About the role
This is an opportunity to work for a remote-first company. Only applicants living in British Columbia will be considered. Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
Location: Remote (Must be located in British Columbia)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Our Values:
Driven by PLAYER OBSESSION, we look to craft unparalleled gaming experiences.
OWNERSHIP is our compass, propelling us to deliver exceptional results.
With a spirit of RESOURCEFULNESS, we fearlessly tackle challenges and defy limitations.
Driven by the ethos of CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, we foster a culture of perpetual learning and growth.
About Us
We're an independent gaming studio that's been operating live games for over 15 years. Our teams are small, nimble, and player-obsessed. We move fast, learn continuously, and are always looking for ways to improve our games and how we operate them.
We're growing our LiveOps team and are looking for a Data Engineer/Analyst who can help us scale our LiveOps systems, reporting, and player insights to the next level.
About the Role
You'll work at the intersection of data engineering, analytics and product, building and maintaining the pipelines that power our LiveOps systems, reporting, and experiments.
You'll be hands-on with our data, solving problems, spotting trends, and helping the team make smarter, faster decisions to drive player engagement.
What You'll Do
Build and maintain data pipelines that capture key player behaviours across our live games
Develop and automate Python scripts for ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes
Work with AWS services (e.g., S3, Glue, Athena) to structure, query, and manage game data
Migrating Scripts from R to Python
Data Enablement and Orchestration
Optimize existing scripts to run faster and reduce operational costs
Collaborate with Product Managers, LiveOps, and Analysts to design new event tracking and reporting systems
Deliver actionable dashboards and deep-dive reports that support LiveOps campaigns and ongoing content updates
Monitor data health, troubleshoot pipeline issues, and continuously improve reliability and performance
Identify new data opportunities to better measure user acquisition, engagement, monetization, and player retention
Continuously improve, maintain, and develop our analytics tools for our games
Skills & Experience We're Looking For
4+ years practical data engineering and/or analysis experience, preferably in F2P Gaming
Strong experience writing and managing Python scripts and packages like pandas, numpy
Familiarity with Python frameworks like Django, TurboGears
Experience with Data orchestration tools like Prefect, Airflow, and dbt
Solid SQL skills (you can comfortably pull and wrangle large datasets)
Experience with AWS data tools (Example: S3, Athena, Glue)
Familiarity with data modelling and best practices
Experience working with R Scripts
Experience working with third-party APIs (MMP, Facebook, Google Play, etc)
A passion for games and improving the player experience through better data and insights
Ability to show resourcefulness and ownership of our games reporting and analysis systems.
You are a Team Player that is Hungry, Humble, and SMART.
About the company
Since inception, Kano has released twelve gaming titles (seven of which are live serviced today), with over 35 million downloads and close to $100M in sales.
Bootstrapped in 2008, and achieving profitability in 2009, Kano continues to grow its team, game portfolio and player base as an independent gaming studio, with hit games like Mob Wars, Idle Distiller and Monster Country.
Canadian owned and full-remote, we believe in giving small teams of talented people challenging problems and getting out of their way. That's why we look for the best and brightest to join our team; people who have talent, vision, and commitment.
