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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
Salary description
£45000.00 - £45000.00 per year