Senior Analytics Platform Engineer (Hybrid)

Oscar Associates (UK) Limited; Bradley Stoke; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and flexible working

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

28 days annual leave

Generous pension

Job summary

Oscar Associates (UK) Limited urgently seeks an Analytics Platform Engineer (Senior or Principal) in a Cheltenham hybrid setting. You will design and deliver scalable analytics hosting platforms, collaborating with Data Scientists and MLOps teams on cloud migrations and data management.

You’ll work across the full SDLC with a range of technologies, solving complex problems and ensuring robust, secure solutions for mission‑critical analytics needs.

Qualifications

• Strong Python development experience.
• Experience working with Kubernetes.
• Strong experience with Docker and containerised environments.
• Understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with GitLab pipelines.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and a practical engineering mindset.
• Experience designing and building scalable, secure technical solutions.
• Ability to work effectively across a varied and sometimes unfamiliar technology environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams including Data Scientists and MLOps Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy scalable analytics hosting platforms.
• Build secure and robust systems supporting mission‑critical analytics solutions.
• Work across the full software development lifecycle, from design through to deployment and ongoing enhancement.
• Work on high-impact projects focused on cloud migration and data management.
• Develop and enhance platform capabilities to support evolving analytics requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across existing analytics services.
• Deliver bug fixes and feature enhancements for mission‑facing analytics platforms.
• Provide hands‑on engineering support to Data Scientists and MLOps teams.
• Work across a varied technology landscape, adapting to unfamiliar technologies where required.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of reliable, scalable and secure technical solutions.
• Work collaboratively with technical teams to understand requirements and deliver effective engineering solutions.
• Help ensure analytics platforms remain robust, maintainable and fit for purpose.

Skills

Python

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

GitLab

Collaboration

Data Scientist support

Tools

GitLab

Apache Spark

Scala

S3

Elasticsearch

NodeJS

React

Job description

Oscar Associates (UK) Limited urgently seeks an Analytics Platform Engineer (Senior or Principal) in a Cheltenham hybrid setting. You will design and deliver scalable analytics hosting platforms, collaborating with Data Scientists and MLOps teams on cloud migrations and data management.

You’ll work across the full SDLC with a range of technologies, solving complex problems and ensuring robust, secure solutions for mission‑critical analytics needs.