Remote BI Engineer: Dashboards, Data Modeling & Insights

takealot.com; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 720,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Market-related remuneration package

Staff discount

Birthday leave

Confidential counselling

Free parking

Job summary

Takealot Group in Cape Town seeks an experienced BI Engineer to translate business needs into robust data solutions. You’ll design dashboards, data models and reports, collaborating with stakeholders and dev teams in a fast-growing ecommerce environment.

Expect to lead BI projects using Google BigQuery and Looker, contribute to data quality, and mentor teammates. Hybrid work and a market-grade remuneration package are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Management, and a minimum of 5 years of Business Analysis or related technical experience is required.
• If no degree, equivalent experience must meet minimum of 8 years of Business Analysis or related technical experience.
• Minimum 3 years experience using BI reporting tools (Looker, Tableau, Microsoft BI, etc.)
• 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 would be advantageous
• Python Experience would be advantageous
• Current or previous subscriptions / recurring payment experience would be highly beneficial
• E-commerce experience would be advantageous

Responsibilities

• Lead BI analytical projects as part of the implementation of new BI software tools and systems (Google Big Query, 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.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Data interpretation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma in Computer Science / Information Systems / Business Management

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Microsoft BI

SQL

Google BigQuery

Python

Job description

Takealot Group in Cape Town seeks an experienced BI Engineer to translate business needs into robust data solutions. You’ll design dashboards, data models and reports, collaborating with stakeholders and dev teams in a fast-growing ecommerce environment.

Expect to lead BI projects using Google BigQuery and Looker, contribute to data quality, and mentor teammates. Hybrid work and a market-grade remuneration package are offered.