Data Analytics Engineer - 6 months FTC

OakNorth's Lending business runs on data — from credit decisions to portfolio reporting to operational oversight. This role exists to bring structure and reliability to that data layer. You will own the migration of our data models to dbt, build the dashboards that Finance and Lending Ops depend on, and set a higher standard for how data is modelled and consumed across the Lending business.

Key responsibilities :
• Own the end-to-end migration of existing data models into dbt, delivering production-ready, well-documented, and tested models

• Design and maintain a clean, scalable data layer in BigQuery that serves Finance, Lending Ops, and Engineering stakeholders

• Build dashboards and self-service reporting tools that enable stakeholders to answer their own questions without engineering involvement

• Define and enforce data modelling standards and conventions within the Lending data domain

• Partner with Finance and Lending Ops to understand reporting requirements and translate them into reliable, reusable data assets

• Write Python scripts and tooling to support data pipelines, transformations, and automation where needed

• Use AI-assisted development practices to accelerate delivery and maintain high code quality

• Work iteratively — ship early, gather feedback, and improve; you are comfortable with ambiguity and energised by a high pace of change

What success looks like:
• All priority Lending data models have been migrated to dbt and are running reliably in production

• Finance and Lending Ops stakeholders are actively using dashboards built by this role — with low dependency on ad-hoc requests to Engineering

• A clear, documented data model structure exists for the Lending domain that other engineers can build on

• Data quality issues are caught at the model layer, not discovered by stakeholders in reports

Requirements:
• Proven experience as an Analytics Engineer or Data Engineer with strong dbt skills (model design, testing, documentation, refactoring)

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery

• Comfortable writing Python for data transformation, pipeline tooling, or automation

• Strong instinct for data modelling — you think in schemas, not just queries

• Experience building dashboards and self-service reporting tools for non-technical stakeholders

• Solid grounding in software engineering principles: version control, code review, testing, and CI/CD

• Comfortable working in agile teams — you work well in short cycles, prioritise ruthlessly, and adapt quickly

• Comfortable working in a regulated financial services environment with appropriate data governance awareness

Nice to haves:
• Experience in lending, credit, or financial services data domains

• Familiarity with Looker, Metabase, or similar BI tools

• Exposure to dbt Cloud and CI/CD for data pipelines