Analytics Engineering Leader — Remote-Ready

Zopa Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Zopa is seeking an Analytics Engineering Manager to lead a high‑performing team in London, shaping analytics strategies and data platforms. You will guide data modelling, testing, and modern data tooling while partnering with Product and Engineering to deliver measurable business impact.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on analytics and the adoption of AI‑assisted data workflows to improve data quality, speed, and reliability across Zopa's products and services.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL and data-modelling expertise.
• Experience leading Analytics/BI/Data Engineering teams.
• Ability to define and deliver technical roadmaps.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms and modern transformations.
• Experience with CI/CD and observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Analytics Engineering team.
• Own prioritization across requests, initiatives and projects.
• Establish and deliver an Analytics Engineering roadmap.
• Improve quality, reliability and scalability of analytical data products.
• Embed strong data modelling, testing, observability, documentation and CI/CD practices.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Analytics and business teams to deliver value.
• Partner with Data Engineering, Data Science and Analytics to build a cohesive data platform.
• Represent Analytics Engineering in engineering discussions and advocate for better data practices.
• Drive continuous improvement and adoption of AI-assisted data workflows.

Skills

SQL

Data modelling

Leadership

CI/CD

AI/ML awareness

Tools

dbt

Airflow

Dagster

Fivetran

Snowflake

Job description

Zopa is seeking an Analytics Engineering Manager to lead a high‑performing team in London, shaping analytics strategies and data platforms. You will guide data modelling, testing, and modern data tooling while partnering with Product and Engineering to deliver measurable business impact.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on analytics and the adoption of AI‑assisted data workflows to improve data quality, speed, and reliability across Zopa's products and services.