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Senior Engagement Analytics Consultant
London
£100000 - £120000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Senior Engagement Analytics Consultant
Hybrid in London 2x a week
Up to £120,000 + bonus
This is a high impact opportunity to join a growing analytics consulting practice at a pivotal stage of its development. You will take a lead role in shaping client engagements, influencing senior stakeholders and helping build a modern, commercially focused analytics advisory capability. The role offers strong visibility, meaningful client ownership and a clear path into practice leadership as the team scales.
The Company
They are a global data and analytics organisation operating at the intersection of financial services, technology and insight. The business works with banks, fintechs and payments organisations to help them make better decisions across risk, growth and customer strategy. Alongside established data products, they are investing heavily in an end-to-end analytics consulting offering focused on delivering tangible commercial outcomes. This consulting practice operates as a true advisory partner, translating complex data into action.
The Role
- Lead end to end delivery of analytics driven consulting engagements from problem definition through to insight and implementation.
- Act as the primary client contact, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across financial services.
- Translate complex analytical outputs into clear, compelling commercial recommendations.
- Shape project scope, approach and delivery in collaboration with analytics and data science teams.
- Drive commercial activity including pitches, proposals and contribution to practice growth.
- Work across a range of use cases including credit risk, fraud, customer acquisition, pricing, segmentation, marketing and collections.
Your Skills and Experience
- Strong commercial experience in analytics or data led consulting within financial services, fintech or payments. You must have strong and direct experience working in the financial services space.
- Proven client facing delivery with senior stakeholder management and project leadership responsibility.
- Ability to turn analytical insight into strategic and commercial outcomes.
- Experience across credit risk, fraud, customer lifecycle or customer value analytics.
- Confident communicator, able to engage both technical and non technical audiences.
- Hands on experience working with data or analytical tools such as SQL, Python, modelling or visualisation.
- Background in a high calibre consulting or advisory environment.
What They Offer
- High visibility role with genuine progression into senior leadership as the consulting practice grows.
- Opportunity to work on complex, high value engagements with leading financial services organisations.
- Supportive, inclusive culture with strong investment in learning and development.
How to Apply
Apply now to learn more about this Senior Engagement Manager opportunity and how it could shape the next stage of your analytics consulting career.
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Junior Data Engineer
Liverpool
£30000 - £40000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentLiverpool, Merseyside
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DATA ENGINEER
up to £38,000 + benefits
Liverpool (Hybrid)
This is a great opportunity to join a purpose‑driven organisation where you can take ownership of data development and help modernise a traditional data estate as part of a growing Data & Insight function.
THE COMPANY:
This organisation is forward‑thinking and technology‑driven, with a strong focus on using data to improve people’s lives.
They are investing in a new data strategy and modern Microsoft stack, creating an excellent environment for someone early in their data career to grow and develop.
THE ROLE:
You will take ownership of SQL‑driven data development and reporting, supporting both BAU activity and longer‑term transformation projects. Working closely with the Data Engineering Manager, you’ll help deliver reliable data products for the wider business.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building and maintaining SQL‑based ETL pipelines across SSIS and Azure Data Factory
- Developing and delivering Power BI dashboards, datasets and data models
- Supporting and maintaining some existing SSRS reports
- Contributing to the ongoing modernisation of the data warehouse and presentation layer
- Supporting the transition toward Python, Azure and Microsoft Fabric
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
You will bring strong capability in:
- SQL and ADF (Azure Data Factory)
- Power BI report development and data modelling
- Working with data warehouses and structured datasets
- Supporting ETL processes and data pipelines
- Communicating clearly with technical and non‑technical stakeholders
THE BENEFITS:
You will receive a salary of up to £38,000.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please register your interest by sending your CV to Molly Bird via the apply link on this page.

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Staff Data Analyst – GTM Analytics
San Francisco
$200000 - $250000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentCalifornia
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Staff Data Analyst – GTM
Location: Remote
Salary: $200-250k
This fast-growing, Series C cloud platform company is at the forefront of technological innovation, delivering cutting-edge solutions that drive industry transformation. The organization is seeking a highly skilled Staff Data Analyst to lead Go-to-Market (GTM) analytics efforts, enabling strategic growth and turning complex datasets into actionable insights to optimize GTM performance and operational efficiency.
About the Role
This position is central to defining and implementing data strategies that empower GTM teams. By developing metrics, automating reporting, and delivering insightful analyses, the Staff Data Analyst will play a critical role in optimizing growth strategies and ensuring data-driven decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement key GTM metrics to evaluate performance and uncover growth opportunities.
- Conduct in-depth analysis of complex datasets to deliver actionable GTM insights.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify root causes, refine processes, and inform strategic initiatives.
- Automate reporting workflows and create interactive dashboards to support leadership decision-making.
- Build and enhance datasets for growth optimization and cost reduction initiatives.
- Develop data accessibility solutions, ensuring timely and structured access to insights for all stakeholders.
- Shape the GTM analytics roadmap, aligning data projects with broader organizational goals.
About You
- 6+ years in analytics roles, with expertise in SaaS and product-led growth (PLG) business models.
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and experience with tools such as Looker, Hashboard, or Omni. Familiarity with Python or R and statistical modeling.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret trends, conduct root cause analysis, and deliver data-driven recommendations that influence strategy.
- Strong ability to present complex findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proven success working in fast-paced, cross-functional environments to drive high-impact outcomes.
This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, data-driven organization and make a significant impact on the success of its GTM strategy. If you’re passionate about using data to drive innovation and thrive in a high-growth environment, this role is for you!

