A fast-moving consumer fintech is looking for a Senior BI / Analytics Engineer to own its BI architecture end to end, from curated datasets through the semantic layer to the dashboards on top.
This is an engineering role, not report-building: you’ll design dimensional models and metric definitions that mean the same thing everywhere, and build dashboards engineered for reuse, governance and self-service.
What you’ll do
Design and build scalable dimensional data models and semantic layers that act as the single source of truth
Define and maintain KPI and metric definitions across the business
Build, optimise and maintain Tableau dashboards with a focus on performance, scalability and self-service
Translate ambiguous business requirements into well-structured models and BI solutions
Partner with Data Engineering on data contracts, data quality and robust pipelines
Champion data governance and documentation
Build cohort, funnel, retention and performance datasets, and structure A/B test data so experiment results are reliable
Support deep dives into customer behaviour, churn, fraud patterns and commercial performance
What you’ll need
At least 5 years as a BI Engineer or Analytics Engineer (not a pure data analyst background) in fintech, SaaS or another high-volume consumer environment
Strong, demonstrable SQL and real experience building and optimising data models and transformations
Hands-on experience with dbt or a similar transformation framework
Strong BI engineering with Tableau (Power BI, Looker or Metabase considered) and a track record of semantic layer design
A solid grounding in star schemas, facts and dimensions, and metric consistency at scale
Experience enabling A/B testing and experimentation frameworks
Python or R for deeper investigation
Strong stakeholder management and the judgement to push back when a better-modelled answer already exists
Nice to have
Experience with AWS (S3, Athena, EMR, DMS), Kubernetes or Terraform
Exposure to product analytics platforms and customer tooling such as Zendesk
What’s on offer
Ownership of BI architecture in a business that values getting the number right
A modern AWS, dbt and Tableau stack
Agile squads, cross-functional collaboration and a documentation-first culture
A team that values taking action, giving things a go and owning outcomes
Cape Town. Hybrid. Permanent.