Lead Analytics Engineer - London - Hybrid - £75K - £85K

Eden Smith Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Eden Smith Limited is seeking a Lead Analytics Engineer in London with a hands-on coding role and leadership responsibilities. You will own data modeling using dbt/Dataform, SQL, and cloud warehouses, while guiding two Analytics Engineers and aligning analytics with business KPIs.

The role involves partnering with stakeholders and the global Platform Engineering team to ensure data quality and actionable insights, with expectated hybrid onsite presence in Central London.

Qualifications

• Senior or Lead Analytics Engineer with hands-on coding and mentoring responsibilities.
• Proficient in dbt/Dataform, SQL, and cloud data warehouses.
• Experience aligning analytics with business KPIs and collaborating with Platform Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership to the analytics team, designing and optimizing data models.
• Lead, mentor, and upskill two Analytics Engineers, including 1:1s and code reviews.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and Platform Engineering to align data ingestion with analytics needs.

Skills

SQL

Leadership

Mentoring

Hands-on coding

Tools

dbt/Dataform

Cloud data warehouses

Job description

Lead Analytics Engineer - London - Hybrid - £75k - £85k

Are you a Senior or Lead Analytics Engineer with a strong software foundation who loves staying hands-on in code while mentoring and guiding a team?

A market-leading business in Central London is seeking a Hands-on Analytics Engineering Lead (Player-Coach) to own downstream data transformation, standardise metric layers, and lead/mentor a dedicated team of two Analytics Engineers.

With core cloud infrastructure and data platform management handled globally by HQ in Germany, this role is dedicated to maximizing value from the data building scalable models, championing software engineering best practices within analytics, and bridging the gap between technical data layers and commercial decision-makers.

The Role:

• Hands-on Technical Leadership: Design, build, and optimize production-grade data models using dbt/Dataform, advanced SQL, and modern cloud warehouses.

• People Management & Coaching: Lead, mentor, and upskill two Analytics Engineers, running 1:1s, code reviews, and setting technical standards.

• Stakeholder & Infrastructure Alignment: Partner with business leaders to define core KPIs, and collaborate directly with the global Platform Engineering team in Germany to align raw data ingestion with local analytics needs.

This role requires the candidate to be in site a couple of days a week in Central London.

Eden Smith is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on any grounds.