🚀 Join the Transformation: Become an Analytics Engineer at Gumtree!

Salary up to £55,000 per annum + 10% annual company bonus scheme

Are you a data expert with a passion for turning complex raw data into trusted, strategic assets? Do you want to play a key role in the exciting journey of reshaping one of the UK’s most popular online marketplaces? We are looking for an Analytics Engineer to join our dynamic central analytics team in London. This is your chance to be at the forefront of Gumtree's evolution, revolutionizing a household name into a cutting-edge, secure, and modern marketplace. You will be instrumental in ensuring that data at Gumtree is an asset, enabling teams across the business to make better decisions, faster. A major focus of your work will be crucial: managing GDPR and PII compliance, ensuring our data practices are reliable, well-structured, and keep our millions of users safe.

At Gumtree, we don’t just offer jobs; we offer journeys. You will be empowered to make a personal impact within a trusting and authentic culture, experiencing a passionate team where high performance is fueled by teamwork. If you are ready to redefine how buyers and sellers connect and trade, join us and shape the future of Gumtree!

Location: London – Hybrid. 3 days in the office.

About the Role

You will work closely with data analysts and senior engineers to develop scalable and reliable data solutions that support business operations, analytics, and machine learning.

Your core impact will be across:

• Data Privacy & Compliance: You will help define and apply standards for handling PII, supporting the implementation of GDPR principles, and contributing to tooling that supports data subject rights.
• Data Modelling & Transformation: You will build and maintain clean, well-structured data models (e.g., star/snowflake schemas) to power reporting and advanced analytics. You will develop reusable transformations to turn raw data into trusted, analytics-ready datasets.
• Analytics Enablement: You will partner with analysts and stakeholders to shape data models and pipelines that support their needs and help standardise metrics across the business.
• Collaboration: You will collaborate across time zones with our core data engineering teams based primarily in China, working effectively both in-person and asynchronously.

Gumtree is an equal opportunities employer, valuing diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants.

What’s in it for You?

• You will be a key contributor in the exciting transformation of one of the UK’s most popular online marketplaces.
• You will take local ownership of critical data assets while collaborating in a globally reaching environment.
• You will have a dedicated focus on developing in-demand skills in GDPR and PII management, making your expertise highly strategic.
• You will work in a passionate team that values high performance, growth, and genuine connections.
• You will get to define data standards, ensuring teams across Gumtree speak the same data language.

What We’re Looking For

• Cloud Data Warehouse & SQL Expertise: You are an SQL Expert able to efficiently query large datasets and optimise queries for performance. You have experience with a cloud-based data warehouse (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift).
• Data Transformation & Modelling: You have experience using dbt or similar data transformation solutions , coupled with an understanding of data modelling concepts (facts/dimensions, star schemas).
• Programming & Orchestration: You have experience with Python (or similar) for data work (e.g., pandas, PySpark). You are familiar with orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow) and/or CI/CD practices for data.
• Data Privacy & Compliance: You have an awareness of data privacy concepts and regulations such as GDPR, and a strong interest in learning how to apply them in practice for PII management.
• Quality & Collaboration: You possess a strong attention to detail and a quality mindset around data correctness, documentation, and reproducibility. You are comfortable working in a distributed team, collaborating effectively both in-person and asynchronously.

About Us:

Gumtree is one of the UK’s most popular online marketplaces, connecting millions of people every month to buy, sell, and trade. Our vision is to be the go-to marketplace for the home, making every transaction effortless and secure. We’re embarking on an exciting transformation to revolutionise this much-loved platform into a cutting-edge, modern marketplace where buying and selling is safer, simpler and more enjoyable for everyone. This is your opportunity to join a dynamic team at the forefront of reshaping a household name for the digital age. Together, we’re redefining how buyers and sellers across the UK connect and trade, building a platform that’s ready for the future. At Gumtree, we don’t just offer jobs; we offer journeys. We empower our employees to make a personal impact in a trusting and authentic culture. Experience a passionate team, where high performance and growth are fuelled by the power of teamwork and genuine connections. Join us and play a key role in shaping the future of Gumtree.

Apply today to join a fast-moving, data-led team delivering real change across the business!