Lead Analytics Engineer

About the Team

At DAZN, the Analytics Engineering team is at the heart of turning hundreds of data points into meaningful insights that power strategic decisions across the business. From content strategy to product engagement, marketing optimization to revenue intelligence we enable scalable, accurate, and accessible data for every team.

The Role

Lead Analytics Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and governance

  of DAZNs semantic data models to support consistent, reusable reporting metrics.

• Architect efficient, scalable data transformations

  on

  Snowflake

  using

  SQL/DBT

  and best practices in data warehousing.

• Manage and enhance pipeline orchestration

  with

  Airflow

  , ensuring timely and reliable data delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Finance, Marketing, and Technology to translate requirements into robust data models.
• Define and drive

  best practices

  in version control, testing, CI/CD for analytics workflows.

• Mentor and support

  junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Champion data quality, documentation, and observability across the analytics layer.

You'll Need to Have

• 10+ years of experience in data/analytics engineering, with

  2+ years leading or mentoring engineers

  .
• Deep expertise in

  SQL

  and cloud data warehouses (preferably

  Snowflake

  ) and

  Cloud Services(AWS /GCP/AZURE)

• Proven experience with

  dbt

  for data modeling and transformation.
• Hands-on experience with

  Airflow

  (or similar orchestrators like Prefect, Luigi).
• Strong understanding of dimensional modeling, ELT best practices, and data governance principles.
• Ability to balance hands-on development with leadership and stakeholder management.
• Clear communication skills you can explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience in the

  media, OTT, or sports tech

  domain.
• Familiarity with BI tools like Looker or PowerBI.
• Exposure to testing frameworks like

  dbt tests

  or

  Great Expectations