
• Minimum 3 years experience using BI reporting tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Microsoft BI).
• Minimum 3 years SQL experience.
• Minimum 3 years Data Warehousing experience.
• High proficiency in working with large data sets and business models.
• Knowledge of one or more business functional areas.
• Google Cloud Platform and/or Google BigQuery experience is advantageous.
• Python experience would be advantageous.
• Current or previous subscriptions / recurring payment experience would be beneficial.
• Experience in e-commerce would be advantageous.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package with flexibility according to your needs.
• No doors: We prefer collaborative environments over stuffy offices.
• Remote working: Hybrid working model available.
• Mentorship programme: Learn from experienced colleagues.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Access courses and growth opportunities.
• Good times: Regular social events and activities.
• Staff discount: Access millions of products across 28 departments.
• Birthday leave: Cake Day, your day off.
• Right tools, right job: Modern equipment and the latest tech.
• Support when needed: Confidential counselling, legal and financial guidance, free anytime.
• Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, and ML technologies.
• Free parking: Convenient parking options.

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Takealot.group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.