Lead Analytics Engineer

About us

Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute . It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.

As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.

Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore brings together deep expertise to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful progress in AI compute .

Job Summary

Reporting to the Head of Data & Analytics, the Lead Analytics Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for owning the analytics engineering layer within Graphcore’s data platform. This role focuses on building and evolving curated data models, trusted metrics and well-documented semantic structures that enable reliable self-service analytics across the business. A key part of the role is partnering closely with stakeholders across business and technical functions to understand how teams operate , build trusted relationships, and translate real decision-making needs into clear, usable and governed datasets that support reporting, planning and operational insight.

The Team

The Data & Analytics team enables better decision-making across Graphcore by building trusted data foundations, scalable platforms and high-quality data products. The team works across a broad range of business and technical domains, partnering with colleagues throughout the company to improve access to reliable information, strengthen operational insight and support efficient, data-informed ways of working. Within this team, the Lead Analytics Engineer owns a key part of the analytics workflow, acting as a bridge between business stakeholders and data engineers to shape data models that reflect how the business works and can be adopted with confidence.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Own the dbt transformation layer, building, maintaining and evolving data models that support reliable self-service analytics across Graphcore .
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders across business and technical functions to understand priorities, processes, definitions and decision-making needs.
• Work closely with stakeholders to discover, clarify and challenge requirements, turning ambiguous questions into well-structured analytical datasets and trusted metrics.
• Translate business processes and raw datasets into intuitive, flexible and governed analytical models that support reporting, planning a