Job Description:

Here at Rakuten Kobo Inc. we offer a casual working start-up environment and a group of friendly and talented individuals. Our employees rank us highly in terms of commitment to work/life balance. We realize that for our people to be innovative, creative and passionate they need to feel valued and supported. We believe in rewarding all our employees with competitive salaries, performance based annual bonuses, stock options and training opportunities.   
  

If you’re looking for a company that inspires passion, personal, and professional growth – join Kobo and come help us on our mission of making reading lives better. 
 
The Role: 

Rakuten Kobo Inc. are seeking a Data Analyst (5 month contract) to join our Big Data team. Reporting to the Manager of Business Analytics, you will be part of a diverse, flexible, and collaborative environment where you will be able to work with unique and exciting data and directly impact the business on a daily basis. 
 

Responsibilities: 

• Leverage the large amount of data collected in our ecosystem, from our: website, partners, apps, and eReaders to further our mission of making reading better for all. 
• Empower a culture of self-serve analytics by creating meaningful, efficient ETL pipelines to power our Data Lake & Marketplace. 
• Use your engineering expertise to evolve, modernize, and improve the performance and reliability of our data collection, aggregation, and analysis pipelines. 
• Work with the BigData and Data Engineering team to tackle complex data & processing challenges. 
• Apply your knowledge of statistics, experimental design and A/B testing to help business & product owners make sound decisions based on meaningful data. 
• Present your findings to audiences of various technical backgrounds. 

The Skillset:  

• B.Sc. In Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Engineering or related field 
• 5+ Years of SQL experience in both a data mining & ETL capacity (In various environments: MS SQL Server, Google BigQuery, Hive)
• 2-3+ Years of Python experience 
• 2+ Years using Data Visualization Tools (Tableau, Domo, Google Looker Studio) 
• Working knowledge job orchestration tools such as Airflow 
• Working knowledge of the Unix shell environment 
• Working knowledge of Git workflows 

Bonus Points: 

• Experience using large datasets in eCommerce 
• Familiarity with statistical tools such as R 
• A passion for beautiful data visualizations 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills 

About Rakuten Kobo Inc. 

Owned by Tokyo-based Rakuten and headquartered in Toronto, Rakuten Kobo Inc. is one of the most advanced global ecommerce companies, with the world’s most innovative eReading services offering more than 6 million eBooks and audiobooks to 30 million + customers in 190 countries. Kobo delivers the best digital reading experience through creative innovation, award-winning eReaders, and top-ranking mobile apps. Kobo is a part of the Rakuten group of companies. 

Rakuten Kobo Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Accessibility accommodations for candidates with disabilities participating in the selection process are available on request. Any information received related to accommodation needs of applicants will be addressed confidentially. 

Rakuten Kobo would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this role however only qualified candidates will be shortlisted. 

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