Lead Analytics Engineer

SF Partners
London, United Kingdom
Last month
£400 – £500 pd

Salary

£400 – £500 pd

Job Type
Contract
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Lead
Education
Degree
Posted
21 Apr 2026 (Last month)

Lead Analytics Engineer / Senior Data Contractor

**London / Hybrid | Contract | SaaS / Product-Led Environment**

I'm currently supporting a fast-growing SaaS business with an urgent requirement for an experienced **Lead Analytics Engineer / Senior Data Contractor** to help drive and stabilise their analytics capability.

This is a highly hands-on role,ideal for someone who enjoys working across **data engineering,analytics,and commercial insight**,with strong exposure to modern cloud data stacks and stakeholder-facing delivery.

You'll be joining a fast-paced environment where data is central to product,commercial,finance,and leadership decision-making.

## The Role

You'll take ownership of analytics delivery across the business,helping to ensure data is trusted,accessible,and directly supports strategic decisions.

Key responsibilities include:

* Designing and maintaining scalable **data pipelines and analytical datasets**

* Building and refining **SQL / dbt transformation logic**

* Developing robust **semantic models and business metrics frameworks**

* Delivering high-quality **Power BI dashboards and reporting**

* Supporting cloud data warehouse environments such as **Redshift,Snowflake,Databricks,or similar**

* Driving data quality,validation,and testing best practice

* Working closely with product,commercial,finance,and leadership teams

* Translating complex data into clear,decision-ready insight

## Required Experience

We're looking for someone with strong hands-on capability across:

* Advanced **SQL**

* **dbt**

* **Python**

* **Power BI**

* Cloud warehouse experience (**Redshift / Snowflake / Databricks / Fabric / AWS**)

* Strong data modelling and semantic layer design

* KPI / metrics ownership

* Experience in **SaaS,product-led,fintech,or scale-up environments**

## Ideal Background

This role would suit someone currently working as a:

* Lead Analytics Engineer

* Senior Analytics Engineer

* Senior Data Engineer

* Data & Analytics Lead

* BI / Analytics Contractor

Location

London / hybrid working.

If this sounds relevant,please apply or get in touch directly for more information

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