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Principal Software Engineer – Data Platform
San Francisco
$230000 - $280000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentSan Francisco, California
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Principal Software Engineer – Data Platform
San Francisco, CA (Remote Eligible – US Only)
$230K-$280K base + equity
Are you ready to lead the design and build of a world-class data platform from the ground up?
A high-growth, product-led tech company is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the build-out of a modern, scalable data platform from the ground up. If you’re excited about solving massive data challenges and shaping the infrastructure that supports real-time analytics and AI/ML at scale, this role is for you.
As the most senior technical IC on the Data Platform team, you’ll partner with leadership across Engineering, Product, Security, and Compliance to design a low-latency, cloud-native data architecture using best-in-class tools like Kafka, Iceberg, ClickHouse, Tinybird, and Snowflake.
Why this role?
- Join a growing Data Platform team
- Own the technical vision and architecture end-to-end
- Tackle petabyte-scale data challenges and real-time streaming use cases
- Work with a cutting-edge tech stack (Kafka, Iceberg, ClickHouse, Snowflake, etc.)
- Drive platform evolution to support AI/ML and company-wide analytics
What You’ll Do
- Design and build a next-gen data platform to power product and internal use cases
- Architect for batch + streaming, scalability, fault tolerance, and low latency
- Lead data modeling, warehousing, governance, and ingestion best practices
- Champion engineering excellence and mentor senior engineers
- Align technical decisions with long-term business strategy
- Optimize for performance, cost, and resiliency in a modern cloud environment
What We’re Looking For
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering or platform architecture
- 5+ years at the Principal Engineer level or equivalent
- Deep expertise with Kafka (and its ecosystem), streaming data systems
- Strong experience with ClickHouse, Iceberg, Snowflake, or similar tools
- Cloud-native architecture expertise (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Track record of designing data systems for compliance and governance
- Experience scaling systems to support petabyte-level workloads
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
- Bonus: Experience enabling AI/ML platforms or preparing for IPO-scale growth

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Lead AI Engineer
San Francisco
$250000 - $300000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentSan Francisco, California
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Lead AI Engineer
Location: San Francisco Bay Area | Hybrid
Salary: $250-300k + Equity
Join a well-funded, AI-native startup at the forefront of redefining how digital products are designed and shipped.
This team is building a next-generation design platform where every screen is real, production-ready code. Designers work directly in the medium that ships, not static mockups, with AI deeply embedded into the workflow to accelerate iteration while preserving precision, consistency, and control.
Backed by top-tier Bay Area investors and senior product leaders from companies including Shopify, Notion, Dropbox, Stripe, and OpenAI, the company has strong runway, a high bar for talent, and ambitious plans ahead.
They’re now hiring their first dedicated Lead AI Engineer to own the model layer and drive AI performance across the product.
The Opportunity
You’ll work directly with the CTO and founding team to define and execute the AI strategy at the model level.
This is a hands-on, production-focused AI engineering role centered on:
- Fine-tuning LLMs for real-world use cases
- Optimizing inference speed, cost, and reliability
- Designing and deploying custom Small Language Models (SLMs)
- Establishing evaluation, benchmarking, and observability standards
What You’ll Be Responsible For
Fine-Tuning & Model Strategy
- Own fine-tuning workflows (LoRA, adapters, distillation, full fine-tuning)
- Decide when to fine-tune vs optimize at the system or prompt level
- Iterate models based on production feedback
- Balance quality, latency, and cost tradeoffs
Model Optimization & Performance
- Improve inference speed and throughput
- Reduce cost per request
- Enhance reliability and output consistency
- Define model evaluation and benchmarking frameworks
Custom SLM Development
- Design and train custom SLMs for specific design-to-code workflows
- Identify when smaller models outperform larger ones
- Deploy and maintain real-time, streaming AI systems
- Support multi-step and agentic AI capabilities within the product
What They’re Looking For
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- 2+ years building with LLMs in production environments
- Proven hands-on fine-tuning experience (LoRA, distillation, adapters, etc.)
- Experience deploying custom or specialized models
- Strong intuition around inference tradeoffs: latency, throughput, cost, reliability
- Proficiency in Python and TypeScript / Node.js
Nice to have:
- ONNX runtime or model optimization tooling
- Experience with orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain)
- WebSockets, Redis, or real-time streaming systems
- Background in AI-native or code-generation products
- A PhD or advanced degree is welcomed, but demonstrated production impact is the priority.

