Lead Analytics Engineering

Ready for a challenge?

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We're a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience.
Whether it's a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.

About the Role

We are looking for a high-performing Lead Analytics Engineer to serve as the technical authority and core engine of our analytics ecosystem within the Enterprise Reporting domain. In this role, hands-on building (from scalable data models and ETL/ELT pipelines to executive-ready dashboards and business reporting) is your foundation on day one.

You will hold end-to-end responsibility for the entire data lifecycle, transforming raw data into clear, high-impact reporting assets that drive business decisions. As the technical anchor, you will establish engineering standards, lead critical data migrations, and work closely with stakeholders across the organization. This role offers a defined pathway to build and formally lead our Analytics Engineering pillar as the organization scales, transitioning from hands-on technical ownership into line management, team development, and sprint prioritization over time.

These are some of the key components to the position:

- End-to-End Data Transformation & Pipeline Delivery: Steer and execute the complete data lifecycle, building, maintaining, and optimizing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data transformation models using SQL, dbt, and Apache Airflow.

- End-to-End Reporting Drive: Take direct responsibility to deliver and manage all core reporting assets across Tableau, AI-generated reporting, Google Sheets, and Google Slides, partnering closely with Business Analysts and Delivery teams.

- Strategic Deployment, Migrations & Change Facilitation: Drive strategic deployment workflows (Git, Airflow orchestration, CI/CD) and lead necessary data migrations to modern architectures, ensuring minimal operational disruption.

- AI & Modern Stack Innovation: Steer the adoption of modern data stack tools and AI solutions (including Tableau AI and workflow automation) to continuously optimize reporting and pipeline efficiency.

- Data Quality & Governance: Establish and enforce rigorous data quality checks, pipeline monitoring, and governance practices to ensure high reliability across all delivery channels.

- Stakeholder Alignment & Agile Delivery: Work closely with cross-functional business and data stakeholders to translate business requirements into working technical solutions, using Agile methodologies to plan and prioritize delivery roadmaps.

- Pillar Leadership & People Development (Phased Growth): Act as the technical anchor from day one, with the clear remit to help structure, and formally lead the Analytics Engineering pillar as headcount is added. Over time, you will coach and mentor direct reports, supporting both their technical mastery and soft skills development while being accountable for their career growth.

What You Will Bring to the Team?

- Deep Technical Mastery: Exceptional hands-on expertise in SQL, dbt, dimensional modeling, relational databases, and modern cloud data warehouses (e.g., GCP/BigQuery).

- ETL & Orchestration Skills: Hands-on capability in orchestrating complex ETL/ELT workflows using Apache Airflow, alongside Python scripting for automation.

- Complete Reporting Capability: Proven track record in delivering high-impact Tableau dashboards, AI-assisted reporting, and executive presentation assets in Google Slides and Sheets.

- Architecture & Migration Track Record: Practical experience planning or executing data migrations and pipeline modernizations while maintaining reporting stability.

- Leadership & Coaching DNA: Demonstrated experience or strong aptitude in technical leadership, mentoring, or leading Agile teams (3+ years preferred), combined with the ambition and readiness to formally build, scale, and manage a dedicated engineering pillar over time.

- Drive & Execution Focus: A self-starter mindset with the proven ability to drive complex technical projects autonomously from raw transformation to final stakeholder delivery.

- Stakeholder & Agile Fluency: Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge business requirements and engineering deliverables, fostering a collaborative, transparent delivery environment.

At JET, this is how we play

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.
Being the best at what we do isn't just about delivering on our strategy. It's a competition for something incredibly valuable – our customers' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they're picking a side.

At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly, to surpass the competition and earn our customers' loyalty, again and again.

Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we're building a customer-first culture which enables us to stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.

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