Principal Analytics Engineer - Barcelona, Spain

If youre here its because youre looking for an exciting ride.

A ride that will fuel up your ambitions to take on a new challenge and stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone.

Well deliver a nonvanilla culture built on talent where we work to amplify the impact on millions of people paving the way forward together.

Not your usual app. We are the fastestgrowing multicategory app connecting millions of users with businesses and couriers offering ondemand services from more than 170000 local restaurants grocers and supermarkets and high street retail stores. We operate in more than 1500 cities across 23 countries.

Together we revolutionise the way people connect with their everyday needs from delivering essentials to connecting our ecosystem of users through innovative solutions powered by technology. For us every day is filled with purpose.

What makes our ride unique

Our culture and strong values.

Our career development philosophy.

Our commitment to being a force for good.

We have a vision: Building the largest marketplace in your city to give access to anything in minutes. And this is where your ride starts.

YOUR MISSION

As a Principal Analytics Engineer you will be at the forefront of redefining how data is modeled governed and leveraged at Glovo. You will work across domains acting as a force multiplier for our analytics engineering capabilities setting technical standards unblocking teams mentoring senior engineers and aligning strategic goals with the data platform team. This role is a rare blend of deep technical leadership visionary thinking and handson execution perfect for someone who thrives on making an impact at scale.

THE JOURNEY

• Architectural Leadership
  Own and evolve Glovos data architecture across domains shaping how data products are built consumed and governed at scale. Lead the design of highly resilient scalable and extensible data solutions that power strategic decisions and data applications companywide.
  
  
• Strategic Influence
  Define the longterm vision and data strategy for Glovos analytics ecosystem in partnership with the VP of Data and crossfunctional stakeholders. Drive architectural decisions that impact multiple clusters and help shape companywide data standards and practices.
  
  
• CrossFunctional Collaboration
  Collaborate with Platform Engineering Product and Business teams to influence the development and implementation of robust highquality data assets. Enforce best practices in data governance and documentation.
  
  
• Mentorship & Community Leadership
  Mentor Staff and Senior Analytics Engineers across teams nurturing technical growth and craftsmanship. Lead the Analytics Engineering guild to scale best practices and build a culture of technical excellence and experimentation.
  
  
• Innovation & Thought Leadership
  Stay on top of emerging trends in the data ecosystem. Lead initiatives to adopt cuttingedge technologies or methodologies that bring tangible impact. Represent Glovos engineering practices in external forums like conferences meetups or blog posts.
  
  
• Technical Execution
  Balance vision with handson work: engage in complex problemsolving lead design reviews unblock teams and deliver highimpact data solutions when needed. You know when to dive deep and when to step back and empower.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE RIDE

• 10 years of experience in Data or Analytics Engineering with a significant track record of architectural and technical leadership.
  
  
• Proven expertise in modern data stack tools (e.g. dbt BigQuery Apache Spark Airflow Looker/Tableau AWS/GCP etc.) endtoend data ingestion and processing architectures and a strong programming foundation (e.g. Python SQL etc.).
  
  
• Deep knowledge of data modeling at scale (e.g. dimensional modeling data mesh etc.) and data governance (e.g. data contracts lineage observability quality privacy etc.).
  
  
• Experience driving strategic data initiatives across multiple teams or domains in a highgrowth or complex organization.
  
  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skillsyou bring clarity to ambiguity and foster alignment at all levels.
  
  
• Thought leadership in Analytics Engineering with extensive experience mentoring teams especially at senior levels and championing data best practices.

YOUR FIRST 180 DAYS

• Oversee the current data analytics stack migration from AWS to GCP and adjacent changes in our platform tooling for segmentation machine learning and experimentation.
• Coordinate the staff engineers group and analytics engineer guild to increase trust in data and technical excellence
• Collaborate with Data Platform and Engineering to implement shared capabilities to increase analytics engineers efficiency
• Define the vision & strategy to scale the analytics engineering craft for the next 3 years

Individuals representing diverse profiles and abilities encompassing various genders ethnicities and backgrounds are less likely to apply for this role if they do not possess solid experience in 100% of these areas. Even if it seems you dont meet our musts dont let it stop you we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned and embracing diversity is invaluable.

We believe driven talent deserves:

• An enticing equity plan that lets you own a piece of the action.
• Topnotch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.
• Monthly Glovo credit to satisfy your cravings!
• Discounts on transportation food and even kindergarten expenses.
• Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.
• Extra time off the freedom to work from home two days a week and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year!
• Enhanced parental leave and officebased nursery.
• Online therapy and wellbeing benefits to ensure your mental wellbeing.

Here at Glovo we thrive on diversity we believe it enhances our teams products and culture. We know that the best ideas come from a mashup of brilliant diverse minds. This is why we are committed to providing equal opportunities to talent from all backgrounds all genders racial/diverse backgrounds abilities ages sexual orientations and all other unique characteristics that make you YOU. We will encourage you to bring your authentic self to work fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard.

Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g. she/her/hers he/him/his they/them/theirs etc).

So ready to take the wheel and make this the ride of your life

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