Data Analyst

At Shakepay, we’re on a mission to usher in the Bitcoin golden age. We’re reimagining financial services to give every Canadian their fair shake.

Our culture is built around doing work that matters, winning as a team, and celebrating success. If you’re the kind of person who values growth, shipping fast, and sharing your ideas openly with a group of like-minded people, come and build with us!

About Shakepay

Since 2015, we’ve been building the Shakepay app to make buying and earning bitcoin fast, easy, and secure. In 2022, we launched the Shakepay Card, allowing shakers to earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. Today, more than one million Canadians use Shakepay to grow their bitcoin savings and take control of their financial future. We’re regulated across all Canadian provinces and territories, and backed by renowned venture capitalists with a funding of $44M. We have a passionate, loyal, and growing community, and we’re looking for people who want to help us build something truly special.

We understand that joining a team is one of the most important decisions you make , and adding a team member is one of the most important decisions we’ll make. Through our process, we want you to get to know us and understand how you approach problems, learn, and what motivates you.

Data Analyst

We’re looking for a data analyst to join our team and help our operations teams succeed by getting them timely, accurate data and reporting. You’ll work with data from across Shakepay and use it to drive effective decisions and recommendations. You’ll develop a deep understanding of the systems and processes that power our business and use that to become an effective contributor across multiple domains within operations. Working alongside data scientists and data engineers, you’ll sharpen your technical skills every day and be a core contributor on a tight knit team.

What you’ll be doing 

• Work within the central Data Platform team at Shakepay and gain broad exposure to various internal teams and challenges, building and organizing their BI assets.
• Be responsible for delivering or triaging incoming data requests from various stakeholders across the business.
• Participate in team projects that expose you to both data science and engineering workflows.
• Collaborate with data practitioners to share knowledge and participate in the evolution of Shakepay’s internal data platform, tooling and culture.
• Conduct ad hoc investigations and make evidence-based recommendations.
• Be the owner of our text-to-sql chatbot, helping it improve iteratively by curating a library of verified queries.

Who we’re looking for 

• Willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment.
• 1-2 years of relevant experience (internships or coursework welcome).
• Proficiency in SQL for querying and manipulating data.
• Foundational Python skills (e.g., data manipulation with Pandas, basic scripting).
• Basic understanding of data visualization tools (e.g., Apache Superset/Preset, Metabase).

Bonus points

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloud data warehouses (we use Snowflake).
• Startup experience is a big plus, bonus points for B2C fintech experience.
• Basic understanding of ETL processes and data engineering concepts.
• Experience working with cloud data warehouses (we use Snowflake).
• Some familiarity with dbt (our data transformation tool).
• Interest and enthusiasm for the possibilities enabled by Bitcoin and non-sovereign money.
• Strong meme game – bring your rarest Pepes.

Why join us?

• Help shape the future of money: Be part of a team that’s revolutionizing financial services in Canada, one sat at a time.
• Impact millions: As cryptocurrency continues to gain traction, our potential for growth is massive. You can help us bring Shakepay and Bitcoin to all Canadians.
• Grow your career: We’re growing, and so can you! We have programs in place to encourage continuous learning, growth, and development.
• Ideas, not titles: We want the best ideas to make their way through, no matter where they come from.

Perks and benefits

• Be an owner – Every employee has stock options as part of their total compensation
• Reach your goals – Yearly salary assessments
• Health & wellness : Access to comprehensive health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts.
• Remote-friendly: Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto.
• Level Up: A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth.
• Time off: 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus.
• Parental leave: Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks.
• Have fun together: quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite to connect with each other

 

Equal Employment Opportunity

Shakepay does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, ancestry, colour, place of origin, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, family status or marital status, or any other protected category recognized by provincial or federal laws.

Should you require any accommodation, please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance, requests for information in accessible alternative formats or to report any accessibility problems, please share in your application or email talent@shakepay.com

Fluency in English is required due to the percentage of English-speaking customers and the nature of our platform, which is available to all Canadians.