Data Analyst (Analytics Engineer)

At EFG (ESL FACEIT Group) we create worlds beyond gameplay, where players and fans become a community. We pride ourselves in having a corporate social responsibility which is that “IT’S NOT GG, UNTIL IT’S GG FOR ALL”.

Our passion, craft, and DNA align to create and shape the world of esports, gaming tournaments, leagues, events, and holistic ecosystems through our millions of players, fans, and heroes, as well as through our people and culture.

Our Insights Analytics team, dedicated to enhancing and streamlining access to meaningful data to improve every decision we make at EFG, is expanding. This presents a unique opportunity to elevate our team’s capability, enabling the creation of valuable insights through the increased speed, accuracy, and availability of useful data.

We’re looking for an accomplished Data Analyst who knows that the true mark of intelligence and experience is kindness, and the responsibility to use it to level up everyone around you. We’re looking for an analyst who loves writing SQL, is happy rolling their sleeves up to write code to organize well modeled data, but who also knows how to communicate and visualize meaningful data insights.

Expectations

• Own Your Domain
• Ask all the whys, relentlessly until you know your customer needs inside-out and know you’re designing the right solution to solve their problems and not the other way around;
• Proactively, continuously, think forward and lead your business partners to the right decisions to meet our wider organization goals.
•  Serve as an Analytics Data Expert
• Work with our business users to encapsulate business logic in our data warehouse through your understanding of dimensional modeling and analytics database design techniques;
• Set high standards across documentation, data quality and code. Enforce these standards by holding your team accountable;
• Drive towards efficiency and look for ways to simplify and improve how we work;
• Create data products that meet our business needs. Use data to tell stories about our business that get results.
• Set high standards of delivery quality, speed and effective stakeholder management and communication;
• Inspire, teach and guide your fellow team members. Form best practices and take the time to explain your thought process.
• Personify our DNA
• Exemplify the values we live by. Know and care for the people in your team;
• Help inspire, develop, and guide your team members to be the best that they can be;
• Be the heart-first, people-first team member everyone wants to be around, because you have invested in building relationships.

Requirements

Analytics and Data Modeling

• You know SQL like the back of your hand, you’ve used dbt for years and you have a strong understanding of database design principles (star/snowflake schemas, data vault, normal forms);
• You understand the importance of Visual Language and the critical role of storytelling through dashboards. You’re not about just placing metrics on a webpage;
• You’re able to see the patterns and trends in data; you know what story it tells, and you know how to  what will drive the business forward;
• You have consistently delivered analytical solutions across cloud solutions in an agile software development environment. Snowflake experience is a positive, dbt knowledge is even better and you love designing ERDs as much as we do.
• Stakeholder management
• You are an excellent communicator who loves explaining important insights in simple terms;
• Gathering requirements is natural for you and people just want to get you involved to help fix their problems;
• You’re comfortable helping non-data people interpret data and passing on your skills so they can improve their data literacy.

Traits

• You like to have a good time while getting things done. When we say a “team player” we mean it - you have a crisp high-five and funny stories to tell. You have your team’s back, and the team has yours;
• You love learning new things: You know that there’s always more to learn. You’re up-to-date on new trends in data – you know who’s using what to solve various problems and are excited for the next release of your favorite tool;
• Past experience in the Esports/Gaming/Betting/Events industry would be a great asset;
• You make the time to cheer and enjoy the ride.