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Principal Technologist – Data Analytics

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full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £60,000 - £65,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Acting as a primary internal authority for Data Science and Analytics, ensuring technical accuracy, relevance, and industry alignment across all programmes.
  • Acting as the end-to-end owner of learning products, designing systemic educational solutions - such as internal AI tools or automated grading processes, to solve delivery challenges at scale.
  • Designing, developing, and continuously improving high-quality, production-ready learning content
  • Delivering engaging, high-impact workshops to adult learners in virtual classrooms
  • Providing pedagogical coaching and line management to the Analytics team.
  • Leading the pedagogical scoping and educational narrative for commercial bids, working alongside sales and operational teams to ensure technical deliverables are feasible.
  • Managing the end-to-end delivery cycle of complex learning projects, ensuring all technical and pedagogical milestones are met.

Requirements

  • Experienced in designing and delivering technical learner-centric training programmes
  • A data science / analytics subject matter expert with strong practical experience
  • Confident coding in Python and familiar with AI copilots for code generation and AutoML python libraries
  • Deep technical knowledge of the data analytics lifecycle, including advanced Python, SQL, and practical use of Large Language Models in Data Analytics
  • Understanding how to teach the transition from basic code to production-grade analytics.
  • Able to own complex workstreams independently, from definition through to delivery
  • A strong communicator who can simplify complex ideas without losing accuracy
  • Highly organised, detail-oriented, and reliable in execution
  • Comfortable working across multiple stakeholders and priorities
  • Always keen to learn, improve and stretch your own knowledge, skills and behaviours.
  • Exposure to data engineering or software development practices (desirable)
  • Experience developing apprenticeship programmes (desirable)
  • Experience in line management or mentoring (desirable)
  • Experience with Excel, PowerBI, and Power Automate (desirable)
  • Familiar with semantic data modelling (desirable)
  • Experience with cloud-based platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and familiarity with heavier technical engineering items such as Infrastructure as Code via Terraform or Large-scale Data tools like Spark (desirable)
Benefits
  • 33 days* leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays) and extra tenured holiday enabling team members to gain an additional day for every year you are with us (after the first 2 years) up to a maximum of 8.
  • Flexible working, including work-from-home
  • Modern, flexible and fully serviced offices at WeWork in Spitalfields, London
  • Company pension/retirement contributions
  • Health care including dental, medical, and vision* and to help you prioritise your wellbeing
  • Travel insurance
  • An array of social events and all company gatherings
  • Continuous learning and development.
  • A work environment that values creativity, personal growth and collaboration
  • Free monthly lunches
  • Laptop and virtual work equipment kit provided
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLAutoMLLarge Language Modelsdata analytics lifecycledata engineeringsoftware developmentsemantic data modellingInfrastructure as CodeSpark
Soft Skills
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