Senior Analytics Engineer (m/f/d)
Senior Analytics Engineer (m/f/d)
Join IU and become part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to making quality education accessible to all. We are looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer who is passionate about transforming raw data into actionable insights to empower data-driven decision-making across the organization. The ideal candidate has strong technical skills in data modelling, data warehousing, and BI, coupled with a deep curiosity for understanding the drivers behind business metrics.
This position is available immediately in full-time (40hrs./week) within Germany or UK remotely or at one of our office locations.
YOUR ROLE
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Data Modelling and Transformation: Design, build, and optimize data models to support reporting, analysis, and visualization. Utilize dbt to ensure efficient and reliable transformation of raw data into clean, tested, well-documented, organized models that serve as the foundation for BI and analytics.
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Collaboration with Engineering and Analytics Teams: Partner closely with data engineers, software engineers, data analysts, and product teams to understand business requirements, ensuring that data models and transformations meet analytic and operational needs.
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Data Quality and Validation: Establish rigorous data quality standards, conducting testing and validation to ensure data integrity across reporting and analytics systems. Work with source systems to enhance upstream data quality.
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KPI and Metric Development: Collaborate with stakeholders to define, track, and refine business KPIs and metrics, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Support leadership and operational teams with consistent, high-quality insights.
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Data Reporting: Work with data analysts who build dashboards and reports in PowerBI, and collaborate on creating a single, well-structured semantic layer for reporting and self-serve analytics.
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Documentation and Training: Maintain comprehensive documentation for data models and transformation processes. Provide training to ensure knowledge transfer within the team and to help stakeholders utilize data effectively.
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3+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or BI engineering within a data-centric environment.
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Excellent SQL Skills
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Deep knowledge of dbt
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Strong understanding of concepts around data warehousing and data modelling
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Good knowledge of cloud-based MPP data warehousing (e.g. BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift)
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Growth mindset. Eager to learn and be willing to proactively seek results and drive meaningful impact
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Excellent communication skills and business acumen.
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Shape your career: Rapid growth opens up many new opportunities for you. Tell us about your dream career and we’ll help you make it happen.
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Work from wherever you want …: Modern tools and video meetings make it possible: with IU, the boundaries between here and there blur. You want to work from abroad for a while? No problem thanks to our WorkFlex benefits.
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… and flexible time: It’s your job: We trust you and give you the greatest possible freedom to organize yourself.
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You have the choice: You are free to choose your equipment, because everyone has their own preferences when it comes to hardware.
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Take your knowledge to a new level: Benefit from a 100% discount on tuition fees for an IU combined degree in the tech sector and many other free training courses. There is always something new to learn.
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Get a good rest: we push ourselves every day to go above and beyond. But we also take the time to recharge our batteries: with 30 days of annual vacation for all employees. Need some time off? How about a sabbatical?
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Reach your destination sustainably: Germanys 9 euro ticket is history, we got the DeutschlandTicket for 7 €. You prefer to travel by bike? Then a Jobrad (bike leasing) might be the right choice. We offer many environmentally conscious options to be mobile both professionally and privately.
Who are we? Germany’s largest university – and not just an excellent choice for studying, but also an outstanding Great Place to Work®! As an edutech company, we rely on state-of-the-art technology and data-driven approaches. That’s why AI-driven voice assistants and other GPT systems have long become part of our daily work routine, helping us to focus on exciting projects. Here at IU, over 4,000 employees are dedicated to making a difference. So start now and join the Gamechangers!
Sounds like the perfect job for you? Then apply now!
Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online form; applications via email cannot be considered.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Alicja at alicja.copija@iu.org.
Words are followed by actions: We take our “Culture Of Everyone” very seriously and would like to take this opportunity to expressly point out that you are welcome to join us, regardless of your origin, religion, gender, age or sexual orientation. Even if you have a disability, our doors are wide open to you. We look forward to a diverse community here at IU!
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