Analytics Platform Engineer - Remote Opportunity

About the Role

We are seeking an Analytics Platform Engineer to join our dynamic team at YLD. This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled professional looking to work remotely while contributing to innovative projects that drive business success. As an Analytics Platform Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building and maintaining the analytics platform infrastructure that supports our data science and reporting capabilities.

What You'll Do

• Build, maintain, and scale the analytics platform infrastructure that underpins analytics, data science, and reporting capabilities.
• Design and manage data ingestion pipelines, ensuring reliable and timely flow from multiple sources.
• Implement and maintain containerized environments using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Support continuous integration and delivery of platform components using GitHub Actions.
• Collaborate closely with Analytics Engineers, Data Scientists, and Analysts to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions.
• Monitor platform performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements for reliability and efficiency.
• Participate in team knowledge-sharing sessions, demos, and internal workshops to promote best practices.

Requirements

• Proven commercial experience in Azure or other cloud platforms.
• Strong proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, and pipeline development.
• Experience with data ingestion and orchestration tools, e.g., Airbyte, Snowflake, or similar.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation (GitHub Actions or equivalent).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
• Exposure to dbt or similar data transformation tooling is a plus.
• Understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and platform scalability.

Nice to Have

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug production issues under pressure.
• Comfortable working in cross-functional teams and collaborating with multiple stakeholders.

What We Offer

• Company Private Health care.
• Enhanced fully paid maternity and paternity leave for up to 6 months.
• Pension scheme (UK).
• 25 days annual holiday (excluding Public Holidays).
• £/€2000 annual learning and development budget for training courses and conferences.
• £/€300 annual allowance for additional hardware.
• Mental Health support: access to Oli app.
• Discretionary Bonus (depending on Company performance and results).
• Generous referral schemes.