Analytics Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)

Analytics Engineer (Fixed Term Contract)

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Are you passionate about turning data into meaningful insight? Do you thrive on building trusted dashboards, defining metrics, and shaping how businesses understand performance?

We’re looking for an Analytics Engineer to join us on a 12-month fixed term contract, playing a key role in delivering high-quality, governed analytics that drive real business decisions. 

As an Analytics Engineer, you’ll transform trusted data products into dashboards, KPIs and analytical datasets that power decision-making across the business.  You’ll work at the heart of our Data & AI platform, partnering with Data Engineers and business stakeholders to ensure our analytics are consistent, accurate, and truly meaningful. At Microlise, you’ll be part of a business where data is central to everything we do-helping some of the UK’s biggest brands make smarter, faster decisions. You’ll have the autonomy to shape analytics that matter, while working within a progressive, product-led Data & AI environment.

This role is offered as a 12-month fixed term contract, with the opportunity to make a real impact on a high-profile transformation programme. This is an urgent opportunity, and we’re keen to secure someone who can join us as soon as possible, so if you're ready for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing 

Designing and building dashboards, reports and analytical datasets

Defining and implementing KPIs and metric logic aligned to business definitions

Developing semantic layers and reusable reporting models

Validating data accuracy, consistency and business meaning

Collaborating with stakeholders to shape analytics-ready data structures

Driving standardisation and reducing duplication of reporting logic across teams

Ensuring outputs are trusted, governed and traceable

What We’re Looking For

Background in Analytics Engineering, BI Engineering, or Data Engineering

Proven experience creating trusted analytics outputs from curated datasets

Strong understanding of KPI definition, metrics and business logic

Experience working with semantic or dimensional models

Exposure to governed, production-focused data environments

Technical Skills:

Advanced SQL

KPI / metric design and governance

Data modelling (dimensional / semantic)

Data validation and quality assurance

Understanding of data lineage and traceability

Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)

Python (desirable, not essential)

 What Makes You Stand Out

Strong attention to detail and analytical thinking

Passion for data quality, accuracy, and consistency

Ability to translate complex data into clear business insight

Comfortable working with both technical teams and business stakeholders

A governance-first mindset when building analytics solutions

Why Microlise?

When your groceries arrive at your door or you sign for your online parcel, one or more of our software, telematics or proof-of-purchase solutions has probably been used. Our solutions deliver value to many of the UK’s leading grocery retailers and food logistics providers as well as to household names including JCB, Eddie Stobart, Carlsberg, Waitrose, and Royal Mail.

Proudly Midlands-based, Microlise has been operating for over thirty years, and recently became a Publicly Listed Company with shares trading on the London Stock Exchange. Our growing business is guided by our culture which drives the way we behave, the way we work, the way we connect with our customers, and the way we support and develop our people.

We believe in developing our staff and support our employees with their professional development goals

37.5 hour week with flexible working opportunities

Access to our salary sacrifice EV Car Scheme - payments are made before tax and other contributions, so saving you money, whilst doing your bit for the environment!

Great Place to Work certified – We have been recognised by the global authority on workplace culture, so come be a part of our success!

Private medical insurance with Vitality Health including rewards for members such as: Free Amazon Prime, Apple Watch, discounted gym membership and many more!

25 days holiday, excluding bank holidays, increasing with service

Invested in employee health and well-being with over 20 mental health first aiders in the business

Employee Assistance Programmes

Free Costco membership, 20% off EE mobile and line rental, and other local discounts

Great staff extras: Easter eggs, yearly BBQ, Christmas gifts and annual staff awards

Free Microlise Cresswell Racing Tickets, support British Superbikes

Executive Box at Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

Recruitment Process

For successful candidates, interviews will take place whilst the advert is still live, via telephone and video conferencing; so don’t delay getting your application in! 

Recruitment Agencies

Whilst we make every effort to directly source candidates for our live roles, we do have a very small preferred supplier list on the occasion we may require additional support. We therefore do not accept speculative CVs and/or cold calls to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Managers.