Lead Analytics Engineer

Xcede; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 76,500 - 93,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London office 1 day/week

Job summary

Xcede is hiring a Lead Analytics Engineer to shape how data is modelled, governed and consumed across the business. You will own analytics engineering solutions end-to-end, set the standard for modelling, testing and governance, and mentor the team.

Based in London with the role offering up to 85,000 base salary plus up to 30% bonus and one office day per week; you’ll work with Snowflake, dbt, SQL and Python in a modern data stack and collaborate with product, marketing, finance and data science

Qualifications

• Advanced SQL, top-end for complex modelling and performance work.
• Strong Snowflake experience including performance and cost optimisation at scale.
• Proven experience shaping analytics engineering at a business domain level.
• Python for automation and processing.
• Confident with stakeholder management across product, marketing, finance and data science.
• Comfortable operating independently and making calls in ambiguous environments.
• A mentor who takes real pride in raising the bar around them.

Responsibilities

• Own analytics engineering modelling, governance and delivery across business domains.
• Lead architectural decisions and set quality standards for the team.
• Mentor engineers and drive a culture of high performance and collaboration.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Stakeholder management

Independent working

Mentoring

Ambiguity navigation

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

SQL

Python

AWS

Terraform

API Gateway

Job description

An established consumer business with a strong online presence is hiring a Lead Analytics Engineer to shape how data is modelled, governed and consumed across the wider business. Real ownership, real technical leadership, and a modern stack to build on.

The role

You'd sit within the Analytics Engineering team, working closely with the Analytics Engineering Manager but operating with a lot of autonomy. The role is domain led, meaning you'd take ownership across areas like customer, commercial and operations, shaping the definition and delivery of analytics engineering solutions end to end.

Not a line management role, but a genuine technical leadership one. You'd set the bar for modelling, testing, documentation and governance, mentor the wider team, and be the person other engineers look to on the harder architectural calls.

• Snowflake, dbt, SQL, Python
• AWS (SageMaker, EC2, Lambda, Glue, S3), Terraform, API Gateway
• GitHub, Jira, Confluence

What we're looking for

• Advanced SQL, genuinely at the top end for complex modelling and performance work
• Strong Snowflake experience including performance and cost optimisation at scale
• Proven experience shaping analytics engineering at a business domain level
• Python for automation and processing
• Confident with stakeholder management across product, marketing, finance and data science
• Comfortable operating independently and making calls in ambiguous environments
• A mentor who takes real pride in raising the bar around them

What's on offer

• Up to £85,000 base
• Up to 30% bonus
• 1 day a week in the London office
• Modern, well invested data stack with genuine scope for impact