Lightspeed Capital is growing quickly and we are looking for a talented and passionate Analytics Engineer to join our Capital Data team. This is a great opportunity to be a part of an early team and help define the data landscape for a very fast growing, global, Financial Services product.

If you have worked on data pipelines, have great communication skills, are familiar with data modelling and have helped teams to gather both predictive and historical insights, you might be a great fit for this role!

This role also involves collaborating with multiple functions across Lightspeed, including Application Engineering, Product, Operations, Risk and Finance among others.

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Cleanse and transform raw data into business logic to help stakeholders build reports and data models
• Ensure the right data gets to the right people at the right time
• Collaborate with a Central Data Team to build data pipelines following shared best practices and design, and feed proper data models for usage
• Act as a champion for data quality and usability across the Financial Services organization
• Ensure availability, quality and searchability of data and documentation
• Write, clean and maintainable queries and scripts that are highly performing, well structured and easy to understand and extend
• Automate testing of data models and add appropriate validations to ensure quality
• Help define and improve our internal standards for data models and infrastructure
• Contribute to the roadmap for a new and fast-growing product

What you will bring to the team:

• Experience with SQL and Python (or equivalent language)
• Experience with MPP data warehouse (we use BigQuery)
• Experience in performing data profiling, data mapping and data quality validation
• Experience with data orchestrator
• Understanding of industry standards for data warehousing and data modelling
• Knowledge of data environments (we use GCP) as well as containerization solutions
• Experience in source control, CI/CD and automated testing
• A security mindset with the ability to work with compliance protocols (SOX, GDPR)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and in teams
• Self motivated and great at taking initiative

Some additional things that would be a bonus:

• Experience in the Payments or Financial Services domain
• Experience in working with SaaS solutions
• Solid knowledge of cloud services (AWS and GCP in particular)

What’s in it for you:

• Join a growing team and help us move to the next level
• Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
• Constant development of both your skill-set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities
• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture
• Innovation time to explore and learn at work
• Shaping the company by joining cultural & technical committees
• Tons of growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
• Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
• Opportunity to learn, expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story

…. And enjoy a range of benefits that will keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry.

• Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners).
• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies.
• Health insurance.
• Contributions to your pension plan - RRSP.
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year.
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents.
• Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services.
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Volunteer day.
• Fully stacked kitchen (hot and cold beverages, meals served)
• Happy hours to build your relationships with colleagues after work