Burberry Analytics Engineer

About Burberry

Burberry Limited, a quintessentially British luxury fashion house, is renowned for its innovative designs and commitment to quality. As part of the global luxury conglomerate, Burberry offers a dynamic and inclusive work environment where creativity and excellence are at the forefront. The company is dedicated to fostering a culture that encourages diversity and sustainability, making it a leader in the luxury industry.

Role & Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, document and maintain assigned enterprise reports, dashboards and visualisations using approved reporting and data platforms, including Tableau and Databricks SQL where applicable.
• Translate business requirements into accurate, technically robust and maintainable reporting outputs aligned with agreed standards.
• Create intuitive, accessible, clearly structured dashboard and report designs for non-technical business users.
• Implement KPI calculations, measures and reporting logic across aggregation levels, including calculated fields, level-of-detail expressions, filters, parameters and reusable metrics.
• Document KPI logic, aggregation rules, source data, assumptions, exceptions, filters, known limitations and business definitions to support maintenance and handover.
• Work with Data Product Managers to understand business outcomes, reporting priorities and data product requirements.
• Work with Data Engineers and Data Solution Architects to build reporting outputs on appropriate data models, semantic layers, certified data products and governed data sources.
• Apply reporting security and privacy controls, including role-based access, row-level security, permission management, data classification and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
• Support user acceptance testing by preparing testable outputs, resolving defects, validating calculations and responding to prioritised feedback under the direction of the Senior Manager, Data Engineering and Platforms.
• Optimise dashboard and report performance, including query efficiency, extract design, refresh logic, data source configuration, workbook structure and visual load times.
• Apply enterprise visualisation standards, including naming conventions, design patterns, access controls, version management, refresh schedules and publishing processes.
• Contribute reusable reporting assets, templates, certified datasets and self-serve reporting components that support consistent analytics across Burberry.
• Maintain documentation for report specifications, data lineage, access configurations, refresh schedules, operational dependencies and support requirements.
• Support rationalisation of duplicated, manual or ungoverned reports by helping migrate reporting activity to approved tools, platforms and standards.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience delivering enterprise dashboards, reports and visualisations in a business intelligence, reporting engineering or analytics delivery role.
• Experience operating in a mid-level engineering role, taking ownership of assigned reporting outputs within standards and priorities set by senior data engineering and platforms leadership.
• Strong practical experience with Tableau, including dashboard development, calculated fields, level-of-detail expressions, data source management, publishing, permissions and performance optimisation.
• Experience with SQL and cloud data platforms, ideally including Databricks SQL, Delta Lake or equivalent lakehouse or warehouse technologies.
• Good understanding of data modelling concepts, including facts, dimensions, joins, aggregations, semantic layers and certified datasets.
• Experience implementing KPI logic and business metrics across different aggregation levels, translating business definitions into reliable technical calculations.
• Good understanding of reporting security principles, including role-based access control, row-level security, data classification and handling of sensitive data.
• Strong visual design judgement and ability to create clear, intuitive, well-structured dashboards for non-technical users.
• Experience working with data engineers, product managers, analysts, architects and business stakeholders in cross-functional delivery environments.
• Practical understanding of the reporting lifecycle, including requirements capture, build, testing, publishing, documentation, version control and support.
• Familiarity with governed data products, certified metrics, data catalogues, business glossaries and data lineage is beneficial.
• Ability to manage multiple assigned priorities by clarifying deadlines, dependencies and trade-offs while maintaining accuracy, quality and attention to detail.

Skills

Culture

Burberry fosters a creative and inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and sustainability. The company is committed to being a force for good, driving industry change and championing community engagement.

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