Takealot Group

BIEngineer

$750–1100k ~AI est. Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“BI Engineer at Takealot Group. Skills: BI reporting, Data modelling, SQL, Google Big Query. Lead BI analytical projects. Implement new BI software tools”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving assistance; Identify problems; Define problems; Seek root causes

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma, 5 years Business Analysis or related technical experience, 8 years Business Analysis or related technical experience, 3 years BI reporting tools experience, 3 years SQL experience, 3 years Data Warehousing experience, High proficiency working with large data sets, High proficiency working with business models

Nice to Have

Google Cloud Platform experience, Google Big Query experience, Python experience, Current or previous subscriptions / recurring payment experience, E-commerce experience

What You'll Do.

Lead BI analytical projects

Implement new BI software tools

Implement new BI systems

Work on complex enterprise BI solutions

Evaluate stakeholder needs

Provide appropriate solutions

Participate in planning process

Participate in technical design

Participate in development

Participate in testing BI solutions

Provide input to information quality metrics

Review data pipelines

Provide input to BI architecture

Research best practices for reports

Research best practices for dashboards

Provide guidance to team members

Provide training to team members

Provide problem-solving assistance

Provide subject matter expertise

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Internal stakeholders; Business teams; Development teams; Other team members

Process & Methodology

BI projects

Full Job Description

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 & Mr D), the BI Engineer works closely with our internal stakeholders to determine their 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? Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again! Scale: 4 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do. Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time. Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, TFS and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance. Who’s who in the tech space This position reports to the relevant BI Manager. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: 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

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