Lead Data Analytics Engineer - Core

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About the role
You will be leading a small team of Data Analytics Engineers responsible for modeling some of our core Data Warehouse models. These are the models used to report on some of Checkout’s core metrics as well as used by other BI/Product teams to build their own extended models and product features. These models require high engineering standards, documentation, testing, and well-established contracts with downstream consumers. Initially, this role will require you to be hands-on with the ambition to build and expand your team to support Checkout’s growth.

About you:

• 3+ years working experience as a data or software engineer in a fast-paced growing company
• Excellent SQL and Python knowledge
• Strong hands-on data modeling and data warehousing skills1+ years of experience using dbt
• 1+ years of experience using LookerStrong experience applying software engineering best practices to analytics (e.g. version control, testing, and CI/CD)
• Familiarity with at least one of these Cloud technologies: Snowflake, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
• Solid experience with ELT and scheduling tools (e.g. Talend, Airflow)
• Familiarity with finance, customer, marketing and/or web analytics data
• Strong attention to details to highlight and address data quality issues
• Self-motivated, responsible and technology-driven individual who performs well both independently and as a team member
• Excellent time management and proactive problem-solving skills to meet critical deadlines

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement high-performance, reusable, and scalable data models for our data warehouse to ensure our end-users get consistent and reliable answers when running their own analyses
• Design and implement Looker structures (explores, views, etc) which will enable users across the organisation to self-serve data
• Work closely with data analysts and product teams to understand business requirements and provide data ready for analysis and reporting
• Write complex yet optimised data transformations in SQL using dbtSchedule data transformation and analysis pipelines using airflow
• Continuously discover, transform, test, deploy and document data sources and data models
• Apply, help define, and champion data warehouse governance: data quality, testing, documentation, coding best practises and peer reviews
• Help interpret and migrate legacy SSRS reports to our data warehouse
• You will be working with dbt, Looker, Snowflake, Apache Airflow, git, SQL Server, Python, Fivetran and AWS

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More about Checkout.comWe empower businesses to adapt, innovate and thrive with the connected payments they deserve. Our technology makes payments seamless. We provide the fastest, most reliable payments in more than 150 currencies, with in-country acquiring, world-class fraud filters and reporting, through one API. And we can accept all major international credit and debit cards, as well as popular alternative and local payment methods. Checkout.com launched in 2012, and we now have a team of 1000 people across 17 international offices. To date, we’ve raised a total of $830 million, with our recent Series C valuing us at $15 billion.
We believe in equal opportunitiesCheckout.com is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience, skills and personality. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is the right thing to do and is central to our success.