BI Engineer

SUMMARY:
Future Careers is seeking a BI Engineer for a leading South African e-commerce platform, based in Cape Town.

POSITION INFO:

Future Careers is seeking a BI Engineer for a leading South African e-commerce platform, based in Cape Town. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable business intelligence solutions, transforming data into actionable insights, and supporting decision-making across the organisation. This role is ideal for a data-driven professional with strong SQL and BI reporting tool experience, a solid understanding of data modelling and cloud environments, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, innovative tech environment.

Description

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise data warehouse, data marts, and BI reporting solutions.

• Work closely with stakeholders and BI analysts to turn data into actionable insights.

• Analyse business and functional requirements and translate them into robust, scalable solutions.

• Develop and implement reporting and analytical solutions for business decision-making.

• Ensure data pipelines, reporting systems, and infrastructure run efficiently and reliably.

• Perform operational support, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.

• Automate data extraction and report update processes.

• Conduct data validation, integrity testing, and data cleansing.

• Optimise data models and maintain multidimensional data structures.

• Collaborate across teams to improve data architecture, reporting, and analytics practices.

Education Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.

• 4-6 years of relevant experience in BI, data analysis, or related roles.

• Minimum 2 years’ experience developing in BI reporting tools (e.g., Looker, Looker Studio, Qlik, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI).

• Minimum 3 years’ experience with SQL.

• Experience with Looker, BigQuery, and Dataform is preferred.

• OLAP and multidimensional cube design experience.

• Experience with version control tools (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).

• Experience with Google Cloud or another cloud provider (architecture, operations).

• High proficiency in working with large datasets and complex business models.

• Experience working in Scrum and Agile methodologies is advantageous.

• Retail or e-commerce industry experience is beneficial.

• Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude, and high energy.

• Excellent problem-solving skills.

• Proven track record of delivering high-quality work in fast-paced environments.

• Strong focus on results while maintaining a positive and collaborative approach.

• Ownership and accountability for assigned work.

• Interest in e-commerce, building a brand, and business growth.

• Customer-centric mindset.

• Passion for technology, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing.

• Self-starter who can gather and organise information into actionable solutions.

• Comfortable collaborating with colleagues at all organisational levels.

Application Instructions

Please forward your CV to

Should you not be contacted within 2 weeks, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.