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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Analytics Engineer - **Company:** 1660 Global Media Group Services Ltd - **Location:** UK (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Business Logic, JIRA, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Cloud Services, DataOps, SQL Databases, Workflow Management Systems, Snowflake, Git, Data Analytics - **Published:** September 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/analytics-engineer-1660-global-media-group-serv-9956814 ## About the Role * Analytics Engineering Skills: previous experience in an Analytics Engineering position + Data Modelling: Proven ability to design and maintain scalable, well-documented data models that enable multiple use cases. + Data Curation Tools: e.g. dbt or Python for data manipulation and transformation + SQL: ability to write complex SQL that runs efficiently especially on cloud data platforms (E.g. Snowflake) + Orchestration: Proficiency with orchestration tools (E.g. Airflow) + DataOps: Experience with git & CI/CD, and appreciation of FinOps + Cloud: Proficiency with cloud services (ideally AWS) * Agile ways of working: Understanding of Agile methodologies and experience of using Jira * Can do attitude: Proactive, problem-solving attitude with strong attention to detail * To be organised: Strong organisational skills with the ability to work both individually or part of a team and an eye for detail and quality * Great communication: An ability to break down and explain sophisticated technical concepts to business end users * A growth mindset: A proven ability to learn new skills and pick up new technologies quickly ## Description Data modelling & product development (50%) * Design, build and maintain scalable, reusable and well-documented data models to support analytics, BI, product and data science use cases. * Transform complex raw and intermediate data into curated datasets that are easy to use and aligned to business needs. * Apply business logic carefully and consistently to ensure data products are trusted and fit for purpose. * Develop reusable semantic layers, metrics and core entities that support multiple downstream use cases. * Work with Data Engineering to ensure source data structures and transformations support high-quality analytics outputs. Data quality, testing & documentation (25%) * Build rigorous automated checks to ensure freshness, completeness, consistency and accuracy of datasets. * Establish testing standards for analytics models, including schema, business rule and metric validation. * Create and maintain clear documentation so users can quickly understand datasets, definitions and intended use cases. * Improve discoverability and usability of data assets across the Global environment. Business partnership & metric definition (25%) * Partner with Analytics, Product, Data Science and commercial stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into robust data models. * Align stakeholders on common definitions, KPIs and business logic across audience, campaign and measurement use cases. * Support decision-making by ensuring analytical datasets reflect the right level of business context and domain understanding. * Identify strategic opportunities where analytics engineering can improve insight generation, consistency and speed to value. What You'll Love About This Role * Think Big: We've got some of the largest and most diverse data sets in UK media - with scale that continues to grow. You'll play a role in harnessing the value in that data. * Own It: You'll be doing this by gaining expertise in one of our data domains * Keep it Simple: With a focus on reusability of data sets and models to support multiple use cases * Better Together: You'll be working in a team with kind, supportive people that look out for you and help you to do the best work that you can. We put a lot of energy into our team culture and ensuring that everyone is fulfilled with their work. What Success Looks Like In your first few months, you'll have: * Learnt how the team operates and uses technologies such as Snowflake, dbt, Airflow * Built a clear understanding of the strategic direction of Data and Analytics at Global as well as how these feed into the wider business' goalsWorked with the Data Engineering and Analytics teams to structure datasets that can be used to build data products and other use cases depending on stakeholder briefs * Integrated within Agile team ceremonies such as daily stand ups, retrospectives and backlog refinements * Started to establish a strong understanding of Global's datasets and their use in the business ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [AI Model Management Life Circles: ML Ops For Generative AI Models From Research to Deployment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1152-ai-model-management-life-circles-ml-ops-for-generative-ai-models-from-research-to-deployment) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)