Analytics Engineer

N Brown Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic retail company in Manchester is seeking an Analytics Engineer to lead the strategy and implementation of their data architecture. The role emphasizes ensuring data is readily available to the data science team and promoting a data-driven culture within the organization. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in analytics engineering, proficiency in SQL and Python, and strong stakeholder management skills. You will have the chance to impact business decisions and create innovative solutions using modern data stack tools, all within a flexible working environment.

Benefits

24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays)

Annual bonus scheme

Enhanced maternity and adoption leave

Company pension with up to 8% contribution

Mental Health support

Colleague discount across all brands

Onsite café with subsidized rates

Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance

Paid volunteer time

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in analytics engineering or data engineering within digital or retail environments.
• Proven ability to design and maintain scalable, reliable data models.
• Skilled at translating complex business requirements into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and implementation of data architecture for the Decision Intelligence team.
• Ensure data is available and usable for data science teams.
• Define and execute the analytics engineering strategy and promote a data-driven culture.

Skills

Experience in analytics engineering

Proficiency in SQL

Proficiency in Python

Stakeholder management

Data governance knowledge

Tools

Docker

AWS Athena

BigQuery

Job description

Here at N Brown, we champion inclusivity by making our customers look and feel amazing. We don’t believe that age, size, shape or background should stop anyone from feeling confident, stylish and happy with the way they look and feel. With our industry leading expertise in creating fashion that fits, we’ve been proudly breaking down these barriers for over 150 years. We help our customers to express themselves with stylish products, helpful services and flexible finance. Now, we’re moving forward together, embracing innovation and new technology, to continue to delight our customers.

Working here you’ll explore everything the world of digital retail has to offer — asking questions, trying new things and chasing new opportunities. Combine this curiosity with the freedom to make your own decisions, take charge of projects and work flexibly, and you’ve got the perfect place to show your skills and learn new ones. It’s fast and furious here at times, but this just means something new and exciting is always on the way. So, if you collaborate, think on your feet, embrace innovation and love rising to a challenge, your work with us will have a serious impact on the business, your career and our customers’ lives. We are proud to be N Brown.

Whatyou’lldo as an Analytics Engineer at N Brown

• This role is pivotal inleading the strategy,developmentand implementation of thedata architecturefor the Decision Intelligence team. Akey enabler for the data science and analytics functions.
• Accountable for ensuring that data is readily available,quickand useable for thedata science and analytics teams.
• The successful post holder with have strong commercial drive, businessacumenanda proventrack recordof building highly performant dataarchitecture.
• Reporting to theheadofgroupDecision Intelligence, this role is fundamental to enablingour data teams to work quickly and effectively.

Strategy and vision.

• Defining and executing the overall analytics engineering strategy and roadmap, aligning this to businessobjectives.
• This role will alsobe requiredto be hands-on in delivering theroadmap.
• Help to promote a data driven culture within the organisation, by educating stakeholders, providing access to data where needed and encouraging the use of data.

Data Governance

• Establishing and enforcingdata governance policies, standards and best practices for data quality,securityand compliance with the decision intelligence function.

Data modelling

• Overseeing the design,developmentandmaintenanceof data models,ensuring they areaccurateand efficient.

Datainfrastructure

• Collaborating with the data engineering and IT teams to build andmaintainthe datainfrastructurefor the Decision Intelligence team.This includes data pipelines, storagesolutionsand analytics platforms.

DataQuality andAssessment

• Responsible for ensuring the accuracy,reliabilityand accessibility of data for all analytical purposes.
• Identifyingopportunities to improve data collectionand processing andleveragingnew technologiesand techniques whereappropriate.

What are we looking for

• Extensive experience in analytics engineering or data engineering within digital, retail, or fast-paced commercial environments.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python, with hands-on experience in modern data stack tools (e.g., docker, AWS Athena, BigQuery).
• Proven ability to design and maintain scalable, reliable data models and optimize pipelines for analytics and data science use cases.
• Skilled at translating complex business requirements into robust technical solutions that drive measurable impact.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, capable of influencing and educating non-technical teams.
• Commercially minded, leveraging data to inform strategic and operational decisions.
• Familiarity with data governance, architecture principles, and best practices; able to contribute to evolving frameworks.
• Comfortable balancing hands-on delivery with long-term strategy and roadmap development

What’s in it for you?

• 24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 10 days
• Annual bonus scheme
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Company pension with up to 8% N Brown contribution
• Mental Health support both internally and externally, including access to our wellbeing champions and counselling services
• A range of financial wellbeing support
Colleague discount across all N Brown brands
• Onsite café with subsidised rates and local restaurant discounts!
• Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance
• Paid volunteer time – all our colleagues can take a full day paid to volunteer for a charity of our choice

Ways of Working

• We offer hybrid working which varies across the business depending on the role you’re in. Our Head Office is located in the Northern Quarter in Manchester City Centre. So if you are travelling by train, tram or bus we’re perfectly located, plus we’re surrounded by cool cafes, trendy bars and the best places to eat!
• Our full-time working hours are 36.17 per week over 5-days. We don’t have strict working hours therefore there is some flexibility around start and finish times as long as you are meeting the needs of the business.
• Our promise to you:
• We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

What happens when you apply to a role at N Brown?

As soon as we receive your application, we’ll send you an email to let you know. We always aim to come back to you as soon as possible with an update and we really appreciate you taking the time to apply for a role with us. Good luck!

Employees in our business may have access to our customers’ personal data therefore for a number of our roles, offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory criminal record check.Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an individual from obtaining a position with N Brown Group.