Lead Analytics Engineer

Ratepay • Berlin

Full-time

Berlin

from today

Here's What You'll Be Doing

In this crucial role, you’ll join Ratepay’s Data department in driving data-driven decision making by democratizing access to information via self-service analytics. You will work with data engineers, analysts, and ML engineers to strengthen the foundation of data products and enable business users to have seamless access to granular data via SQL LLMs.

The Data department at Ratepay encompasses Data Engineering, BI, Product Analytics and Data Analytics. We work with cloud-native CI/CD tech stack (Snowflake, AWS, Airflow, Tableau, BitBucket, Jenkins, etc.) in an AGILE way, infusing the data mesh principles into our development and release strategies. The role reports to the Head of Data, focusing on automating self-service reporting products and embedding data-informed decision-making across Risk, Product, and Finance domains.

The impact

Drive the self-service reporting data product strategy by building on Ratepay’s cloud native CI/CD stack (Snowflake, AWS, Airflow, Tableau, BitBucket, Jenkins, etc).
Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, and ML-eng leads to develop LLM-based text-to-SQL/python apps.
Thought partner for mid-senior analysts and engineers to foster professional growth and development.
Own Ratepay’s KPI definition and cataloging.
Improve Ratepay’s data mesh inspired data modeling, analysis, reporting, and visualization practices mapped to the business use case.
Influence data availability to enable analysts to develop insights into risk models, debt management, financing performance, etc.
Collaborate with Data Engineering, Analytics, ML, and Finance leadership teams to scope emerging analytics use cases.
Support improvements in data and platform infrastructure to enhance analytics capabilities and tools.

Your profile

Have experience in developing self-service analytics as a product via engineering practices.
Be self-motivated and enthusiastic about solving analytics and self-service reporting use-cases with process automation tools and Gen AI.
Bring simplicity to seemingly complex topics to engage senior management.
Have experience in data analysis, interpretation, and visualization.
Be a strategic thinker with problem-solving skills, focusing on driving business impact.
Have exposure to project management frameworks, with a track record of delivering projects on time and within scope.
Be proficient in SQL, data cataloging tools, data lakes and self-service BI tooling.
Have had exposure to statistical analysis and machine learning techniques.
Be proficient in English and optionally in German.

Equal Opportunities & Diversity

We value our diversity and welcome everyone to our team. Regardless of ethnic and social background, religious beliefs, worldview, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental limitations, age, marital status, educational background and nationality.
With over 250 employees and 40 different nationalities, we take our values seriously. These include; ownership, growth, integrity, collaboration, customer centricity and inclusion (4/7 of our C-Level Board members are female).

The sweet spot! Let’s talk perks.

We're more than just a workplace – we're a vibrant community of innovators, collaborators, and visionaries who love what we do and reward those who work with us. Here, your career isn't just a job. It's an opportunity to thrive, learn, and make a difference. Take a look at these great personalised benefits of working at Ratepay On a monthly basis, you can choose between mobility, fitness, food, training and much more.

Flexible working hours

Work remotely (EU for up to 4 weeks a year)

28 vacation days per annum

Financial security including Pension plan

Medical extras (Flu vaccinations etc.)

Learning and development (Access to various self-development platforms such as language learning and skills enhancement.

Monthly lunches as well as Beets & Roots discounts

Community connect. We take certain days off to give back to the community as a unit. (Animal shelters, homeless aids, and various charities)

Ratepaw community: Our office has a floor which is dog-friendly. So, bring your pawsome pet to work when needed.

Gym memberships and fitness

Health & wellbeing

Our Recruitment Process

Step 1: Intro Call with a Senior Talent Partner

The first call with our recruiter is meant to be an introduction to ratepay, our culture and recruitment process.

We want to get to know you better, understand who you are beyond your CV and find out what excites you.

Step 2: Meet your future Manager

This step is designed to get to know your future manager and the role better.

During this conversation we will dive deeper into your experience and share more about the team you would work with and share expectations from both sides.

Step 3: Team interview & skill assessment

This step looks slightly different in different business areas but is to assess technical and culture add.

It usually consists of a role-specific case study or technical assessment as well as assessing values alignment with some senior members of the team you would be joining.

Step 4: Coffee chat (optional)

This step doesn't occur in every process, it depends on the role.

The coffee chat would generally take place with either a senior stakeholder from the business area you are joining such as a C-level leader or Head of department, or in some cases with a Senior HRBP.

Ready to shape the future of digital payments? Join our team

Apply now!

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