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Staff Product Data Scientist
$190000 - $220000
+ Data Science & AI
PermanentCalifornia
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Staff Data Scientist (Product)
Location: Remote
Salary: $190-220k
We’re partnering with a fast-growing SaaS company to find a Staff Data Scientist for a senior, high-visibility role embedded in their product organization. This is for someone who combines deep statistical expertise with the ability to influence how an entire company makes decisions – not just someone who runs experiments, but someone who builds the culture and infrastructure around them.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Owning and advancing the company’s experimentation roadmap, focused on high-leverage product questions around customer workflows, churn risk, and long-term value
- Designing and analyzing complex A/B tests, multivariate experiments, and Bayesian methods to measure the real impact of product changes
- Applying causal inference techniques (DiD, synthetic control, propensity score matching, instrumental variables) where traditional RCTs aren’t feasible
- Building and governing a unified KPI framework that connects product health metrics to meaningful business outcomes
- Partnering with Data Engineering to build scalable, self-serve experimentation tooling and reusable analytical frameworks
- Translating complex statistical findings into clear, compelling narratives for VP and C-suite audiences
- Mentoring and training junior and mid-level data scientists on experimental design and causal modeling
What We’re Looking For
This is a senior individual contributor role reporting to the Director of Product Data, acting as a strategic thought partner across Product, Engineering, Finance, Design, and Product Marketing. The company is at an inflection point in how it uses data to make product decisions, and this person will be central to shaping that.
Essential:
- 6+ years in applied data science, economics, or product analytics
- Proven expertise in causal inference: DiD, PSM, instrumental variables, quasi-experimentation
- Deep experience in A/B testing methodology including sequential testing, CUPED, variance reduction, and network effects
- Advanced SQL and Python or R for statistical modeling
- Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouses
- Exceptional communication skills, comfortable presenting to and influencing C-suite stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to drive change in organizations where experimentation culture is still developing
Nice to have:
- Experience with dbt, Airflow, or Databricks
- Background in SaaS and product data science

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Senior Data Platform Engineer
Los Angeles
$160000 - $200000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentLos Angeles, California
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Senior Data Platform Engineer
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Salary: $160-200k base
We’re partnering with a fast-scaling, mission-driven advanced technology company building complex software and hardware systems deployed in real-world environments. Their platform processes and operationalizes high-volume data to power critical decision-making across the organization.
They are hiring a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design and scale the core data infrastructure that supports company-wide operations.
The Role
As a Senior Engineer on the Data Platform team, you will:
- Design and build scalable data pipelines and transformation frameworks
- Own ingestion and egress systems that unify multiple operational data sources
- Develop reliable, secure data models that power internal data products and applications
- Partner with engineering, product, and operations to translate business needs into production-grade systems
- Advocate for best practices across testing, CI/CD, data modeling, and security
- Debug and optimize complex transformation pipelines in production environments
What They’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering or backend engineering
- Strong programming skills in Python or similar languages
- Experience with Spark, PySpark, SQL, and dbt
- Familiarity with large-scale data platforms and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Experience with containerization and modern deployment practices
- Ability to operate autonomously in fast-moving environments
- Strong ownership mindset and attention to security best practices
- Must be a U.S. Person due to export-controlled information requirements
This is a high-impact role focused on building durable data systems that directly support operational execution at scale.

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Staff Data Platform Engineer
San Francisco
$200000 - $245000
+ Data Engineering
PermanentSan Francisco, California
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Staff Data Platform Engineer
US Remote
$200-245k base + Equity
We’re working with a rapidly expanding consumer tech startup that recently raised $125M in Series D funding. As they continue to scale, they’re looking to hire a Staff Data Engineer to join their growing data team. If you have a strong foundation in software engineering, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for driving data strategy, this is the opportunity for you!
The Role:
As a Staff Data Engineer, you’ll be a crucial part of the team, ensuring data is accessible, reliable, and actionable across the company. Working alongside engineers, data scientists, and business teams, you’ll help build scalable data platforms that drive key business initiatives and enable data-driven decision-making.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with engineering, data science, and business teams to understand data needs and implement effective solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Design and build scalable data infrastructure and pipelines to handle high volumes of data as the company grows.
- Lead the design and optimization of data architecture, ensuring it’s secure, high-performing, and scalable.
- Improve and streamline data pipelines to provide fast, reliable access to high-quality data.
- Contribute to the design of reporting frameworks and analytics tools that empower teams to make data-driven decisions.
- Work with security teams to ensure data privacy and compliance standards are met.
- Mentor junior engineers, share expertise, and promote best practices across the team.
- Stay updated on new technologies and suggest improvements to enhance processes and tool efficiency.
You’re a Great Fit If:
- You have 7+ years of experience in data engineering.
- You’ve worked at a leading consumer tech company known for engineering excellence.
- You’re an expert in SQL, Python, and data platform development.
- Nice-to-have: Familiarity with AWS, Kubernetes, Redshift, Athena, S3, and Airflow.
- You have hands-on experience with complex data infrastructures and optimizing data pipelines.
- You’ve led large-scale data projects that had a significant impact on your organization.
- You thrive in collaborative environments and have strong communication skills.
- You have an ownership mindset and take responsibility for delivering results.
