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THE ROLE
We’re looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer / BI Analyst to bridge the gap between data engineering and business insight. You’ll take ownership of transforming raw data into trusted, well modelled datasets and deliver impactful reporting that drives decision making across the business. This role combines strong technical data modelling skills with stakeholder-facing analytics and BI development.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data models using dbt on Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery)
- Create and maintain dashboards and explores in Looker, enabling self-serve analytics
- Translate business requirements into clear data models, metrics, and visualisations
- Define and maintain core business metrics and data definitions in partnership with stakeholders and the wider analytics team
- Implement data quality checks, testing, and documentation within dbt
- Partner with stakeholders across all parts of the business including commercial, product, marketing, finance, and operations
- Optimise query performance and manage cost efficiency in BigQuery
- Mentor junior analysts and promote best practices in analytics engineering across the wider analytics team
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Previous experience in analytics engineering, BI or data analytics roles
- Strong SQL skills (expert level, performance tuning experience preferred)
- Experience working with modern cloud data platforms and distributed data warehouses (e.g. BigQuery, Snowflake)
- Proven experience with dbt (modelling, testing, documentation)
- Experience building dashboards in Looker (LookML is a strong plus)
- Solid understanding of data modelling concepts (star schema, dimensional modelling)
- Experience working with large-scale datasets
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work with non-technical stakeholders
NICE TO HAVE
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, especially BigQuery
- Experience with orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow)
- Knowledge of data governance and data quality frameworks
- Exposure to reverse ETL tools (e.g. Hightouch)
- Familiarity with AI coding assistants and a habit of integrating them into day-to-day analytics workflows
SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE LOOKS LIKE
- Clean, well-documented, and trusted data models used across the company
- High adoption of Looker dashboards and self-serve analytics
- Reduced time-to-insight for stakeholders with the use of AI tooling to accelerate delivery
- Clear, consistent definitions of key business metrics
- Improved data reliability and fewer reporting discrepancies
WHAT YOU'LL OWN
- The transformation layer (dbt) and semantic layer (Looker)
- Core business metrics and reporting definitions
- Data quality and testing frameworks
- BI best practices and documentation standards
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
- Hybrid working
- Competitive salary to fund that dream holiday to Bali
- Matched pension contributions for a peaceful retirement
- Share options - when we thrive, so do you!
- Vitality Private Healthcare, for peace of mind, plus eyecare vouchers
- Life Assurance for (even more) peace of mind
- Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner
- Enhanced holiday package, plus Bank Holidays
- 28 days annual leave
- 1 day for your wedding
- 1 day off when you move house - because moving is hard enough without work!
- For your third year anniversary, get 30 days of annual leave per year
- For your tenth year anniversary, get 35 days of annual leave per year
- Option to buy 3 extra days of holiday per year
- Work from abroad for a month
- Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave, fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies
- Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees for little ones
- The latest tech (Macbook or Surface) to power your gif-sending talents
- Up to £500/€550 home office allowance for that massage chair you’ve been talking about
- Generous learning and development budget to help you master your craft
- Regular social events: tech lunches, coffee with the exec sessions, lunch 8 learns, book clubs, social events/anything else you pester us for
- Refer a friend, get paid. Repeat for infinite money
Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply for this position. We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills and potential, so all our applicants are treated fairly and equally.
