Analytics Engineer

Waterloo - Hybrid Working, Full Time, Permanent, Grade 4

At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

The team: Tech and Transformation are at the heart of delivering the future vision for Currys. We drive innovation that creates seamless, secure experiences for customers and colleagues – whether migrating to the latest technology, enhancing security, or deploying smart tools to our stores. Using analytics, AI and automation, we generate real value - personalising journeys, improving decision making and unlocking new opportunities.

You will collaborate with analytics, engineering, and product teams to turn raw data into business-ready insights. You will work closely with analysts to understand their requirements and ensure solutions meet their needs. You will partner with platform and operations teams to maintain robust, scalable, and high-performance analytical pipelines. Your role will also involve mentoring colleagues on analytics engineering best practices and contributing to a culture of quality and reusability across the data function.

Role overview:

As part of this role, you'll be responsible for:

• Develop and maintain dbt models that transform raw data into trusted datasets for analytics and business intelligence
• Implement data quality tests and monitoring to ensure accuracy and reliability
• Optimise query performance using effective data modelling and materialisation strategies
• Create clear documentation and data dictionaries for analytical models
• Establish version control and CI/CD processes for analytics code
• Support self-service analytics by building reusable, high-quality data models
• Mentor analysts on coding standards, software engineering best practices, and analytics workflows
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions

You will need:

• Strong SQL skills with experience in complex data transformations
• Expertise with dbt and modern analytics engineering tools
• Solid understanding of dimensional modelling and data warehousing concepts
• Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines for analytics
• Knowledge of data testing frameworks and quality assurance practices
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis and automation
• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or similar data platforms
• Excellent communication and documentation skills

Why join us:

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.

We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email careers@currys.co.uk and we'll do our best to help.

We are committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce.