Senior BI Engineer

Mama Money

Senior BI Engineer at Mama Money designing and building data products for decision-making. Collaborating with data and engineering teams to enable fast, self-service analytics.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeCape Town • 🇿🇦 South AfricaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build scalable data models (dimensional models, semantic layers, and curated datasets) that power reporting and analytics across the business.
Own the development and optimisation of BI dashboards and reporting layers, ensuring they are accurate, performant, and self-service ready.
Partner with Data Engineering to define data contracts, improve data quality, and ensure robust, well-structured pipelines.
Translate complex, ambiguous business requirements into well-defined data models and BI solutions.
Build and maintain cohort, funnel, retention, and performance datasets that enable consistent reporting across teams.
Support experimentation by ensuring A/B test data is correctly structured, tracked, and accessible for analysis.
Develop and maintain KPI definitions, metric layers, and a single source of truth for core business metrics.
Work closely with stakeholders to design dashboards that go beyond reporting — enabling real decision-making.
Perform deep-dive analysis into customer behaviour, churn, fraud patterns, and commercial performance when needed.
Champion data governance, documentation, and consistency in how data is defined and used across the organisation.
Identify opportunities to improve data architecture, reporting efficiency, and self-service capability.
Stay close to the customer journey and ensure data reflects real-world product and user behaviour accurately.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years’ experience in a BI Engineer, Analytics Engineer, or Data Analyst role in fintech, SaaS, or other high-volume consumer environments
Strong SQL skills with experience in building and optimising data models and transformations
Hands-on experience with dbt or similar transformation frameworks
Strong BI experience (Tableau preferred, or Power BI / Looker / Metabase) with a focus on scalable dashboarding and semantic design
Solid understanding of data modelling principles (star schema, facts/dimensions, metric consistency)
Experience supporting or enabling experimentation frameworks (A/B testing, metric tracking, data readiness)
Strong analytical ability with Python or R for deeper investigation work
Proven ability to turn complex business needs into structured, maintainable data solutions
Strong stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical teams
Ability to balance engineering discipline + business storytelling — building trusted data products, not just reports.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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B2C Mama Money is an international money transfer service based in South Africa. It provides a simple, safe, and affordable way for people to send money to over 70 countries across Africa, Asia, and Europe. Users can utilize the Mama Money mobile app or USSD service to send money, ensuring convenience and accessibility. The service is designed to offer competitive rates and transparent pricing without hidden charges, prioritizing safety and security for all transactions. Registration is user-friendly, requiring only relevant identification documents, and the app is available for free on major platforms. Senior BI Engineer 🔥 1 hour ago 🏢🏡 Cape Town – Hybrid ⏰ Full Time 🟠 Senior 📊 Business Intelligence Developer Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Design and build scalable data models (dimensional models, semantic layers, and curated datasets) that power reporting and analytics across the business.
Own the development and optimisation of BI dashboards and reporting layers, ensuring they are accurate, performant, and self-service ready.
Partner with Data Engineering to define data contracts, improve data quality, and ensure robust, well-structured pipelines.
Translate complex, ambiguous business requirements into well-defined data models and BI solutions.
Build and maintain cohort, funnel, retention, and performance datasets that enable consistent reporting across teams.
Support experimentation by ensuring A/B test data is correctly structured, tracked, and accessible for analysis.
Develop and maintain KPI definitions, metric layers, and a single source of truth for core business metrics.
Work closely with stakeholders to design dashboards that go beyond reporting — enabling real decision-making.
Perform deep-dive analysis into customer behaviour, churn, fraud patterns, and commercial performance when needed.
Champion data governance, documentation, and consistency in how data is defined and used across the organisation.
Identify opportunities to improve data architecture, reporting efficiency, and self-service capability.
Stay close to the customer journey and ensure data reflects real-world product and user behaviour accurately. 🎯 Requirements
5+ years’ experience in a BI Engineer, Analytics Engineer, or Data Analyst role in fintech, SaaS, or other high-volume consumer environments
Strong SQL skills with experience in building and optimising data models and transformations
Hands-on experience with dbt or similar transformation frameworks
Strong BI experience (Tableau preferred, or Power BI / Looker / Metabase) with a focus on scalable dashboarding and semantic design
Solid understanding of data modelling principles (star schema, facts/dimensions, metric consistency)
Experience supporting or enabling experimentation frameworks (A/B testing, metric tracking, data readiness)
Strong analytical ability with Python or R for deeper investigation work
Proven ability to turn complex business needs into structured, maintainable data solutions
Strong stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical teams
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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLdata modelingdbtTableauPower BILookerMetabasePythonRA/B testing

Soft Skills

analytical abilitystakeholder managementbusiness storytellingdata governancecommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailadaptabilitycritical thinking