Lead Analytics Engineer

Our mission is to create tech that makes a difference empowers teams delights customers and shapes the media world of tomorrow

Were one of the leading media advertising companies with over 33000 advertising sites across the UK and EU.

As part of the global Bauer Media Group were committed to being both a platform for brands and a platform for good. From Netflix Disney The National Lottery Heineken and many more we advertise for some of the best brands which reach millions of people every day! We dont just sell space we deliver impact for our clients and value for the communities we serve.

London - 2 days a week Salary for this role is dependant on your experience youll also receive bonus benefits

About The Role

We are seeking a Senior Analytics Engineer - Technical Lead to steer our team through a critical data warehouse build while elevating data-driven decision-making across the business. Reporting to the Analytics Manager and working alongside four Lead/Specialist Engineers you will own the teams technical direction and output quality provide the strategic partnership needed for smart prioritization and actively champion data literacy across business functions. Your authority is technical but your impact will be measured by internal engineering excellence and external business confidence in our data.

What youll be doing

- Set and enforce the data modelling standards that govern how the team designs facts dimensions aggregates and semantic layers

- Review and exercise independent judgement on modelling approaches proposed by Lead Analytics Engineers making formal recommendations where decisions carry material risk or long-term architectural consequence

- Own the technical integrity of the curated data layer ensuring what is built is correct performant well-documented and genuinely fit for business use

- Translate business requirements into data model designs that are both technically sound and analytically useful

- Act as the final technical quality checkpoint before work reaches production or is presented to business stakeholders

- Bring genuine analytical expertise: the ability to sit with data identify what it is and is not telling you and present findings in a way that is clear honest and actionable

What youll bring to the team

- Deep SQL expertise including complex transformations window functions and performance tuning in a cloud environment

- Proven experience designing analytical or data warehouse models

- Strong dimensional modelling knowledge such as Kimball approaches star schemas and aggregates

- Experience with Databricks or similar platforms

- Hands on ownership of curated data layers used by the business

- Strong understanding of end-to-end data dependencies across a modern data stack (pipelines models semantic layer consumption)

- Strong understanding of data quality profiling and validation techniques

- Mentoring and acting as a technical lead

Nice to haves

- Azure Fabric

- Python for analysis profiling or orchestration logic

Dont have it all Bauer is a great place to learn so we still welcome your application!

Whats In It For You

25 paid holidays including bank holidays

Company Pension Scheme paid up to 8%

Healthcare Cash Plan

Life Insurance and group income protection scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Cover

We believe in fairness and as an equal opportunities employer we work hard to foster an inclusive environment a place where you can truly be yourself and be treated fairly. Were interested in what you can do not just what youve done. Even if you dont meet every requirement listed wed still love to hear from you!

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Required Experience:

IC