Senior Analytics Engineer

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Job Description

Senior Analytics Engineer - 12 month FTC

£78,000

London (hybrid)


This is a rare opportunity to take a lead role in a growing Analytics Engineering function at a pivotal moment in its evolution. You will play a central part in a major Lakehouse programme, combining deep technical ownership with the chance to influence how data is modelled, governed and consumed across the organisation.


The Company

They are a large, complex organisation making continued investment in their enterprise data platform. Analytics sits at the heart of decision-making, with a clear mandate to expand engineering capability and mature the Lakehouse environment. The team is collaborative, technically ambitious and growing, with strong links across Engineering, BI and the wider business. This role sits within a well-established analytics function that is scaling its engineering remit.


The Role

  • Take ownership of the curated or Gold layer within a Lakehouse architecture
  • Design and deliver high-quality, analytics-ready data models that support trusted reporting
  • Translate complex business requirements into robust SQL and PySpark transformation pipelines
  • Shape how data is structured, modelled and served across multiple domains
  • Embed data quality, testing, reliability and performance standards into pipelines
  • Contribute to CI/CD and modern engineering best practices within the data platform
  • Act as a technical mentor, supporting and guiding other Analytics Engineers
  • Work closely with Data Engineers, BI teams and business stakeholders to deliver impact


Your Skills & Experience

  • Strong commercial experience as an Analytics Engineer operating in a modern data platform
  • Advanced data modelling capability, including dimensional and semantic modelling
  • Strong PySpark development experience within a Lakehouse environment
  • Advanced SQL skills for complex transformations
  • Hands-on experience with Databricks, including pipelines and governance tooling
  • A strong engineering mindset, with a focus on reliability, testing and maintainability
  • Proven ability to mentor others and provide technical leadership
  • Comfortable operating at the intersection of business and engineering
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Location:
London
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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