Analytics Engineer (DBT)

<p><strong>ANALYTICS ENGINEER </strong></p><p><strong>6-MONTH CONTRACT</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>£450-£550 PER DAY OUTSIDE IR35</strong></p><p>This role offers a great opportunity for an Analytics Engineer to join a fast-scaling digital business undergoing a complete rebuild of its analytics infrastructure. You'll play a key role in reshaping how data is modeled, accessed, and used across teams - all with a focus on clarity, consistency, and self-serve analytics. The environment values autonomy, quality, and user-first thinking, with the freedom to shape best practices from the ground up.</p><p></p><p><strong>THE COMPANY</strong> This is a high-growth consumer business committed to data-informed decision-making across marketing, operations, product, finance, and customer success. They're currently rebuilding their analytics platform with modern, scalable tools and need a strong contractor to accelerate this transition. Working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and remote-first environment, you'll make a lasting impact on how data empowers the organisation.</p><p></p><p><strong>THE ROLE</strong> You'll join the data team to lead the design and delivery of a new semantic layer in Looker. You'll work with stakeholders across departments to translate business needs into performant, trusted data models using LookML and dbt. You'll also play a critical role in shaping the self-serve analytics experience and ensuring the platform is intuitive, documented, and cost-efficient.</p><p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Rebuilding LookML models to reflect real-world business processes and logic.</p></li><li><p>Designing and implementing dbt models that power clean, consistent metrics.</p></li><li><p>Collaborating with business teams to understand reporting needs and deliver intuitive analytics experiences.</p></li><li><p>Creating clear documentation for dashboards, metrics, and models.</p></li><li><p>Ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency across Looker and Snowflake</p></li><li><p>Supporting a stakeholder-first approach to data usability and access.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><strong>KEY SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS</strong></p><ul><li>Extensive experience operating within Snowflake environments</li><li><p>Advanced experience with Looker and LookML, including semantic layer modeling and dashboard design.</p></li><li><p>Proficiency in SQL and dbt, with a strong understanding of data modeling best practices.</p></li><li><p>Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex needs into elegant data solutions.</p></li><li><p>Focus on usability, documentation, and data clarity.</p></li><li><p>Comfortable working independently in a dynamic, fast-changing environment.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><strong>DESIRABLE SKILLS</strong></p><ul><li><p>Experience rebuilding or refactoring a Looker instance from scratch.</p></li><li><p>Familiarity with Snowflake performance tuning and cost optimization.</p></li><li><p>Experience scaling analytics across a cross-functional organisation</p></li></ul><p></p><p><strong>HOW TO APPLY</strong> Please register your interest by sending your CV via the apply link on this page.</p><img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?1cWG9WvfIsoFYtS%2fBxBK1b1rAhNxerIko" width="0" height="0" />