Principal Analytics Engineer

The Role: 

As a Principal Analytics Engineer, you will be leading data analytics strategy and implementation in alignment with overall business goals across global projects and products. You will be responsible for designing and optimizing analytics systems, solving complex technical problems, and identifying innovative solutions with minimal guidance. Your role is to deliver technical authority in analytics, with influence across multiple squads, disciplines, and projects. You will drive the adoption of best practices in data modeling, business intelligence, and performance optimization to ensure that our analytics infrastructure delivers actionable insights efficiently and at scale. 

What you do  - Things you need for this role: 

• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-grade analytics data models, ideally using Microsoft technology stack (Power BI) 
• Proficiency in analytics visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, and experience with Tabular Editor 
• Experience with modern data platforms like Databricks and Delta Lake 
• Outstanding programming skills using analytics-focused languages and tools, including:  
• DAX, MDX, T-SQL, PySpark, Python 
• Demonstrable experience working with CI/CD tools like Git, GitLab or Azure DevOps for analytics pipelines 
• Proven ability to design and implement analytics architecture 
• Experience optimizing query performance 
• Strong leadership skills with experience in mentoring and developing analytics teams 
• Deep understanding of analytics governance principles and experience in establishing data standards and best practices 
• Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration and executive-level interactions, with ability to translate business requirements into analytics solutions 

 Ideally with experience of 

•  Experience with Azure Analysis Services 

 What you’ll be doing: 

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-wide analytics architectures. 
• Work closely with data analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand analytics requirements and deliver solutions that drive actionable insights. 
• Develop and optimize data processing pipelines specifically for analytics use cases, ensuring efficient data preparation for reporting and analysis. 
• Drive best practices and adoption of new technologies in analytics and business intelligence across the company. 
• Identify and implement opportunities for performance improvements, automation, and optimization within analytics pipelines and dashboards. 
• Improve data quality and governance – Design and implement processes that enhance data quality and consistency. 
• Collaborate with executive and technical leadership to align analytics initiatives with business strategies and demonstrate the value of data-driven decision making. 

How you do it – Expectations for fulfilling your role:  

As a general rule at KingMakers we want people to be: 

• Customer Focus: We keep the customer at the center of everything we do.  
• Passion & Dedication: We are passionate about what we do, employing only smart, honest, dedicated, and results oriented team players.  
• Openness, Honesty & Directness: We embrace a culture of candor and work together towards the right solution whilst being open, honest, and willing to give and receive feedback, judgment-free. We play the ball, not the person.  
• Innovation & Big Thinking: We always look for ways to innovate whilst not losing sight of what's important. The bigger we think, the more we inspire, the better the outcome.   
• Ownership & Accountability: We think like owners. If we see a problem, we find a solution. We are pragmatic and always strive to do more with less. 
• Speed & Focus: We plan, we strategize, but mostly, we DO. Without doing, there is no progress, we can always change direction but only if we start moving. Fast beats slow.  
• Low Ego: The best solutions are achieved when we leave our egos at the door. We always seek opportunities to learn in every situation. No job too small.  
• Fun: On balance, we believe in having fun whilst working. We maintain perspective as best as we can, and together, we celebrate our successes.