Analytics Engineer

🚀 Analytics Engineer

Cox Automotive Europe ¦ Data Solutions
📍 Hybrid – Manchester (2 days per week onsite)
🕒 Permanent, Full-time

🌟 About the Role

Join Cox Automotive Europe’sData Solutions team, where data sits at the heart of everything we do—from powering ourDecision Engine platformto delivering vehicle intelligence and commercial insights across the business.

As anAnalytics Engineer, you’ll operate at the intersection ofdata engineering, analytics, and data science, helping turn complex data into robust, production-ready datasets and pipelines. You’ll play a critical role in enabling faster decision-making, improving model performance, and driving innovation across multiple high-impact work streams.

💡 What You’ll Be Doing

🔹 Build & Power Data Products

• Design and maintain scalabledata pipelinessupporting pricing, channel, and timing recommendation models
• Create reusable datasets anddbt modelsto accelerate analytics and product delivery
• Enable experimentation through A/B testing infrastructure and performance analysis

🔹 Shape Vehicle Data Intelligence

• Develop enriched datasets across multiple European markets (e.g., France, Italy, Spain, Belgium)
• Integrate internal and third-party data sources (auction, RPI, and more)
• Support pricing, benchmarking, and valuation analytics capabilities

🔹 Enable Data Science at Scale

• Collaborate with Data Scientists toproduct ionise modelsand automate feature engineering
• Own the critical layer between raw data and model inputs
• Ensure data quality, lineage, and reproducibility across pipelines

🔹 Drive Platform Excellence

• Work within a modernDatabricks-based data platform
• Contribute to data governance, lineage, and documentation
• Partner with engineering and architecture teams on shared data initiatives

🧠 What We’re Looking For

✅ Essential Skills

• StrongSQL and Pythonexperience
• Hands-on experience with modern data tooling (e.g.,Databricks, dbt)
• Proven ability to build and maintaindata transformation pipelines
• Solid understanding ofdata modellingprinciples
• Ability to translate complex business problems into reliable data solutions
• Experience working in acommercial or product-driven data environment
• Strong communication skills—able to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders

⭐ Nice to Have

• Experience with automotive, marketplace, or pricing data
• Exposure tomachine learning workflowsand feature engineering
• Familiarity with experimentation andA/B testing frameworks
• Knowledge of data governance, lineage, and cataloguing
• Experience with Agile tools (Jira, Rally, etc.)

🤝 Why Join Us?

• Be part of ahigh-performing, 15-person Data Solutions teamworking across product, data science, and platform disciplines
• Work onhigh-visibility, strategic initiativeswith real commercial impact
• Collaborate closely with senior stakeholders across product and data science
• Enjoy a culture ofautonomy, curiosity, and technical excellence

🚀 Your Impact

This is a rare opportunity to shape thedata foundations behind key strategic products. Your work will directly influence pricing decisions, product development, and the evolution of our data platform.

👉Apply now to help us build the data capabilities driving the future of automotive intelligence.