Company: Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location:
Posted: May 1st, 2026
ANALYTICS ENGINEER
6-MONTH CONTRACT
£450-£550 PER DAY OUTSIDE IR35
This role offers a great opportunity for an Analytics Engineer to join a fast-scaling digital business undergoing a complete rebuild of its analytics infrastructure. You'll play a key role in reshaping how data is modeled, accessed, and used across teams - all with a focus on clarity, consistency, and self-serve analytics. The environment values autonomy, quality, and user-first thinking, with the freedom to shape best practices from the ground up.
THE COMPANY This is a high-growth consumer business committed to data-informed decision-making across marketing, operations, product, finance, and customer success. They're currently rebuilding their analytics platform with modern, scalable tools and need a strong contractor to accelerate this transition. Working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and remote-first environment, you'll make a lasting impact on how data empowers the organisation.
THE ROLE You'll join the data team to lead the design and delivery of a new semantic layer in Looker. You'll work with stakeholders across departments to translate business needs into performant, trusted data models using LookML and dbt. You'll also play a critical role in shaping the self-serve analytics experience and ensuring the platform is intuitive, documented, and cost-efficient.
Your responsibilities will include:
Rebuilding LookML models to reflect real-world business processes and logic.
Designing and implementing dbt models that power clean, consistent metrics.
Collaborating with business teams to understand reporting needs and deliver intuitive analytics experiences.
Creating clear documentation for dashboards, metrics, and models.
Ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency across Looker and Snowflake
Supporting a stakeholder-first approach to data usability and access.
KEY SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS
Advanced experience with Looker and LookML, including semantic layer modeling and dashboard design.
Proficiency in SQL and dbt, with a strong understanding of data modeling best practices.
Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex needs into elegant data solutions.
Focus on usability, documentation, and data clarity.
Comfortable working independently in a dynamic, fast-changing environment.
DESIRABLE SKILLS
Experience rebuilding or refactoring a Looker instance from scratch.
Familiarity with Snowflake performance tuning and cost optimization.
Experience scaling analytics across a cross-functional organisation
HOW TO APPLY Please register your interest by sending your CV via the apply link on this page.