Data Analyst, Lightyear
+tax-advantaged EMI stock options
Investing, with an edge
Open for applications
Investing, with an edge
21-100 employees
Open for applications
+tax-advantaged EMI stock options
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create a simple and approachable way to invest money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees.
Role
Who you are
- University degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering or similar)
- 2-6 years of experience working as a data analyst, data scientist, business intelligence analyst/engineer or analytics engineer
- You have excellent SQL skills and experience with Python in a professional environment, ideally, you have experience with dbt and Airflow
- You are proficient in at least one business intelligence tool (for example, Looker, Metabase, Tableau, PowerBI)
- You have strong experience in at least one of the following and are willing to stretch into the other areas:
- Building data pipelines for analytics, modelling and transforming data in the database/data warehouse, creating reports, dashboards and other data products
- Using data analysis, insights and visualisations to influence high-impact decisions and solve complex business problems
- Applying data science techniques to solve business problems (for example, A/B testing, forecasting, ML modelling)
- You have what it takes to work in a high-growth startup environment: you are able to own and drive projects end to end with minimal inputs, you deliver fast, you are reactive and flexible, and you can work on more than one project at a time
- An understanding of financial services and the investment world is an advantage, but it’s not required. A willingness to learn about it is a must, though!
What the job involves
- Contribute to the development of the analytics and data science capabilities, promote data-driven decision making and help to build the data platform
- Own a wide range of tasks, from building data pipelines and loading data into the data warehouse to creating and presenting insights on customer behaviour
- Work with various teams and domains, including growth, operations, product, finance, to enable data-driven decisions, build tooling or generate insights
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Lightyear is building a stock trading app that provides users with commission-free investment opportunities. It aims to reduce the barrier of entry to investing (users can invest from £1) and simplify the seemingly complicated nature of investing.
The company differentiates itself through make investing extremely easy. In only a couple of minutes, users create an investment account and start investing. Moreover, Lightyear aims to provide users with intuitive tools that allow them to make informed decisions.
Lightyear has attracted an impressive level of investment which has been used to fuel its expansion into European markets. It is further consolidating its success by releasing a much-demanded web app, allowing its users to manage their portfolio at a desk rather than just on the small screen. This gives it an edge against European rivals who are yet to publically launch their web platforms, and Lightyear will be sure to exploit this early mover advantage.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Opportunities to learn
"It's a small - but growing - team so you have the opportunity to create impact in so many different areas of the business!"
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2022
$25m
SERIES A
Sep 2021
$8.5m
SEED
Total funding: $34.9m
Company benefits
- 💵 A competitive startup package including tax-advantaged EMI stock options that vest monthly after a one-year cliff
- 📍 Offices in central London (Spitalfields)
- 🏡 A flexible approach to working remotely
- ☕️ All the usual office facilities, including free tea, coffee & snacks
- 🐶 Both our offices are dog-friendly (20% distracting, but 100% cute)
- 🚲 Cycling or running to work? We’ve got showers, bike storage and lockers
- ✈️ Quarterly team socials all together
- 🏥 Private health insurance
Company values
- Startup mentality: you're a team player but can just as well work autonomously and lead your own projects when needed
- Influencer: you're able to communicate your ideas clearly and have a convincing business case for new initiatives you propose
- Communicator: you're able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Open minded: you're always ready to explore new approaches to development, new technologies, and ideas from other members of the team
- User-centric: you have a strong interest in user experience and you always put the customer at the centre of your decisions
- Growth mentality: you're passionate about what you do and eager to learn and grow with us
Company HQ
Spitalfields, London, UK
Founders
Martin Sokk
(CEO)Previously worked for 5 years at TransferWise, holding various positions such as Head of People for 1 year and Head of Product for 4 years.
Mihkel Aamer
(CTO)Previously Software engineer at UBS for 1 year and Engineering Lead at Transferwise for 6 years.
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