Lead Analytics Engineer

I am currently supporting a fast-growing SaaS business with an urgent requirement for an experienced Lead Analytics Engineer / Senior Data Contractor to help drive and stabilise their analytics capability.

This is a highly hands-on role, ideal for someone who enjoys working across data engineering, analytics, and commercial insight, with strong exposure to modern cloud data stacks and stakeholder-facing delivery.

You will be joining a fast-paced environment where data is central to product, commercial, finance, and leadership decision-making., You will take ownership of analytics delivery across the business, helping to ensure data is trusted, accessible, and directly supports strategic decisions.

• Designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines and analytical datasets
• Building and refining SQL / dbt transformation logic
• Developing robust semantic models and business metrics frameworks
• Delivering high-quality Power BI dashboards and reporting
• Supporting cloud data warehouse environments such as Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks, or similar
• Driving data quality, validation, and testing best practise
• Collaborating closely with product, commercial, finance, and leadership teams
• Translating complex data into clear, decision-ready insight

We are seeking candidates with strong hands-on expertise in the following areas:

• Advanced SQL
• dbt
• Python
• Power BI
• Cloud warehouse experience (Redshift / Snowflake / Databricks / Fabric / AWS)
• Strong data modelling and semantic layer design
• KPI and metrics ownership
• Experience in SaaS, product-led, fintech, or scale-up environments