Analytics Engineer

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment
London, United Kingdom
3 days ago
£75,000 – £80,000 pa

Salary

£75,000 – £80,000 pa

Posted
5 Oct 2026 (3 days ago)

Analytics Engineer (DBT, GCP, LOOKER)

Permanent Role

£70,000-£80,000 + Benefits
London - Hybrid (3 days per week)

I am currently recruiting for anAnalytics Engineer to join a leading global organisation within their growing Data & Analytics function.

This is a hands-on role where you will take ownership of themodelled data layer, working withdbt and BigQuery to build the data products that underpin reporting, self-service analytics and data activation across the business.

You will work closely with Data Engineering, analysts and wider stakeholders, helping to evolve the data warehouse into a scalable global platform and shaping best practices around data modelling, quality and documentation.

The Role:

  • Design, build and maintainstaging, mart and analytics models using dbt and BigQuery
  • Develop scalable data models supporting multiple regions and entities
  • Build and maintain data models poweringLooker / LookML
  • Implement data quality throughdbt testing, monitoring and alerting
  • Work with Data Engineering around upstream dependencies and data contracts
  • Maintain data lineage, documentation and metric definitions
  • Review SQL and dbt work and help improve modelling standards
  • Optimise query performance, costs and deployment workflows
  • Support the use ofAI / LLM tools on top of well-modelled data

What we're looking for:

  • 3+ years' experience acrossAnalytics Engineering, Data Engineering or BI Development
  • StrongSQL skills with experience building production data models
  • Hands-on experience withdbt, including models, tests, macros and documentation
  • Strong production experience withBigQuery
  • Experience usingPython for data work and automation
  • Experience withAirflow or Cloud Composer
  • Strong understanding ofdimensional data modelling
  • Experience withLooker / LookML or a similar BI platform
  • Good understanding ofGit and modern data development practices

Desirable:

  • WiderGCP experience
  • Experience working withKafka / event data
  • Experience migrating or restructuring data warehouses
  • Experience supporting global or multi-region data platforms
  • Interest inAI / LLM applications within data and analytics

If you are interested in the role, please apply. To follow up, please message me on LinkedIn.

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