At Whitbread, we're transforming how data powers decisions across our business. As we continue to evolve our modern data platform, we're looking for an experienced Analytics Engineer to help build tru...
At Whitbread, we're transforming how data powers decisions across our business. As we continue to evolve our modern data platform, we're looking for an experienced Analytics Engineer to help build trusted, scalable data products that enable analytics, reporting, data science and automation across the organisation.
This is an exciting opportunity to sit at the intersection of Data Engineering and Analytics, combining technical expertise with business impact. You'll work with modern cloud technologies, helping shape data products that are reliable, reusable and trusted by teams throughout Whitbread.
Role: Analytics Engineer
Contract Type: Full time, Permanent
Location: Whitbread Court, Dunstable
Salary: £55k-£60k depending on experience
Why You’ll Love It Here
- Healthcare: Family BUPA healthcare
- 10% matched pension
- Discounts: Up to 60% discount on Premier Inn stays and 25% discount on our Restaurant brand
- Annual Incentive of up to 20% Bonus
Check out all our benefits here: https://www.whitbreadcareers.com/about-us/benefits/
What you’ll be doing:
As an Analytics Engineer, you'll play a key role in building and developing trusted data products that power decision-making across Whitbread. Working within our modern Databricks-based FLOW platform, you'll design, build and maintain robust data models and transformation pipelines, turning raw data into high-quality, analysis-ready datasets that can be confidently used by teams across the business.
You'll work closely with stakeholders to understand requirements, translate them into scalable technical solutions and ensure that data products are accurate, well-documented and easy to reuse. You'll take ownership of testing, governance and continuous improvement, applying engineering best practices to deliver reliable and cost-effective solutions.
Alongside managing your own priorities within an agile delivery environment, you'll contribute to the development of standards across the team, support junior colleagues through coaching and mentoring, and help shape the future evolution of Whitbread's data platform and analytics capabilities
What you’ll need:
- Strong Experience developing data products within Databricks or a similar Spark/lakehouse environment.
- Strong SQL and Python development skills.
- Strong knowledge of data modelling, transformation and dimensional design.
- Experience in AI driven development.
- A passion for building high-quality data solutions and a strong understanding of modern analytics engineering principles.
- Ability to solve problems independently
Be part of our Technology Team at Whitbread
Through collaboration, passion and hiring the smartest minds, our Technology team builds products and services that are used by 38,000 of us at Whitbread and millions of guests. Everything from an eCommerce website that handles £2 billion in transactions per year, applications that are scalable across our 1,200 hotel and restaurants, devices that enable our teams and guests to have a seamless experience, all whilst keeping data secure. Together we’re building the hotel of the future.
We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcomes your application whatever your background or situation.
Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQIA+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQIA+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. Speak to us about workplace adjustments, part-time and flexible working. Where possible we will support this.
Job ref: 206306-4492
Advertised: 27 Aug 2026
Application closed: 29 Sep 2026
