Faire

Technology

SeniorPlatformAnalyticsEngineer

CA$160–220k Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Platform Analytics Engineer at Faire. Skills: Data Modeling, Data Pipelines, Analytics Platform. Partner with key internal customers. develop capabilities based on their needs”

What You'll Achieve.

reduce time from data to insights; accurate and reliable insights; scale with our contribute to our architecture

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

difficult open-ended problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

SQL skills, Python skills, designing well-architected data models, optimizing query performance, building and evolving platform / foundational datasets, enabling other business functions that consume them, Analytics engineering experience, data modeling, large-scale data processing, tool development for analytics or data science use cases, data warehousing concepts, ETLs, big data technologies, analytics platforms, Data warehousing experience at Petabyte scale, Understanding of performance, capacity, cost trade-offs in data processing systems, communication skills, bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent industry experience

Nice to Have

Snowflake experience, Airflow experience, dbt experience

What You'll Do.

Partner with key internal customers

develop capabilities based on their needs

Improve development patterns

guide the broader analytics function

Lead technical execution

building scalable data models and pipelines

defining architecture

Tackle challenges of data quality

Plan and execute on technology projects

contribute to our architecture

Engage with team planning and prioritization

Provide technical guidance and mentorship

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

engage with other teams in the organization; Partner with key internal customers of the analytics function across business verticals, Strategy, Finance, others

Communication Scope

communication skills

Full Job Description

About Faire Faire is a technology wholesale platform built on the belief that the future is local. Independent retailers around the globe collectively represent a multi-hundred-billion-dollar wholesale market that has historically been fragmented and offline. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so businesses can grow and local communities can thrive. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours. About this role: Our Engineering organization owns the software that makes our marketplace work. The Platform group empowers teams across Faire: Product Engineering, Data Science, Product Management, Strategy, Analytics, Finance, etc. Enabling these functions to do their best work without concern about underlying infrastructure. We enable product engineering teams to build and operate software with unmatched speed and quality. We care about good engineering practices, excellent developer experience, security, testability, ease of maintenance, and scaling to serve millions of users. We value best practices to achieve excellent availability and performance. The Analytics Platform team builds capabilities to accelerate data-driven analytics, improve productivity and accuracy at Faire. Its mandate is to reduce time from data to insights. The team focuses on the following areas and capabilities: Data warehousing optimization, including performance, efficiency, cost Capabilities for data quality, metadata enrichment, lineage, privacy Tooling and capabilities to accelerate productivity of analytics subject matter experts; automation of analytics functions Development patt

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