Senior Analytics Engineer – NHS

Location: UK (Hybrid)
Rate: £515 per day (Inside IR35)

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Analytics Engineer to join a high-profile NHS programme, supporting the design and delivery of modern, scalable data and analytics pipelines.

This role will play a key part in improving how data is processed and utilised to drive clinical insights, operational performance, and decision-making across healthcare services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and buildscalable, end-to-end data pipelines on AWS, including:
  • Data ingestion, transformation, validation, and output generation
• Develop and maintain a dedicated reporting database, reducing reliance on ad-hoc querying against operational systems
• Leverage AWS services such as Athena,S3, Glue, Lambda, and Step Functions to deliver:
  • Automated scheduling
  • Orchestration and monitoring
• Implement data quality checks and maintain a clear audit trail across all processing steps
• Develop analytical reports and dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, or similar) to communicate insights to stakeholders
• Build and maintain repeatable analytical solutions to support programme monitoring and reporting needs
• Produce well-documented, maintainable code and processes

Technical Requirements

• Strong experience with:
  • SQL and Python
  • AWS (data/analytics services)
• Hands-on experience with BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
• Proven track record building data pipelines, reporting layers, and analytics solutions
• Strong focus on data quality, validation, and governance

Ways of Working

• Experience in Agile delivery environments
• Familiarity with:
  • Paired programming
  • Test-driven development (TDD / Playwright)
  • Git / GitHub
  • CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Strong commitment to clean code, documentation, and best practice engineering

Key Behaviours

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Collaborative and effective across multidisciplinary teams
• Proactive, self-starting mindset with strong ownership
• Comfortable working in ambiguous and evolving environments
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn
• Strong problem solver

Why Apply?

• Contribute to major NHS data programmes
• Work with modern cloud and analytics technologies
• Deliver impactful solutions that improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency
• Competitive £515/day Inside IR35

Apply now or get in touch for more details.