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# Senior Analytics Engineer

- **Company:** Relay Technologies
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Airflow, Data Analysis, BigQuery, Directed Acyclic Graph (Directed Graphs), Data Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), Data Processing, Scripting, Feature Engineering, Core Data, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations, Looker Analytics, Data Pipelines, Automation Anywhere
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2842881453-senior-analytics-engineer

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience as an analytics engineer, data engineer, data analyst or similar role
 * Extensive experience with SQL, particularly with BigQuery and PostgreSQL
 * Demonstrated experience with dbt, with a track record of building and maintaining efficient, scalable, and reliable DAGs
 * Python proficiency for data manipulation, scripting, and automation
 * Experience with data visualisation tools such as Tableau, Looker, or similar
 * Experience in effective communication, particularly in gathering requirements and guiding non-technical stakeholders to the right data solutions
 * Familiarity with using AI tools to accelerate your workflow

Nice To Have

 * Experience with orchestration tools like Dagster, Airflow, or similar
 * Experience building real-time or near-real-time data pipelines
 * Familiarity with machine learning workflows and feature engineering
 * Experience embedded in teams building customer facing products
 * Previous experience of learning and modelling an unfamiliar operational domain
 * A desire to see the real world impact of what you work on!

## Description

To free commerce from friction. Today, high delivery costs act as a hidden tax on e-commerce, quietly shaping what can be sold online and limiting who can participate. We envision a world where more goods move more freely between more people, making the online shopping experience seamless and accessible to everyone., * ~110 people, more than half in engineering, product and data

 * 45+ advanced degrees across computer science, mathematics and operations research
 * Thousands of data points captured, calculated, analysed and predicted for every single parcel we handle
 * An intellectually vibrant culture of first-principles thinking, tight feedback loops and relentless experimentation, * Design core data models - Partner with engineers and business leaders within the Last Mile squad to design and build foundational data models that power analytics, data science and AI workflows
 * Build the foundations for our key AI systems - Our Last Mile marketplace is becoming increasingly agentic, you will be a key owner of the inputs that power these systems
 * Drive data quality - Implement testing, monitoring, and alerting to ensure our data is accurate, timely, and trustworthy
 * Collaborate - Work with team members across the business to understand their data needs and deliver solutions
 * Shape our practices - Help define and evolve our analytics engineering processes and standards as we scale


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