Lead Analytics Engineer

Valtech

Head of Mobile Engineering   Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience. The Opportunity: At Valtech, you'll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact and professional growth. We're looking for a senior mobile leader to define and evolve our mobile capability in the UK, partnering with clients and multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional digital experiences at scale. This role combines technical leadership, consulting, capability development and commercial impact. You will work with some of the world's leading brands to shape mobile strategies, modernise platforms and drive innovation across native and cross-platform ecosystems. The Role: You'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams of architects, engineers, strategists, designers and consultants, helping clients define and deliver world-class mobile experiences. This is both a leadership and hands-on consulting role. You'll provide technical direction, advise clients on platform strategy, support business growth and help build a thriving mobile capability across Valtech. You will operate across strategy, architecture and delivery, bringing together engineering excellence, customer experience and commercial thinking. We operate across sectors including financial services, retail, automotive, healthcare, media and consumer brands. Each presents different technology landscapes, constraints and transformation ambitions. Mobile experiences increasingly sit at the centre of customer engagement. We design scalable, secure and high-performing platforms that enable organisations to deliver connected and intelligent digital experiences. This role will be 60% client strategy & delivery, 40% operational & capability leadership and growth. What Success Looks Like: * A thriving and scalable mobile capability. * Strong technical communities and engineering standards. * Trusted client relationships and strategic influence. * Growth in mobile opportunities and revenue. * High-performing teams delivering exceptional experiences. * Continued innovation across mobile and emerging technologies. Role Responsibilities: Client Delivery Leadership * Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders. * Provide senior oversight on complex deliveries. Have the awareness to step in early to protect outcomes, people and client relationships. * Be a bridge across disciplines to solve end-to-end problems and create coherent ways of working. * Track and report on the health of the practice. This might include capability coverage (aligned to demand), community engagement, delivery quality, and act on the signals. * Lead workshops and shape mobile transformation roadmaps. * Guide platform modernisation and architecture decisions. * Partner with Product, Design, Data and Engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions. * Influence strategic technology investments. Capability Leadership * Define and evolve Valtech's mobile vision and strategy, and grow our mobile engineering capability. * Have accountability for line management in the practice and line managers will report to you. You will ensure standards and cadence for 1:1s and growth conversations, calibrate performance, manage succession, lead difficult conversations, and coach managers so the whole system gets better. * Coach new leaders. Give them real opportunities and feedback so they lead with consistency, confidence, and care. * Influence our career pathways and skills framework. You will make progression transparent and support through coaching, mentoring, and effective management. * Establish engineering standards and best practices. * Foster communities of practice and mentor engineers and architects. * Sponsor innovation with purpose from small practice experiments to thought leadership (talks, blogs, whitepapers) that help evolve our capability, win new work and influence our clients’ strategy. Technical Leadership * Provide architectural oversight across complex mobile programmes. * Drive approaches across iOS, Android and cross-platform technologies. * Ensure solutions are scalable, secure and resilient. * Champion modern engineering practices including CI/CD, observability and automation. * Explore emerging technologies including AI-enabled experiences and intelligent assistants. Commercial Impact & Growth * Partner with UK Growth teams on pitches and pre-sales work bringing an authentic and credible craft perspective to exec-level conversations backed by real-world experience. * Support UK strategic initiatives, ensuring the practice’s work aligns with wider business priority. * Contribute to proposals and solutioning efforts. * Identify growth opportunities to expand client engagements. * Represent Valtech externally through thought leadership and industry engagement. * Help strengthen Valtech's position as a leader in digital experience and mobile innovation.   Must have Qualifications: Leadership * Experience leading mobile engineering teams, practices or capabilities. * Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills. * Ability to influence senior business and technology leaders. * Passion for coaching and developing talent. Technical Expertise Experience across: * Native mobile development (iOS and/or Android) * Cross-platform technologies such as Flutter or React Native * Mobile architecture and platform strategy * API-driven ecosystems * CI/CD and DevOps practices * Security, identity and authentication * Analytics and observability * Cloud-native platforms and backend integration Consulting Experience * Experience delivering within consulting, agency or digital transformation environments. * Comfortable operating across strategy, architecture and delivery. * Experience leading client engagements and workshops. * Strong communication and presentation skills. * Commercial awareness and experience supporting growth initiatives. Nice to have Qualifications: * Experience with AI-powered mobile experiences and agentic AI. * Knowledge of modern data and personalisation platforms. * Experience leading globally distributed teams. * Public speaking, thought leadership or contributions to the wider technology community. Commitment to reaching all kinds of people We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all.

