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Senior Backend Engineer
San Francisco
$180000 - $225000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentSan Francisco, California
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Senior Backend Engineer
Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid) | $180,000 – $225,000
⚙️ AI * Distributed Systems * High-Compute Pipelines
I’m partnering with a fast-growing AI technology company that’s building large-scale backend systems powering intelligent, interactive digital experiences. They are preparing for major product launches and significant user growth, and are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join their core engineering team.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and scale APIs, microservices, and core backend systems
- Work across TypeScript, Go, and/or Python in production environments
- Contribute to multi-stage compute pipelines involving GPU workloads
- Drive improvements in performance, throughput, and system reliability
- Partner closely with ML, infrastructure, and product teams
What the Client Is Looking For
- 3+ years of backend engineering experience (mid-senior)
- Strong experience in TypeScript, Go, or Python
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and concurrency
- Experience building production APIs and service architectures
- Bonus: exposure to GPU compute, ML inference, or high-scale environments
Why This Role Stands Out
- High ownership within a lean, senior engineering team
- Work at the cutting edge of AI, 3D tech, and large-scale distributed compute
- Opportunity to shape core architecture during a major scale-up phase
- Strong funding and ambitious long-term roadmap
If this sounds interesting, drop me a message. Even if you’re just exploring or curious about what’s next, I’d love to share more – this is genuinely one of the most exciting backend roles in the AI space right now.

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Senior Data Engineer – Geospatial Focus
New York
$65 - $80
+ Data Engineering
ContractNew York
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Senior Data Engineer – Geospatial Focus
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer (Contract) to help build and scale the ingestion, transformation, and orchestration layers for a new data product entering beta launch across multiple U.S. states. This role is ideal for an engineer with strong Python foundations, deep experience working with geospatial data, and a passion for building reliable, production‑ready data systems.
You’ll work closely with a highly collaborative, research‑driven engineering team to design data models, develop pipelines, troubleshoot complex geospatial challenges, and ensure the platform is ready for its next phase of growth.
What You’ll Do
- Develop, own, and maintain data ingestion and transformation pipelines in a type‑safe Python environment
- Design and optimize data models, with an emphasis on geospatial datasets and real‑estate-oriented data problems
- Build and manage orchestration workflows (e.g., Prefect) to support scalable, reliable production systems
- Work within a sprint-based process, delivering high‑quality, well‑tested code
- Collaborate closely with a thoughtful, academically minded engineering team to solve complex data challenges
- Contribute to documentation, code reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering standards
Required Skills & Experience
Core Technical Background
- Strong Data Engineering experience
- Hands-on experience with:
- Python (custom/bespoke codebases, not just notebooks or light scripting)
- Snowflake
- AWS (data‑oriented cloud services)
- Workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Prefect, Dagster, Airflow, etc.)
Geospatial Expertise (Required)
Experience with geospatial data tools, libraries, formats, or platforms such as:
- ArcGIS
- GeoPandas
- Apache Sedona
- PySpark GIS
- QGIS
- Shapefiles, raster/tiling systems, spatial joins, projections, coordinate systems, etc.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Machine Learning, feature engineering, or ML model pipelines
- Familiarity with real‑estate or location‑based data products
- Experience building systems for early‑stage product launches
Logistics
- Flexible time zones; mandatory standups M/W/F at 9:30 AM ET.
- 20 hours/week ramping to 40 hours/week within 2-3 months, continuing full-time for ~6 months.
- Hourly Rate: $65/hr – $80/hr

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Senior Marketing Analyst
London
£65000 - £70000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Senior Marketing Analyst
Fully Remote (UK) | Up to £70,000 + equity options + quarterly bonus
This is a great opportunity to join a high-growth, digital-first business where marketing decisions are genuinely data-led. You will shape how performance marketing is measured, reported, and optimised, while working with a modern data stack and a growing central data team.
The Company
They are a fast-scaling, subscription-based consumer marketplace with a strong international presence. Their model is built around a two-sided membership community, and they are investing heavily in data to drive smarter growth decisions. Over the past six months, they have been building a modern data platform from the ground up, introducing tools such as dbt and Databricks. Data is central to their strategy, and marketing analytics is a key area of focus for future growth.
