Senior Analytics Engineer

Senior Analytics Engineer

Hybrid Glasgow

Salary Up to £60,000

We’re looking for a Data Modelling specialist to take ownership of the layer that turns data into real business value.

This is not a dashboard-building role. It’s about designing the models, definitions and metrics that power reporting, decision-making and AI.

About the Opportunity

An established, data-driven business is evolving from reactive reporting to scalable, AI-ready data products.

With a strong Data Engineering foundation already in place, the missing piece is a senior, hands-on expert to sit above it — someone who can create governed, reusable data models and define how the business answers its key questions consistently.

What You’ll Be Doing

Own the semantic layer

• Build and maintain data models that transform raw data into consistent, business-ready datasets

Define core metrics

• Ensure key business measures (e.g. spend, savings, performance) are clearly defined and aligned across all tools

Create reusable data products

• Turn recurring requests into scalable, self-serve solutions

Enable AI-ready analytics

• Structure data so AI tools and copilots can return accurate, trusted answers

Drive automation

• Identify and eliminate manual reporting and repetitive analytical tasks

Champion data quality & governance

• Own documentation, lineage, and data standards

Provide technical leadership

• Set best practices and mentor others in the analytics space

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• Strong experience with data modelling
• Advanced SQL skills, including optimisation
• Understanding of Kimball dimensional modelling and semantic layer design
• Expertise with Power BI including report and dataset development
• Proven ability to turn ad-hoc requests into repeatable, governed solutions
• Experience automating manual analytics processes
• Confidence using AI tools to accelerate and enhance delivery
• Ability to translate complex business questions into structured data models

Nice to have:

• Experience preparing data for AI / Copilot / natural language querying
• Background in complex data environments
• Mentoring or leadership experience

Why This Role Stands Out

• Genuine ownership of the analytics layer and data standards
• A chance to build systems that power AI-driven decision making
• High-impact, senior role with autonomy and influence
• Opportunity to shift a business from reporting → data products

Who This Role Is For

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Prefer building systems over one-off outputs
• Think in models, metrics and scalability
• Are passionate about automation, governance and data quality
• Want to shape how a business uses data — not just report on it