Analytics Engineering Lead: Drive Scalable Data & ML Impact

Starling; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Birthday leave

Pension scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle to Work

Waitrose discounts

Perkbox membership

Job summary

Starling Bank is seeking talented analytics engineers to join a fast-paced data team in London. You will own and grow an analytics estate, collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable data solutions, and lead end-to-end workstreams.

A strong SQL/data modelling background and dbt/BI tooling experience are essential. You will work in a hybrid model with colleagues across banking services, identity, and ML engineering, helping us deliver insights that empower product

Qualifications

• Extensive analytics engineering background with expert SQL and data modelling skills.
• Hands-on experience with dbt to build well-structured, tested, and maintainable data models.
• Proficiency with Looker or a comparable BI tool.
• Track record of managing, supporting, and developing analytics engineers.
• Strong project management capabilities, including prioritising incoming work and delivering cross-functional data initiatives.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
• Solid understanding of data governance and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of analytics engineers.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand and prioritise key business needs.
• Own and improve a large analytics estate serving many different business functions.
• Lead and deliver multiple workstreams end-to-end.
• Ensure quarterly priorities are delivered alongside standing work and ad hoc requests.
• Maintain Fraud & AML-related regular reporting.
• Support data science and ML model development and monitoring

Skills

SQL

Data modelling

dbt

Looker

Stakeholder management

Project management

Documentation

Data governance

Risk management

Data engineering background

Tools

Looker

dbt

Job description

Starling Bank is seeking talented analytics engineers to join a fast-paced data team in London. You will own and grow an analytics estate, collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable data solutions, and lead end-to-end workstreams.

A strong SQL/data modelling background and dbt/BI tooling experience are essential. You will work in a hybrid model with colleagues across banking services, identity, and ML engineering, helping us deliver insights that empower product