The Role
As a Senior Marketing Analyst, you will sit within the Marketing Analytics function and act as a strategic partner to growth and marketing leaders. You will:
- Work with marketing stakeholders to understand growth questions and translate them into clear analytical projects.
- Analyse channel and campaign performance to inform budget allocation and investment decisions across paid and owned channels.
- Deep dive into the end-to-end customer journey, from initial visit to registration, membership, and purchase.
- Identify behavioural indicators and patterns that predict conversion and retention.
- Develop and refine customer segments to improve targeting across paid media and CRM.
- Support the development of marketing mix modelling (MMM) capabilities.
- Build and maintain dashboards and self-serve tools that bring performance and insights to life for non-technical stakeholders.
- Help improve data foundations and data models that power marketing analytics and reporting.
Your Skills & Experience
You will be a strong fit for this Senior Marketing Analyst position if you have:
- Strong commercial experience using SQL to query and manipulate large datasets.
- Proven experience in marketing analytics, ideally with a focus on paid performance marketing.
- Hands-on experience with data visualisation tools such as Tableau or Looker (or similar BI tools).
- A background working in a marketplace, start-up, or scale-up environment where you have influenced growth or acquisition strategy.
- Experience working across channels such as paid social, paid search, CRM, and/or influencer marketing.
- Confidence working directly with senior stakeholders, communicating complex analysis in a clear, actionable way.
- A proactive, problem-solving mindset and a genuine interest in understanding customer behaviour and the full customer journey.
What They Offer
- Salary in the range of £70,000 – £80,000, depending on experience.
- Equity options plus a quarterly performance bonus structure.
- Fully remote working within the UK, with flexibility and trust.
- The chance to join at a pivotal stage as the data platform and marketing analytics function are being built out.
- Significant scope to influence marketing strategy, measurement frameworks, and advanced analytics capabilities.
- Opportunities to grow your career as they expand their data, analytics, and marketing teams and move further into predictive modelling and advanced analytics.
How to Apply
If you are a Senior Marketing Analyst looking to have a real impact on growth strategy in a modern, data-driven business, please apply with your CV to be considered.

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Analytics Manager – Financial Services
London
£75000 - £90000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Analytics Manager
London, Hybrid | Up to £90,000 + bonus
This is a great opportunity to step into a visible Analytics Manager role where you will shape data-driven solutions for major financial services clients. You will lead a small team, own client relationships, and turn complex property and mortgage data into actionable insight that directly influences products and commercial decisions.
The Company
They are a specialist data and analytics business that supports banks, lenders, and financial services organisations with property, mortgage, and credit risk insight. Their products and analytics help clients make faster, smarter lending decisions using robust data and advanced modelling. You will join a collaborative analytics team that partners closely with product and commercial colleagues. The culture is dynamic, supportive, and geared towards innovation and continuous improvement.
The Role
As Analytics Manager, you will:
- Lead and mentor a team of analysts, managing day-to-day delivery and supporting their development.
- Own the delivery of analytics solutions for financial services clients, with a particular focus on property and mortgage data.
- Work directly with clients to understand their challenges and translate these into data-driven solutions.
- Present analytical insight to senior stakeholders, clearly explaining complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Partner with product and commercial teams to shape new features and propositions using data.
- Support pre-sales activity by exploring client data, scoping solutions, and demonstrating the value of analytics.
- Proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities in client and market data to inform product and strategy.
Your Skills And Experience
You will be a strong fit if you have:
- Solid commercial experience in analytics within financial services, mortgages, credit risk, or a closely related area.
- Proven experience leading or mentoring analysts, with the ability to manage delivery across multiple projects.
- Strong technical skills in Excel and SQL, with working knowledge of Python for analysis and modelling.
- A data storytelling mindset, able to turn complex analysis into clear, actionable insight for clients.
- Experience working with or alongside banks, mortgage lenders, or credit decisioning teams.
- A highly numerate, analytical approach with a creative, problem-solving mindset.
- Strong stakeholder skills, with confidence presenting to senior, technical and non-technical audiences.
