Analytics Engineer

Analytics Engineer

Cox Automotive Europe Data Solutions
Hybrid Manchester (2 days per week onsite)
Permanent Full-time

About the Role

Join Cox Automotive Europes Data Solutions team where data sits at the heart of everything we dofrom powering our Decision Engine platform to delivering vehicle intelligence and commercial insights across the business.

As an Analytics Engineer youll operate at the intersection of data engineering analytics and data science helping turn complex data into robust production-ready datasets and pipelines. Youll play a critical role in enabling faster decision-making improving model performance and driving innovation across multiple high-impact workstreams.

What Youll Be Doing

Build & Power Data Products

• Design and maintain scalable data pipelines supporting pricing channel and timing recommendation models
• Create reusable datasets and dbt models to accelerate analytics and product delivery
• Enable experimentation through A/B testing infrastructure and performance analysis

Shape Vehicle Data Intelligence

• Develop enriched datasets across multiple European markets (e.g. France Italy Spain Belgium)
• Integrate internal and third-party data sources (auction RPI and more)
• Support pricing benchmarking and valuation analytics capabilities

Enable Data Science at Scale

• Collaborate with Data Scientists to productionise models and automate feature engineering
• Own the critical layer between raw data and model inputs
• Ensure data quality lineage and reproducibility across pipelines

Drive Platform Excellence

• Work within a modern Databricks-based data platform
• Contribute to data governance lineage and documentation
• Partner with engineering and architecture teams on shared data initiatives

What Were Looking For

Essential Skills

• Strong SQL and Python experience
• Hands-on experience with modern data tooling (e.g. Databricks dbt)
• Proven ability to build and maintain data transformation pipelines
• Solid understanding of data modelling principles
• Ability to translate complex business problems into reliable data solutions
• Experience working in a commercial or product-driven data environment
• Strong communication skillsable to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Experience with automotive marketplace or pricing data
• Exposure to machine learning workflows and feature engineering
• Familiarity with experimentation and A/B testing frameworks
• Knowledge of data governance lineage and cataloguing
• Experience with Agile tools (Jira Rally etc.)

Why Join Us

• Be part of a high-performing 15-person Data Solutions team working across product data science and platform disciplines
• Work on high-visibility strategic initiatives with real commercial impact
• Collaborate closely with senior stakeholders across product and data science
• Enjoy a culture of autonomy curiosity and technical excellence

Your Impact

This is a rare opportunity to shape the data foundations behind key strategic products. Your work will directly influence pricing decisions product development and the evolution of our data platform.

Apply now to help us build the data capabilities driving the future of automotive intelligence.

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Cox Automotive is the worlds largest automotive service organisation. We
provide dependable solutions that improve performance and profitability
throughout the vehicle lifecycle to manufacturers fleets and retailers.
Our businesses are organised around our customers core needs across vehicle
solutions mobility remarketing funding and retail.