Decathlon UK
Analytics Engineer
Job Description
International. Lovers of sports. Team players. Stronger together through our love of sports.
At Decathlon UK, we provide Careers That Let You Play. We are driven by our mission to help more people in the UK get physically active and healthy. We are a part of the DECATHLON Group, one of the world’s biggest sporting goods retailers. Headquartered in France, DECATHLON specializes in the creation of sports products and their distribution online and in stores at more than 1,700 locations in 61 countries. In the UK, it has over 50 stores nationwide and an e-commerce site that caters to nationwide delivery.
THE JOB
As an Analytics Engineer Level 2 at Decathlon UK, you will play a crucial role in delivering modelled datasets for a business domain, ensuring the quality, availability, monitoring, and accessibility of these datasets. You will contribute to accelerating use cases and promoting Self-Service Analytics across the organization. This position requires a unique blend of technical expertise, user-centric focus, teamwork, and a continuous improvement mindset.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Automating and industrializing data transformation pipelines used for dashboards, AI models, and data analyses.
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Building and modelling the semantic layer of business domains (commerce, supply, sports, etc.);
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Defining the strategy of our technical stacks and ensuring the quality of exposed data;
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Maintaining and rethinking existing datasets and pipelines to serve a wider variety of use cases;
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Enabling intelligent analytics by building robust, reliable, and relevant datasets;
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Actively contributing to our community of analytics engineers and data engineers;
TECHNICAL SCOPE:
– Data platform: Amazon Web Services, Databricks, Glue, S3
– Programming: SQL, Python, Scala
– Data orchestration: Airflow
– Data modelling: DBT
– Data quality: great_expectations
– Software Delivery: Git, Github, Make
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?
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You have at least 3 years of experience as an Analytics Engineer or Data Engineer, or 5 years in Data Analysis having already experienced data engineering.
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Significant experience with one of the major Clouds: AWS / GCP / Azure, knowing how to use components (Databricks, Hive, Redshift, Airflow) and optimize their performance.
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Proficiency in the following languages: SQL and/or Python;
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Experience in dimensional modelling (Kimball, Data Vault, OBT);
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Mastery in implementing data transformation pipelines with DBT
WHO ARE YOU?
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Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
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Driven, ambitious individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment
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Strong sense of service
Specific requirements/work environment:
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This is a hybrid role and would require the successful candidate to attend at least 3 days a week in our LDN office (Surrey Quays)
BENEFITS THAT AWAIT YOU
Get to enjoy the following benefits and perks:
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Annual remuneration reviews
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Hybrid working
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Healthy employee discount on all Decathlon products
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Weekly Staff Sports/Activities and free access to our office gym
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Cycle-to-Work Scheme
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Gym, food, and travel discounts
… and many more
ABOUT DECATHLON UK
We’re an international sports retailer with 2080 stores in 56 countries, and if you look a little closer, you’ll see we’re so much more.
Decathlon is dedicated to helping, inspiring, and guiding you through your sports experiences. We believe that discovering new sports and being active – well, it’s an important part of life – and living well shouldn’t just be for a privileged few.
We are committed to inclusion and non-discrimination. We welcome applications from people of all origins and those living with disabilities. We also recognize the importance of a multi-generational workforce, social diversity, and equality between women and men. If, due to a disability, you require any special accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know. At Decathlon, first and foremost, we are interested in your personality and character.
