Data Analytics Specialist
Department: Business Intelligence + Analytics
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Vancouver
Reporting To: Nelson Tsuboi
Compensation: CA$73,000 - CA$82,000 / year
Description
Hi there, we’re Article. 👋 Since 2013, we have been redefining the furniture industry one sofa at a time, it’s not easy - it requires solving challenging, meaningful problems. This is where you come in, as a Data Analytics Specialist (internally known as a Business Analyst), you'll turn complex data into clear, trusted insights that help our teams make better decisions.
Our Data Operations (In our Business Intelligence department) team sits between our business teams and the technical data team. We help turn business questions and sometimes messy data into structured, reliable information that people and AI tools can actually use.
You’ll help us build trusted data models, define clear metrics, improve data quality, and make our data easier to understand and use. You’ll also support how we use AI in analytics, helping ensure the information behind our AI tools is accurate, well-structured, and useful.
This role is for someone who enjoys solving problems and digging into why something is happening, not just reporting what happened. You don't need to be an AI expert. You do need a strong foundation in data and SQL, good judgment, and the curiosity to keep learning as our tools and ways of working evolve.
As a Particle (people of Article), you will have a high level of autonomy to solve challenging, meaningful problems the best way you can. That means you’re trusted to explore solutions you believe will work best (you’re the expert, after all). You’ll do all this while growing your skills within a company that is redefining the furniture industry.
Data Operations connects business questions with the data needed to answer them. You'll work closely with Business Operations, Data Engineering, and teams across Article, including Sales, Customer Service, Supply Chain Planning, and Logistics.
We are a hybrid team. You'll be in our Vancouver office 3 days per week, with flexibility.
What You’ll Do
- Turn business questions into clear data requirements, including the metrics, dimensions, and level of detail needed to answer them.
- Build and maintain analytical data models that teams can trust and reuse.
- Use SQL to explore data, investigate problems, and understand whether results make sense.
- Partner with Business Operations to define and maintain consistent business metrics and reporting.
- Find the root cause of data quality issues instead of simply fixing the final output, partnering with Data Engineering when needed.
- Work with large, sometimes messy datasets and clearly explain assumptions, limitations, and what the data does or does not support.
- Structure and document data so it can be reliably used by both people and AI tools.
- Help build and maintain AI-enabled analytics and automated reporting using tools such as Databricks Genie, Claude, and Gemini.
- Monitor data and AI outputs for quality and recommend improvements to models, prompts, inputs, or configurations.
- Keep data definitions, models, processes, and documentation clear and up to date so others can confidently use your work.
Who You Are
Must-have:
- You have 1–2 years of hands-on experience working with data and analytics.
- You understand SQL fundamentals and can review queries, troubleshoot errors, and determine whether results make sense.
- You can take an unclear business question, break it down, and identify the data needed to answer it.
- You think critically about data quality and look for root causes rather than quick fixes.
- You communicate findings clearly, including assumptions and limitations, so people can make informed decisions.
- You’re adaptable and interested in how AI is changing analytics. You don't need to be an AI expert, but you should be comfortable learning and working with AI-enabled tools.
- You can work through ambiguity, ask good questions, and use evidence to make recommendations.
Technical Skills:
- SQL for data modelling, analysis, and exploration (We have been utilizing AI to help with this but you will need to be able to explain the fundamentals of SQL)
- Python or R for programming and automation.
- Experience working with analytical data models, reporting, or business metrics.
Tools We Use:
Databricks, Databricks Genie, Claude, and Gemini. Experience with every tool isn't required. We care more about your data foundations, problem-solving skills, and ability to learn.
Additional Requirements:
- Legally able to work in Canada
- Completion of a criminal background check
Perks & Benefits
Wealth:
- The salary range is $73,000 to $82,000
- Starting salary is determined by your transferable skills, knowledge, work experience, and the hiring team’s budget, which is based on business needs, market compensation data, and internal equity
- We believe in Winning Together. When Article hits its annual financial goals, eligible employees will receive a cash bonus
- 4% RRSP matched contributions through Wealthsimple
Life:
- 15 days of vacation*
- 1 extra day off (Inclusion and Diversity Day)
- 6 well-being (sick) days
- Hybrid work: 3 days a week in the office
- Work remotely (anywhere in the world) for up to 3 weeks
Total Health:
- Excellent extended health, dental and vision benefits
- $1000 health/lifestyle spending account* for your total physical and mental well-being
- TELUS Health App
- Mental Health Assistance/Counseling
- Virtual medical appointments
Office Space:
- The Article HQ is a converted warehouse, with an open accessible layout and no offices (even for our founders)
- Work from your desk, an Article sofa, collaboration spaces, or a private meeting room
- Standup desks can be requested too
- Our kitchens are stocked with salty, sweet and healthy snacks, & all the premium coffees and teas to keep you buzzing
- Onsite fitness equipment with showers and towel service
- Pickleball, badminton, and table tennis matches happen, from very competitive to very casual
- A dog-friendly office - well-socialized pups are welcome
Getting here:
- Free street parking (first come, first serve; no reserved spots for senior leaders)
- Indoor secure bike storage with change rooms and showers
- 20-minute walk to either Main Street- Science World or VCC Clark Skytrain stations
Extra:
- 45% discount on our entire product range (15% for friends and family)
*Prorated
