Funding Circle
Senior Analytics Engineer / Tech Lead
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Senior Analytics Engineer / Tech Lead
🚀 Backing the UK’s Small Businesses Like No One Else
Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we’re here to help them win. We’ve built a platform that uses clever data to get them the funding they need in minutes, not weeks.
At Funding Circle, we have the restless energy of a fintech start-up with the stability of a public company. It’s a unique mix that gives Circlers the autonomy to take ownership and the scale to make an impact that truly counts.
About the Mission
We’re a high-performing team that chooses to lift each other up. We challenge, we champion, and we have each other’s backs — because we know that when we stand together, we move faster and build better. The impact is real: Last year alone, the businesses on our platform generated £7.2bn for the UK economy 📈
Join a mission that matters!
📖 Read our Impact Report | ⭐ See our Trustpilot
The Role ⚡
📍 London (Hybrid) | 🤝 2 days in the office | 💰 Competitive Salary + Benefits
You’ll make a real difference for our customers and your team from day one. We believe the fastest way to grow is by doing, so you’ll have the ownership to run with things and see real-time results.
Responsibilities
- Owns the data modelling strategy and sets standards for:
- Data modelling
- Transformations
- Governance
- Leads the design and implementation of new features, such as:
- The creation of a new star schema and other best practices to optimise data usability
- Sets best practices and standards on how we use SQL / dbt / Python / Pyspark and other languages to solve business problems
- Becomes an expert in the business subject area the team focuses on, holding depth in both business requirements and technical implementation
- Delivers high-quality code, provides technical mentorship, and ensures the team builds scalable, maintainable data models
- Co-owns the backlog with the Engineering Manager, helping to break down technical requirements
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Requirements 🌱
We value deep expertise, but a growth mindset and good energy are what really make our team click. We’re a group that chooses to lift each other up and think smart every day.
- Extensive experience in:
- SQL / Python / Pyspark and/or other relevant data processing languages
- dbt, and ideally Airflow (or similar orchestration tools)
- Extensive experience in:
- Entity-Relationship modelling
- Dimensional modelling
- Experience with:
- Cloud Data Warehousing (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery)
- Cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Familiarity with Tableau
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, including the ability to:
- Translate business requirements into technical requirements
- Ability to:
- Architect custom AI solutions and smart automated systems that are:
- Safe
- Maintainable
- Aligned with our long-term mission
- Architect custom AI solutions and smart automated systems that are:
- Experience acting as:
- A technical bridge
- A mentor, training "builders" across the company to develop from basic AI usage to sophisticated system creation
Nice-to-haves
(Experience with items below would be preferred, but is not essential.)
- Working background in fintech / financial services
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Who We Support
We’re building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. Even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you.
Why Join Us? 💜
- You’ll be part of Round 8 winners of The Sunday Times’ Best Companies to Work For (2026)!
- Flexible-first employer using a ‘best-of-both’ approach. Run offset: 2 days in our London office[^*] – with:
- Barista coffee
- Subsidised Just Eat lunches
- Tailored flexibility[^]: A benefit allowance you can adapt to your own life and family.
- Health & Wellbeing[^]:
- Private medical & dental coverage
- Digital GP access
- Health assessments
- Wealth Support[^]:
- Life assurance
- Share schemes
- Financial coaching
- Development[^]:
- Annual learning allowance to help you level up your skills and career
- Lifestyle Perks[^]:
- Electric car & Cycle-to-Work scheme relief
- Season ticket loans
- Award-winning parental leave policies – including:
- Support for fertility treatments
- Support for new family additions
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