We're looking for an Analytics Engineer to join our Data team at Tails.com. This role will work closely with Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Infrastructure and Software Engineers, and cross-functional teams to drive forward our company strategy. We have a huge wealth of data - we need you to help us make sense of it and deliver insights that will help drive our strategy to change the world of pet food for good.

Changing the world of pet food for good

We’re Tails.com, a dog food subscription company with a big difference. We create truly tailored food for each and every dog we serve. We start by asking people a few simple questions about their dog. Then we use that information to create their dog’s unique Tails.com recipe – so their dog gets exactly the nutrition they need, in the taste they love, delivered to their door every month. It’s clever stuff.

We’ve got ambitious plans. Having created an entirely new category in pet food, we’re now scaling fast in the UK and Europe – backed by Purina, one of the world’s largest pet food companies. You’ll join a bunch of smart people working towards the same goals – and a bunch of smart-ish dogs, all working on their own thing.

Together, we’ll change the world of pet food for good.

Data Team

The Data team at Tails.com sits centrally within our Commercial function and partners across the entire business. Our team covers the entire spectrum of data-related tasks, from collecting and processing data to making insightful visualisations and conducting rigorous experiments. We play a vital role in helping individuals at Tails.com make informed decisions, driving the continued success and growth of our business.

Build our brand

We’re building an international brand, fast. We set ambitious goals. We challenge and support each other in equal measure. At the pace we’re moving, we prefer to test ideas and learn quickly rather than spend months building a business case. That means we celebrate when things go right, and we learn when things go wrong.

Sound like a team you'd like to join? Here’s how you’ll make a difference:

The role

The Analytics Engineer is a new role, as we are looking to create specialisation within the Data team - this will enable us to manage our warehouse costs effectively, build and resolve data inconsistencies quickly and efficiently, build out more complex reporting to understand key areas of our product, source and onboard new systems in our data architecture, speed up development for our Analysts, and more!

The Analytics Engineer will sit within the central Data function and drive impact through building out and improving our data modelling, development lifecycle, and systems architecture. This role will report into the Head of Data and work closely with Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Infrastructure Engineers, and squads.

You will be responsible for:

• Developing insightful data models and analytics products that meet strategic needs, influencing the development of innovative solutions for our product and strategy
• Partnering with different divisions within Tails.com to source and refine data, driving the creation of cross-divisional data products that enhance insights
• Developing and updating comprehensive documentation and playbooks, making methodologies and insights accessible across the organisation
• Investigating new data modelling and visualisation techniques to assist in advanced analytics projects
• Managing our Snowflake costs, e.g., reducing unnecessary tests and deployment
• Managing procurement of new or alternative systems solutions across our stack

The skills you’ll bring:

• Skilled in translating complex business needs from multiple sources or processes into actionable conceptual and physical data models, ensuring the development of scalable analytics products that closely align with and support strategic business objectives
• Demonstrated expertise in data analysis and integration from multiple sources into a single platform, with a strong foundation in SQL and ability to work with Python
• Experience with cloud technologies, specifically Snowflake and Airflow, and familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD methodologies
• Collaborative team player with excellent stakeholder engagement skills at all levels
• A continuous learner, open to exploring new technologies and methodologies in data analytics

Nice-to-have

• If you have experience in setting up good team practices, even better!

Our commitment

We’re proud to be an active equal opportunity employer. We want to give everyone a fair chance to join us in changing the world of pet food for good. We do this by conducting a structured recruitment process for all candidates, as well as actively promoting our roles to communities that are under-represented at Tails.com.

During your interview process you’ll meet some of our team with varying levels of responsibility and experience. We want to give every candidate a fair interview process and if you need any reasonable adjustments made, please let us know.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually
• Annual bonus, based on company performance
• Flexible core hours, giving you true work life balance
• Hybrid working pattern to ensure this role works for you
• 25 days of holiday (excluding bank holidays) which increases over time to a max of 27 days
• 9/10 day working week to enhance your wellbeing without a reduction in pay and leave allowance
• Optional 5 days unpaid leave and 1 paid volunteer day each year
• When you need a change of scenery, you can work from abroad 2 weeks every 6 months
• Health insurance for you, paid by Tails.com and discounted gym membership
• Extended maternity, shared parental and adoption pay. Up to 6 months at 70% pay, linked to statutory parental pay
• Flexible paid care leave to support immediate dependents, people close to you and pets
• An external financial coach to support a range of topics - debt management, savings and investments
• In-house L&D team, with access to year round courses to help drive your development
• 50% discount on all Tails.com and 40% on Republic of Cats products