Graphcore

At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute. We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale. As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem.To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world.We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence. JOB SUMMARY We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Atlassian Cloud Platform Engineer to own our Atlassian Cloud ecosystem. This includes multiple sites and environments used for cross-company collaboration.  This role is responsible for maintaining the architectural integrity, security stance, and scalable expansion of the Atlassian platform. An important part of this position involves creating and managing a configuration-as-code environment. In this setup, platform settings are handled via APIs, pipelines, and source control instead of manual management, which guarantees consistency, traceability, and adherence across all locations.  You will serve as the primary platform owner, setting standards, ensuring governance, and promoting self-service features that help teams work efficiently while keeping security and configuration intact.  Collaborating with Project Managers, engineering teams, and partners, you will build scalable workflows. You will also guide platform growth and ensure the Atlassian environment adapts to the organisation’s changing requirements. This role begins with an active role that includes daily support, configuration, and onboarding efforts. At the same time, it involves growing the Atlassian platform team and setting up scalable processes.  THE TEAM You’ll be joining a multi-disciplinary team with strong technical skills and a very encouraging culture. We work closely together, regularly share knowledge, and your skills will make a direct impact on our business. It’s an exciting and pivotal moment for us right now, with plenty of new projects ahead. If you're looking to solve interesting problems and see your work deliver real-world results, this is the team for you! RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES * Manage and maintain multiple Atlassian Cloud sites, ensuring secure collaboration spaces that span different companies * Act as the authoritative decision-maker for Atlassian configuration, preventing configuration drift and ensuring architectural consistency in all builds * Define and enforce governance standards aligned with audit, compliance, and security requirements * Establish and maintain a configuration-as-code operating model, ensuring all configuration is provisioned and managed through source control, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines * Build and maintain automated identity and access provisioning, coordinated with Azure AD (or equivalent), ensuring access follows established rules and is auditable * Lead automation efforts for project provisioning, workflows, permissions, and scheme management * Develop and evolve self-service capabilities to standardise project setup and reduce administrative overhead * Define and maintain best-practice configuration patterns across Jira and Confluence * Ensure secure separation of internal and third-party collaboration environments, with awareness of data governance, export controls, and security boundaries * Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on platform and workflow issues and implement preventative improvements * Act as the final point of contact for complex Atlassian issues and provide enterprise-level support * Deliver professional advice to Project Managers and engineering teams across diverse workflows and delivery models * Provide direct assistance when needed, including collaborating with Project Managers and teams to set up projects and workflows, ensuring they align with platform standards and governance * Coordinate identity and access integrations and drive automation of administrative processes through scripting and tooling * Build, mentor, and grow the Atlassian platform team, defining clear roles, responsibilities, and methods of collaboration * Proactively identify improvement opportunities and drive solutions. CANDIDATE PROFILE Essential: * Extensive experience coordinating Atlassian Enterprise Cloud * Proven experience operating as a lead or primary Atlassian platform owner * Strong automation expertise (Jira Automation, REST APIs, scripting) * Demonstrated experience implementing configuration-as-code approaches for SaaS platforms * Experience automating project configuration and enforcing standardisation at scale * Strong understanding of access control based on user identity and automated provisioning models * Experience connecting Atlassian with Azure AD (or a similar IdP) * Experience working in audit-controlled or governance-heavy environments * Experience crafting secure multi-tenant or cross-company collaboration environments * Solid understanding of data governance, security boundaries, and compliance considerations * Proficient scripting abilities (e.g. PowerShell, Python, Go) and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines * Strong collaborator management and consultancy skills * Proven ability to operate independently, set direction, and deliver outcomes DESIRABLE * Atlassian certifications * Experience building internal self-service platforms * Experience directing large-scale collaboration efforts across multiple companies * Familiarity with DevOps tooling and infrastructure-as-code concepts * Experience defining enterprise-wide workflow standards We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.

Graphcore

At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute. We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale. As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem.To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world.We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence. JOB SUMMARY We're looking for a Linux Engineering Lead to help shape and operate the Linux platforms that underpin our engineering environments. This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You'll lead a small team of engineers while driving automation, reliability and operational excellence across the Linux infrastructure used by Graphcore's engineering organisation.  You will be responsible for leading incident response, driving operational improvements, and setting standards for how Linux systems are managed and supported across the organization. While the role includes leadership responsibilities, it will initially require a hands-on approach, including direct involvement in troubleshooting, system support, and automation efforts, while building team capability and scaling processes. Collaborating intimately with engineering groups, platform engineers, and infrastructure experts, you will guarantee systems stay stable, efficient, and consistent with changing business and product delivery requirements.  THE TEAM You’ll be joining a multi-disciplinary team with strong technical skills and a very supportive culture. We work closely together, regularly share knowledge, and your skills will make a direct impact on our business. It’s an exciting and pivotal moment for us right now, with plenty of new projects ahead. If you're looking to solve interesting problems and see your work deliver real-world results, this is the team for you! RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES * Lead and mentor a team of Linux engineers * Own the reliability, performance and scalability of engineering Linux environments * Drive adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps practices * Build automation that reduces operational overhead and improves consistency * Lead major incident response and root cause analysis activities * Partner with software, platform and infrastructure teams to support evolving engineering requirements * Establish standards, tooling and processes that enable systems to scale efficiently * Improve observability, monitoring and operational visibility across the estate * Help define the future direction of Linux platform engineering at Graphcore CANDIDATE PROFILE Essential * Significant experience administering Linux environments at scale * Strong troubleshooting skills across systems, networking, storage and applications * Experience leading engineers, projects or operational initiatives * Strong automation and scripting skills (Python, Bash or similar) * Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform or Puppet * Experience working with Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines * Experience managing production incidents and driving operational improvements * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills DESIRABLE * Experience supporting AI, HPC or large-scale engineering environments * Experience with observability platforms and monitoring systems * Experience working alongside platform engineering, SRE or DevOps teams * Knowledge of identity and access management * Experience building or scaling operational processes We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.