- An interest in property, housing, and mortgage markets.
What They Offer
- Base salary up to £90,000, plus bonus and competitive benefits.
- Hybrid working, with 2 days per week in the London office and set team time together on Tuesdays.
- The chance to lead a high-impact analytics function with direct exposure to senior stakeholders and major financial institutions.
- Clear progression opportunities as the analytics and product functions continue to grow.
- A collaborative environment where new ideas, curiosity, and innovation are encouraged.
How To Apply
If you are an Analytics Manager, or a senior analyst ready to step up, and you are excited by the blend of client-facing work, team leadership, and hands-on analytics in London, apply with your CV to find out more.

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Staff Data Scientist – Paid Marketing
London
£87000 - £113000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Staff Data Scientist – Paid Marketing
London – x2 days a week
Up to £113,000 plus bonus and benefits
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high‑growth, product‑led business where data drives every marketing decision. You will shape how performance is measured across a major digital brand, building new attribution and LTV capabilities that directly influence strategy.
The Company
They are a fast‑scaling, community‑focused digital marketplace with a strong app footprint and a mission‑led culture. Their marketing team is expanding and investing heavily in data to improve performance across paid and brand channels. With an international user base and a modern tech stack, they offer the chance to innovate, experiment, and deliver impact at scale.
The Role
You will join the marketing analytics function, owning attribution modelling and the measurement framework that powers paid marketing decisions.
Key responsibilities include:
* Leading the development, maintenance, and optimisation of attribution models for sign‑ups and paid activity.
* Building measurement capabilities, including CLV and LTV modelling for strategic forecasting.
* Delivering complex, in‑depth analysis to explain performance and guide future investment.
* Partnering with stakeholders across paid, brand, and wider marketing teams.
* Driving the measurement roadmap and ensuring clarity on key metrics across the business.
* Providing BAU support while also setting long‑term direction.
Your Skills and Experience
You will bring:
* Strong SQL skills.
* Excellent Python capability for developing analytics and attribution models.
* Proven experience in marketing analytics within an app‑based or digital‑first environment.
* Ability to communicate complex measurement concepts clearly to non‑technical stakeholders.
* Experience owning attribution frameworks and performance measurement processes.
What They Offer
* Up to 113k plus benefits
How to Apply
If you are passionate about building best‑in‑class measurement for a fast‑moving digital brand, apply today to find out more.

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Senior Data Analytics Advisor
London
£50000 - £60000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Senior Data Analyst
London (Hybrid) | FTC | Up to £60,000 + benefits
Join a high-impact data team where your analysis directly shapes industry thinking, public policy discussions, and senior stakeholder decisions. This is a great opportunity if you enjoy turning complex data into clear, influential insight and want a role that balances technical work with meaningful stakeholder engagement.
The Company
They are a well-established UK membership organisation within the financial services sector, known for their influential work on policy, regulation, and market issues. Their members include many household-name firms, and they are trusted to provide robust analysis and insight that informs key decisions. They foster a collaborative culture where data, policy, and communications teams work closely together. You will join a supportive environment that values curiosity, ownership, and continuous learning.
The Role
As Senior Data Analyst, you will be a core member of the data analytics team, responsible for turning member and third-party data into actionable insight. Your work will support internal policy specialists, senior leaders, and external stakeholders.
You will:
- Lead on the collection, cleaning, and analysis of data from member organisations and external sources.
- Use SQL and Excel as core tools to manipulate large, complex datasets and build robust analysis.
- Develop clear, engaging dashboards and visualisations in Power BI to communicate trends and performance.
- Combine internal data with third-party sources such as survey datasets, market statistics and official data to create meaningful insight.
- Work closely with policy and communications teams to provide data support on ad hoc projects, publications, and media responses.
- Contribute to regular market and diversity reporting, including survey design, data validation, and reporting of results.
- Present findings to colleagues with varying levels of data literacy, tailoring your communication to maximise understanding and impact.
- Help identify opportunities to improve data processes, tools, and methodologies across the analytics function.
Your Skills & Experience
You will be a strong fit if you can demonstrate:
- Strong commercial experience working with SQL to extract and manipulate data.
