Data Analytics Engineer

• Collaborate with other teams to understand their challenges and identify opportunities for using data solutions to improve efficiency and/or drive informed decision making
• Design slick data models that allow business users to fetch insights themselves, supported by documentation & governance tools to keep those insights trustworthy
• Create and maintain automated dashboards and reports that are effective in helping stakeholders monitor key performance indicators and easily make decisions
• Champion and encourage our self-serve users to get stuck in and continuously improve our decentralised analytics capability, coaching them in how to create genuinely impactful insights
• Use data analytics and data science to help us work out what we do well, what we should improve, and what we should do next
• Help shaping the direction of our growing team

This role works on data problems that genuinely move us closer to Net Zero by enabling electric vehicle adoption and decarbonising the UK's fleet through data-driven decision making.

• First and foremost, we want our people to have a passion for decarbonisation
• You'll have expertise in translating complex ideas into data models that empower business users to inform their decisions
• You'll have a keen interest in improving data literacy in a growing business, and using technology to automate processes so we can focus on interesting problems
• You'll be self-driven and curious, you're not afraid to take ownership when things get complicated
• You'll be brilliant at turning those vague "what if's" or big challenges into clear-cut goals and requirements
• You'll be eager to tackle with complexity and don't mind working across the whole data lifecycle
• Ideally you'll have at least 3-4 years of experience working in data teams
• You'll have great attention to detail
• You'll have experience in the following (in rough priority order): SQL (experience in writing performant, maintainable data models), DBT (or other data modelling frameworks), Data quality, integrity and governance, Data visualisation (dashboarding / storytelling), Python
• You'll have passion about shaping the direction of the team, and excitement about working across all areas of the business

• Octopus Electric Vehicles won the Sunday Times best company to work for in 2024, was named 6th out of the top 100 start-ups to work for by Tempo in 2025, and was voted 50 best places to work in 2022 on Glassdoor
• Unique culture where people learn, decide, and build quicker with autonomy alongside amazing co-owners
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• Dog friendly company - feel free to bring your dog to the office
• Salary information available upon request during recruitment call with flexibility based on experience

Octopus Electric Vehicles makes it seamless to switch to cleaner, greener driving with a mission to drive sustainable change, decarbonise the planet and provide customers with fair pricing and a fantastic experience. They're building a whole new way for drivers to join the electric charge through an industry-changing customer experience.