Analytics Engineer

A Bit About The Role

We are looking for an Analytics Engineer to join the growing Data & BI team at an exciting time in Butternut’s journey. This role is well suited to someone who has been working in data for a few years - for example as a BI analyst, data analyst, or in another data-focused role - and is looking to build deeper technical skills in analytics engineering.

You should be comfortable working with SQL, curious about how data platforms are built, and motivated to learn how to create reliable, well-structured datasets that support decision-making. You will work closely with more experienced analytics engineers, BI analysts, and data scientists, contributing to shared data models and pipelines while continuing to develop your craft.

This role sits at the intersection of data analytics and data engineering. You will contribute to transforming raw data into clean, well-modelled datasets used across the business. As a data-driven company, you will collaborate with both technical teammates and stakeholders from across Butternut, helping ensure data is accurate, accessible, and useful for analytics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contributing to the development and maintenance of data models, transformations, and pipelines using SQL and DBT.
• Supporting data quality and reliability through testing, monitoring, and documentation.
• Collaborating with analysts and business stakeholders to understand data needs, improve reporting, and optimise workflows.
• Assisting in building reporting and datasets for new areas of the business as they come online.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience working in a data-focused role (for e.g., BI analyst, data analyst, or analytics engineer).
• Strong SQL skills, with experience writing clear and well-structured queries.
• Some exposure to dbt, or a strong interest in learning and using it day-to-day.
• A thoughtful, detail-oriented approach to working with data.
• An interest in analytics engineering best practices, such as testing, documentation, and automation.
• Familiarity with version control (for example Git) is a plus.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

How to make your CV stand out

We’re looking for candidates who not only meet the criteria but also demonstrate a clear fit with our values and culture 🐕.

When submitting your CV, please consider the following:

• Show relevant experience: Highlight projects or roles where you contributed to reporting, data modelling, or improving data processes.
• Explain your impact: Share examples of how your work supported better decisions, improved data quality, or made processes more efficient.
• Show how you work: If you’ve worked in fast-growing environments or enjoy learning and improving systems over time, we’d love to hear about it.

🐶 A bit about us. 

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions. #LI-Hybrid

As a B-Corp certified company; you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company who care about our people, product and our impact on the environment.

Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us. 

 🙌 A bit about what we offer.

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service 
• 5 paid 'paws' days per year to support to learning and/or wellbeing
• £500 personal learning & development budget 
• Butternut Box employee discount 
• Enhanced parental leave (52 weeks’ maternity leave inclusive of 26 weeks fully paid and 6 weeks fully paid paternity/secondary leave)
• Co-working office space. 
• Flexible working hours and work from home options 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension with NEST
• Private Medical Insurance with Axa
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa
• Time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss
• Paid sabbaticals for squad members with 5 or more years at Butternut
• Discounted gym access through MyGymDiscounts
• Lots of office dogs (Chief, Basil, Jammy, Peggy, Pip, Winnie and many more….)

❗️A few things to note: 

• This role is London-based, with 3-days a week being in the office, and 2-days being work from home (Tuesday & Friday). Our offices are in White City.
• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance.
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.