Data Engineer (Remote)

KOHO’s purpose is to empower Canadians to build a great financial foundation with products that are radically transparent and easy to manage. We first launched in 2017, and we have since built a community of over 1 million users. Leading investors around the globe believe in our vision, and we’ve successfully raised over $320M to make our vision a reality.

Discover our culture here and get the inside scoop from our team here!

Ready to Shape the Future of FinTech? 🚀

We’re seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer to help lead the future of financial analytics at KOHO. This is your opportunity to make a significant impact at the intersection of finance, technology, and analytics!

As a key player in our high-performing analytics engineering team, you’ll act as the direct intermediate between the data and finance teams to collect requirements, prioritize requests, build data products, communicate insights, and influence decisions. You’ll have the unique opportunity to influence strategic decisions across the entire organization while working specifically with our finance domain. Your work will directly impact how KOHO operates, grows, and innovates in the FinTech space.

Impact & Influence 💫

• Inform data-driven decision-making across multiple business units
• Shape the future of financial analytics at a rapidly growing FinTech leader
• Be the bridge between technical excellence and business success
• Influence company strategy through powerful data insights

Your Mission 🎯

You’ll revolutionize how KOHO leverages data to make strategic decisions. You’ll be the driving force behind:

• Building strong relationships with stakeholders (the finance team), scope and prioritize their analytics requests.
• Understanding business needs and translating them to requirements.
• Using dbt (Core for development and Cloud for orchestration) to transform, test, deploy, and document financial data while applying software engineering best practices.
• Troubleshooting variances in reports, and striving to eliminate them at the source.
• Building game-changing data products that empower the finance team
• Architecting solutions that transform complex financial data into actionable insights
• Monitoring, optimizing and troubleshooting warehouse performance (AWS Redshift).
• Creating scalable, self-service analytics solutions that democratize data access
• Occasionally building dashboards and reports in Sigma and Drivetrain.
• Defining processes, building tools, and offering training to empower all data users in the organization.

Technical Excellence You’ll Bring 💡

• 5+ years of mastery in data manipulation and analytics architecture
• Advanced expertise in dbt (incremental modeling, materializations, snapshots, variables, macros, jinja)
• Strong knowledge of SQL and how to write efficient SQL queries
• Strong command of SQL, query optimization, and data warehouse design
• Finance/accounting background is a plus!

What Sets You Apart 🌟

• You’re a natural problem-solver who thrives in complex environments
• You have exceptional communication skills and can translate technical concepts for any audience
• You’re passionate about automation and continuous improvement
• You have a track record of building strong stakeholder relationships

The KOHO Analytics Engineering Vision 🔮

We’re Building The Future Of Data Accessibility And Reliability. Our Mission Is To Deliver a Unified Source Of Truth That Empowers Every Team Member To Make Data-driven Decisions. We Value

• Enablement over control
• Scalability over quick fixes
• Agility over perfection

Ready to Transform Financial Analytics?

Join us in revolutionizing how financial data drives business success. Your expertise will directly impact millions of users while working with cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

At KOHO, we are dedicated to providing pay transparency to all candidates. Compensation at KOHO is determined through various factors including but not limited to: comparable salary market data within Canada, technical skill assessment, a holistic view of previous work history, and internal pay equity with other KOHO team members.

Target Base Salary Range

$125,000 – $145,000 CAD

What’s In It For You?

We Invest Time And Resources Into Making Sure KOHO Is As Good As The People We Hire. Here Are Some Of The Reasons We Attract The Best People

🧘‍♂️ Balance Your Life – Company-wide summer wellness days, winter holiday closure, personal days, a wellness spending account, and maternity & parental leave top-up

💻 Remote First – Work from anywhere in Canada with a budget to set up your home office

🆙 Level Up – Access to an in-house certified performance coach and an annual training budget

🙌 The KOHO Culture – We have won 7 “Great Place to Work ®” awards since 2019

🤝 Be an Owner – Every KOHO employee gets a generous amount of equity with a 10 year exercise window

The KOHO culture is one of collaboration, creativity, and diverse perspectives. We are committed to building and fostering an inclusive, accessible environment for everyone. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding accessibility needs, please contact peopleaccessibility@koho.ca and the People and Culture team will be happy to help.