Lead Analytics Engineer

The role

You will own the data modelling strategy and set standards for transformations and governance. You will lead the design of new features and provide technical mentorship to the team.

What you will do

• Owns the data modelling strategy, sets standards for data modelling, transformations, and governance.
• Leads the design and implementation of new features, such as the creation of a new star schema.
• Sets best practices and standards on how to use SQL, dbt, Python, Pyspark and/or other languages.
• Becomes an expert in the business subject area.
• Delivers high quality code.
• Provides technical mentorship.
• Ensures the team is building scalable, maintainable data models.
• Co-owns the backlog with the Engineering Manager and helps to break down technical requirements.
• Architect custom AI solutions and smart automated systems.
• Act as a technical bridge and mentor, training builders across the company.

Required qualifications

• Extensive experience in SQL / Python / Pyspark and/or other languages relevant to data processing
• Extensive experience in dbt and Airflow (or other orchestration tools)
• Extensive experience in Entity-Relationship modelling and Dimensional modelling
• Experience with Cloud Data Warehousing (eg Snowflake, Databricks or BigQuery) and Cloud (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Familiarity with Tableau
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Able to architect custom AI solutions and smart automated systems

Nice to have

• Working background in Fintech/Financial Services

Benefits

• Benefit allowance to tailor to your own life and family
• Private medical and dental
• Health assessments
• Access to a digital GP
• Life assurance
• Share schemes
• Financial coaching
• Dedicated annual learning allowance
• Electric car and cycle-to-work schemes
• Season ticket loans
• Award-winning parental leave policies
• Barista coffee and subsidised Just Eat lunches

About the company

Funding Circle is a fintech company that uses data to provide funding to UK small businesses. It has the energy of a start-up with the stability of a public company.