Analytics Engineering Lead - Data Platform & AI

Zopa Bank; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Work abroad 120 days

London office

Job summary

Zopa, London-based, is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineering Lead to shape and guide a high-performing team. You will drive analytics strategy, data product quality, and collaboration across Product, Engineering and Analytics to deliver measurable business impact.

You will oversee roadmaps, establish governance, and champion best practices in data modelling, testing and CI/CD while leveraging AI-enabled workflows to enhance data products.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Analytics Engineering, BI Engineering or Data Engineering teams.
• Previous individual-contributor experience in Analytics Engineering.
• Track record of building and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong SQL and data-modelling expertise; experience with dbt.
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery or Databricks.
• Defined technical roadmaps and delivered measurable business outcomes.
• Ability to build trust and influence both technical and business stakeholders.
• Understanding of modern engineering practices including testing, observability, documentation and CI/CD.
• Sufficient technical depth to identify systemic problems and contribute to solutions with senior colleagues.
• Ability to lead a highly autonomous team without micromanaging.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Analytics Engineering team.
• Provide regular feedback, development support and performance management.
• Own prioritisation across requests, strategic initiatives and projects.
• Deliver an Analytics Engineering roadmap aligned with product and priorities.
• Improve quality, reliability and scalability of analytical data products.
• Embed practices across data modelling, testing, observability, documentation and CI/CD.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Analytics and business teams to deliver measurable value.
• Partner with Data Engineering, Data Science and Analytics to a cohesive data platform.
• Represent Analytics Engineering in broader engineering discussions and promote data best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement and adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-assisted development.

Skills

Leadership

Analytics Engineering

SQL proficiency

Data modelling

Cloud data platforms

Tools

dbt

Snowflake

BigQuery

Databricks

Airflow

Fivetran

Job description

Zopa, London-based, is seeking a Senior Analytics Engineering Lead to shape and guide a high-performing team. You will drive analytics strategy, data product quality, and collaboration across Product, Engineering and Analytics to deliver measurable business impact.

You will oversee roadmaps, establish governance, and champion best practices in data modelling, testing and CI/CD while leveraging AI-enabled workflows to enhance data products.