Senior Analytics Engineer: Semantic Layer Leader

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PleoMessy is seeking a senior Analytics Engineer to own the semantic layer and analytics standards across the company. You’ll define metric definitions, govern dbt architecture, and lead AI-native development across the analytics stack.

You’ll collaborate with Data Infra, MLOps, and Intelligence teams to align data contracts and ensure scalable, AI-ready data products for internal and external use.

Qualifications

• Deep demonstrated expertise in dbt and modelling practices.
• Strong BigQuery and SQL expertise.
• Experience owning a semantic layer (LookML, dbt MetricFlow, or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Own the semantic layer and define canonical metric definitions (MRR, churn, etc.).
• Set data modelling standards across domains and levels of complexity.
• Build and run analytics engineering communities of practice.
• Lead AI-native data engineering practices and govern AI tooling adoption.
• Collaborate with backend engineers and product teams on data contracts.

Skills

dbt

BigQuery

SQL

semantic layer

LookML

AI-native development

data contracts

stakeholder management

Tools

dbt

LookML

Copilot

Job description

PleoMessy is seeking a senior Analytics Engineer to own the semantic layer and analytics standards across the company. You’ll define metric definitions, govern dbt architecture, and lead AI-native development across the analytics stack.

You’ll collaborate with Data Infra, MLOps, and Intelligence teams to align data contracts and ensure scalable, AI-ready data products for internal and external use.