Senior Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
- EF Educational Tours
- 8001 Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
- 26/12/2024
Job Description
Senior Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
As EF accelerates on its digital transformation journey, we are looking for a talented Senior Business Intelligence (BI) Developer to join a cross-function team of Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering and Data Science professionals supporting the Operations department of our EF Educational Tours product. Our data products have a direct impact on students and professors travelling with EF, as well as on the profitability of our business. We operate from the EF global headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
In this role, you will work closely with our stakeholders to design, develop, and maintain BI solutions that improve operational efficiencies and provide users with insights they can act on to provide the best possible experience for our customers. Our tech stack includes Snowflake and dbt for SQL development, and PowerBI for the visualization layer.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaboration: Work closely with our business stakeholders, in partnership with our product manager and analytics manager, to understand how to best address their data needs.
- BI Solution Development: Design and build efficient semantic models that provide consistent data for our stakeholders across multiple use cases.
- Reporting and Visualization: Design and build interactive dashboards and reports that provide clear and actionable insights for our users to act on.
- Communication: Engage in agile practices and maintain regular communication with our stakeholders to ensure the solutions you develop meet their expectations.
- Project work: Collaborate with cross-departmental teams on process-related analytics to drive change in behavior and processes and help address bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
- 6+ years of experience in a BI/Data Analytics role.
- High expertise in SQL and data modelling techniques like Kimball.
- High expertise in working with reporting tools like PowerBI or Tableau.
- Experience in statistical analysis software, such as R or Python, is a plus.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner to create buy-in from stakeholders.
- Strong ability to manage objectives & deadlines for timely delivery, and to proactively develop contingency plans when timelines are at risk.
- High-quality standards and attention to detail in the way work is approached.
- A mindset that questions the status quo and stays up-to-date on industry trends and best practices in BI development.
- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Fluent in English.
WHY YOU WILL LOVE WORKING WITH US
People at EF make things happen. We encourage you to take full ownership of your work, regardless of your level or experience. EF team members often say we operate like the world’s largest startup because this boundless entrepreneurial spirit is built into our organization’s DNA.
EF offers a wide range of benefits ready for our team members to enjoy during weekends, after work and with friends & family, including:
- Discounted passes to local destinations and tourist hot-spots such as mt. Titlis or Kunsthaus Zurich.
- Full reimbursement of the SBB ‘halb-tax’ travel card, covering country-wide public transportation.
- Free membership for our newly built gym or get involved with our variety of sports teams.
- Seasonal and monthly office events including holiday parties, ski trips and pay-day happy hours.
- Discounts on a wide range of local restaurants, shops, hotel stays and EF products.
- 15% off in-house childcare service
- Hybrid work model
- Tuition reimbursement of 1500 CHF for professional development once per year
- Participation in our Staff Travel Experience Program once a year including travel on one of our tours
- Yearly kick off conference around the world
- Discounts on EF & Hult products for staff and family members
About EF Education First
At EF we believe that the world is better when people try to understand one another. Since 1965, we have helped millions of people see new places, experience new cultures, and learn new things about the world and about themselves. Our culturally immersive education programs—focused on language, travel, cultural exchange, and academics—turn dreams into international opportunities.
When you join EF, you join a multicultural and diverse community working across more than 600 schools and offices in 50 countries, all with one shared mission of opening the world through education. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you and want you to bring that to work every day. EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, caste, parental status, identity, experience and everything else that makes you unique.
Founded in Sweden in 1965, EF has schools and offices around the world, including hubs in Boston, London, Mexico City, São Paulo, Shanghai, Stockholm, Zürich, and more. Learn more at https://www.ef.com.
EF is the world leader in international education. Our mission is to open the world through education and so far we have helped over 15 million people learn a language, discover the world or earn an academic degree.
We have fifteen subsidiaries and non-profit organizations, schools and offices in over 50 countries and employs over 43,000 staff and teachers. In today’s increasingly complex and interdependent world our mission is more relevant than ever.
EF is an equal opportunities employer. EF offers competitive salaries and a multicultural working environment. If you are motivated by the prospect of an international career with a dynamic and forward-thinking company, we want to hear from you.