Software Engineer - Analytics and Insights

Software Engineer - Insights & Analytics

Location

Sheffield, UK (Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite)

Salary

£80,000pa - permanent employment (will go to £90k for exceptional candidates)

Also available as an inside IR35 contract at £435/day

Overview

Our client is a fast-growing international consultancy specialising in data, AI and advanced analytics for major financial institutions. With programmes running across the UK and Europe, they are expanding their team to support large-scale data science and modelling initiatives. They are looking for a Software Engineer specialising in Analytics & Insights to design and build enterprise analytics products. The role focuses on developing high-quality datasets, dashboards and analytical tools that help business stakeholders make better decisions using data.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build analytics datasets and semantic layers for enterprise reporting
• Develop dashboards and analytical products used by business stakeholders
• Translate business questions into measurable metrics, dashboards and insights
• Design reusable analytics assets such as curated datasets, metrics frameworks and analytical models
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for analytics workflows
• Work with enterprise data platforms to deliver scalable analytics solutions
• Ensure strong data quality, governance and lineage practices
• Use AI-assisted tools and LLMs to accelerate analytics workflows, documentation and insight generation

Required Skills

• Strong SQL and data modelling skills
• Experience building analytics datasets and semantic layers
• Hands-on dashboard development using Tableau, Power BI, Looker, ThoughtSpot or similar tools
• Experience with enterprise data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks or BigQuery
• Proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages for analytics, automation or data manipulation
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Git, automated testing and deployment pipelines
• Understanding of enterprise data governance, lineage and data quality practices
• Strong ability to translate business questions into metrics, dashboards and actionable insights

Nice to Have

• Experience designing reusable metrics frameworks or analytical models
• Experience working in large enterprise data environments
• Experience using LLMs or AI-assisted tools to accelerate analytics workflows
• Experience building analytics products directly for business stakeholders

Ideal Candidate

• Analytics Engineer or BI-focused Software Engineer
• Comfortable working between data engineering and business analytics
• Able to translate complex enterprise data into clear dashboards and insights
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Unfortunately our client is unable to sponsor work visas, either now or in the future.