Lead Analytics Engineer

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Job Description

Lead Analytics Engineer / Senior Data Contractor


Circa £500 per day Outside IR35


London / Hybrid | Contract | SaaS / Product-Led Environment


I’m 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’ll be joining a fast-paced environment where data is central to product, commercial, finance, and leadership decision-making.


The Role


You’ll take ownership of analytics delivery across the business, helping to ensure data is trusted, accessible, and directly supports strategic decisions.


Key responsibilities include:


  • 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 practice

  • Working closely with product, commercial, finance, and leadership teams

  • Translating complex data into clear, decision-ready insight


Required Experience


We’re looking for someone with strong hands-on capability across:


  • Advanced SQL

  • dbt

  • Python

  • Power BI

  • Cloud warehouse experience (Redshift / Snowflake / Databricks / Fabric / AWS)

  • Strong data modelling and semantic layer design

  • KPI / metrics ownership

  • Experience in SaaS, product-led, fintech, or scale-up environments


Ideal Background


This role would suit someone currently working as a:


  • Lead Analytics Engineer

  • Senior Analytics Engineer

  • Senior Data Engineer

  • Data & Analytics Lead

  • BI / Analytics Contractor


Location


London / hybrid working.


If this sounds relevant, please apply or get in touch directly for more information.

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Location:
City Of London
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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