- Advanced Excel skills, including working with large datasets, complex formulas, and quality checks.
- Experience using a data visualisation tool, ideally Power BI, to build clear dashboards and reports.
- Proven experience working with third-party data sources such as market research, survey data, official statistics, or regulatory datasets.
- A track record of creating insight by combining internal and external data to answer business or policy questions.
- Confident communication skills, with experience explaining analysis to non-technical stakeholders and adapting your message to different audiences.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
- Desirable: experience in financial services, insurance, or market research, and exposure to Python for more advanced analysis.
What They Offer
- Salary up to £60,000 depending on experience, plus an annual discretionary bonus.
- FTC position with genuine opportunity to broaden your toolkit and influence high-profile work.
- Hybrid working model, typically around two days per week in a modern City of London office.
- 25 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday.
- Private medical cover, gym membership, eye care support, and a structured mental wellbeing plan.
- Access to a range of leadership, training, and professional development opportunities.
- A friendly, collaborative team culture where your ideas are listened to and your work is visible.
How to Apply
If you are a data professional who enjoys combining technical skills with real-world impact, please apply with your CV to find out more.

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Junior Digital Product Analyst
London
£30000 - £38000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Junior Digital Product Analyst
London – 4 days in office
£38,000 + benefits
A leading UK retail group is looking for a Junior Digital Product Analyst to join their growing Product Analytics team. This is a great opportunity for someone with 1-2 years of experience in digital analytics who wants exposure to high-traffic eCommerce platforms across multiple well-known consumer brands.
You’ll work closely with product and digital teams to analyse website and app performance, support checkout and feature optimisation, and build reporting and dashboards used across the business.
Key Responsibilities
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Analyse customer journeys and conversion funnels across web and app
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Support product analytics initiatives and help establish best practices
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Build dashboards and reporting for stakeholders across the business
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Work with data to identify opportunities to improve checkout and key website features
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Provide insights into user behaviour, conversion, and performance metrics
Requirements
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1-2 years’ experience in digital or product analytics
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Understanding of website analytics and conversion funnels
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Experience with SQL
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Experience building dashboards in Power BI, Tableau, or similar
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Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
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Comfortable working with Excel and data analysis
What’s on Offer
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£38,000 salary
- Benefits
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Hybrid working (4 days office / 1 day WFH)
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Senior Insights Analyst
London
£50000 - £60000
+ Digital Analytics
PermanentLondon
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Senior Insight Analyst
Remote first across the UK. Circa 60000 plus bonus and benefits.
This is an opportunity to join a growing analytics consultancy working with major global brands on marketing effectiveness and digital performance. You will operate at the centre of key client relationships, delivering impactful insight and shaping how data drives decision making.
The Company
They are a self-funded, fast-scaling analytics consultancy specialising in marketing effectiveness, digital insight and media evaluation. With long-standing retained clients and a strong commercial pipeline, they combine stability with growth. Their team works closely with senior marketing stakeholders, challenging agency output and delivering clear, commercially relevant insight.
The Role
You will:
* Own and develop senior client relationships across major brand portfolios.
* Deliver high-quality insight across digital marketing, site performance and channel effectiveness.
* Build and refine measurement frameworks in partnership with media agencies.
* Review and validate analysis from external partners to ensure accuracy and value.
* Present confidently to senior marketing leaders and simplify complex findings.
* Contribute to pitches, new methodologies and internal product development.
* Mentor others and support delivery across multiple workstreams.
Your Skills and Experience
You will have:
* Strong experience using data to guide senior stakeholders and shape commercial decisions.
* Confident presentation skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly.
* Knowledge of digital marketing and site performance analytics.
* Experience working with or challenging media agency outputs.
* The ability to mentor and contribute to high-quality analytical delivery.
* A commercially minded approach to insight and measurement.
What They Offer
* Salary around 60000 plus up to 20 percent bonus.
* Pension, private health cover, annual leave plus Christmas shutdown, L&D budget and equity participation.
* Fully remote first working model with regular in-person collaboration days.
How to Apply
If you are a client-facing analytics professional who enjoys delivering commercially impactful insight, apply today to find out more.
