Analytics Engineer
You'll join a dynamic Data and Analytics team, reporting to the Head of Data and Analytics, playing a pivotal role in transforming raw data into actionable insights that drive strategic business decisions. You'll go beyond a typical warehouse developer role, working cross-functionally with various departments to understand their workflows, model their data, and build the connective tissue that makes the business move faster. You'll own the end-to-end lifecycle of data products, from identifying a business need to building dbt models and ensuring transformed data is accessible where it's needed most.
Responsibilities
- Act as a lead developer for the dbt project
- Build performant, modular, and well-tested models that turn data into a reliable source of truth
- Apply software engineering rigor to the data stack including version control, documentation, unit testing, and CI/CD
- Partner with business leads across the company to identify manual processes that can be streamlined through data automation
- Bridge the gap between the warehouse and the business by ensuring data actively drives operational tools and decision-making
- Leverage AI tools and LLMs to accelerate development cycles, automate documentation, and enhance data quality
- Act as a consultant to business leads, understanding underlying business logic and proposing better ways to structure data
- Translate loosely defined business requirements into robust, automated technical solutions
- Work closely with stakeholders to define data quality standards and establish feedback loops
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in a high-growth data environment (Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer, or Technical Data Analyst)
- Deep, practical knowledge of dbt and cloud warehouses such as BigQuery
- Expert-level SQL for writing complex, clean, and performant queries
- Python literacy for reading code, writing scripts for data manipulation, and handling APIs
- Comfortable using AI tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and LLMs to write code faster and debug
- Ability to work independently, manage own roadmap, and own the entire warehouse architecture
- Exceptional communication skills to explain technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with workflow automation tools like n8n or Zapier
- Experience with BI/semantic platforms like Looker or Thoughtspot
- Industry experience in Payments, FinTech, Banking, or Cryptocurrency
- Familiarity with Reverse ETL
Benefits
- Hybrid working arrangement
- 30 days annual leave each year, excluding bank holidays
- 4 wellbeing days per year
- 1 company volunteering day per year
- Private Healthcare
- Pension
- Income Protection (long-term absence)
- Life Insurance
- Menopause Policy
- Enhanced Parental Leave policy