BI Developer
Summary
GumGum is a global technology and media company specializing in contextual intelligence. For over a decade, we have applied our proven machine learning expertise to extract value from digital content for the advertising industry. The company’s contextual advertising engine, Verity™, comprehends the meaning of text, images and video online, allowing marketers to safely and precisely place ads where people are most engaged. Combining that contextual targeting and brand safety intelligence with proprietary high-impact ad formats, GumGum’s advertising solutions deliver industry leading efficiency, accuracy and performance.
The BI Developer is responsible for working on our Looker BI platform to drive near real-time data analytics solutions which then supports our internal stakeholders. This role has a core focus on identifying essential reports in Looker for the advertising business.
Reporting to our Data Engineering Manager, the BI Developer will work as part of a team of engineers in the technology division of our advertising business.
Responsibilities
- Develop Dashboards and Reports using Self Serve Looker BI platform using Snowflake warehouse
- Create, Manage BI Access controls for users with row level, column level and report level security
- Work with stakeholders in various departments to fully understand the business requirements and translate them into database query models and data analytics.
- Perform data analysis, discovery, profiling and work with the Data Engineering team to identify and resolve data related issues.
- Establish governance processes around metadata to ensure data integration, accuracy, validity, and reusability.
Minimum Qualifications
- At least a Bachelor's degree in computer science/information systems or equivalent
- Overall 2-4 years of experience is required
- 1+ year experience with Looker
- 1+ year experience with data modeling required
- 1+ year experience in data analytics required
- Very strong with SQL
- Strong communications skills and a "customer service attitude"
- Someone who enjoys working remotely as part of a geographically dispersed team
- Cool, calm and collected attitude
- Very strong problem solving skills - they should strive to find the root of the problem rather than designing band-aids
- Enthusiasm for exploring new technologies - picking up new technology should be fun for them
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive health, vision and dental benefits
- Healthcare including 100% coverage for Employee + Spouse/family
- Dependent care FSA
- Employer-matched 401(k) plan
- Stock incentive program (role dependent)
- Paid parental leave
- Goodly - student loan contribution plan
- WFH monthly stipend
- Fitness reimbursement and wellness workshops
- Discounted Pet Health Program
- Flexible time off and work schedule
- Stocked kitchen & Everytable Smartfridge
- Dog-friendly HQ office - we love our fur babies!
- Incredible work/life balance with a collaborative and friendly work space
- GumGum Gives Back volunteering opportunities
- Team building lunches and events, and monthly company celebrations
- Virtual monthly team bonding events
Career & Development Focus
- Ongoing learning and development for education opportunities such as webinars, books, classes, relevant conferences and events
- Opportunities to pursue business related side projects and yearly Hackathon
- Highly encouraged to contribute to open source software, including our own open source software
- Environment of learning from peers, including meetups, presentations and blog posts
- Opportunity to work with cutting edge technology
- Life Skills sessions - geared towards the whole life/ health / person
- Leadership Bites Dinner Series - connecting current and future GumGum leaders over great food and meaningful conversation
- Stride - our company council committee to share learnings, give updates and provide feedback to the company regarding initiatives and discussions around diversity, inclusion and equity.
Our Values…
Thoughtful…We listen to understand different perspectives, show everyone respect, and relentlessly seek solutions for our clients (internal and external)
Agility…We are quick, nimble, and change direction gracefully, while maintaining control.
Grit…We bring energy and perseverance to everything we do.
Our Culture...
GumGum recently earned LA’s Best Places to Work Award in 2021 by BuiltInLA, and Inc. Magazine’s Best Places to Work in 2020 and it’s no surprise why. With company-sponsored social hours, annual holiday celebrations and on-site gatherings, GumGummers enjoy a fun, creative and collaborative workplace. We provide ourselves on our strong track record of giving employees the autonomy and support they need to succeed.
Check us out on Instagram: @gumgum