Lead Analytics Engineer: Data Strategy & AI Solutions

Remote Worker LTD.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Funding Circle is seeking a data engineer in London (hybrid) to own the data modelling strategy, set standards, and drive governance. You will shape the backend data layer, build scalable models, and collaborate with product and analytics teams from day one.

You will implement star schemas, promote best practices with SQL, dbt, Python, and Pyspark, and mentor colleagues to raise data capabilities across the organisation. Join a fintech team building impact.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in SQL / Python / Pyspark and related data processing
• Strong data modelling: ER and dimensional modelling
• Experience with cloud data warehousing (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Familiarity with Tableau
• Excellent communication and problem-solving to translate business requirements into technical specifications
• Ability to architect AI solutions and automated systems aligned with our mission
• Act as a technical bridge and mentor to scale data capabilities across the company

Responsibilities

• Owns the data modelling strategy, sets standards for data modelling, transformations, and governance.
• Leads the design and implementation of new features, such as the creation of a new star schema and other best practices to optimise data usability.
• Sets best practices and standards on how we use SQL & dbt / Python / Pyspark and/or other languages to solve business problems.
• Becomes an expert in the business subject area the team are working on, holding expertise on both the business requirements as well as the technical implementation.
• Delivers high quality code, provides technical mentorship and ensures the team is building scalable, maintainable data models.
• Co-owns the backlog with the Engineering Manager and helps to break down technical requirements.]

Skills

SQL

Python

Pyspark

dbt

Airflow

Entity-Relationship modelling

Dimensional modelling

Cloud Data Warehousing

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

AWS

GCP

Azure

Tableau

Communication skills

Tools

dbt

Airflow

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Job description

Funding Circle is seeking a data engineer in London (hybrid) to own the data modelling strategy, set standards, and drive governance. You will shape the backend data layer, build scalable models, and collaborate with product and analytics teams from day one.

You will implement star schemas, promote best practices with SQL, dbt, Python, and Pyspark, and mentor colleagues to raise data capabilities across the organisation. Join a fintech team building impact.