You can hold a standard without needing it applied perfectly, and you know which compromises are fatal and which are just untidy
You genuinely enjoy growing a community of practice through influence rather than authority and you take pride in seeing colleagues adopt and grow standards
You find the "how do we make data legible to an agent, not just to an analyst" problem interesting in its own right, rather than as a trend to keep up with
You want to own a domain. The Intelligence teams have strong AEs doing that. This role is for someone who wants to own the standards they build to
You advise others to use AI coding tools but don't use them yourself. AI-native development is part of the mandate, not a differentiating nice-to-have
You are more comfortable being consulted than being accountable. The semantic layer and modelling standards you set have downstream consequences across the whole function and in AI features customers use
Your first 6 months
By the end of your first six months, you'll have
Mapped the current state of modelling standards and the semantic layer across the function (where definitions are consistent, where they diverge, and what the highest-impact gaps are) to draft a plan the function has bought into
Contributed to the semantic layer tooling decision and begun onboarding the Analytics Engineers who'll build to it by writing documentation, running live sessions, reviewing PRs etc
Established a visible presence in the AE community of practice and become someone whose feedback in code reviews and whose opinions on architecture are listened to because they've been demonstrated, not just stated
Run your own workflow on AI coding tooling to the point where you can say clearly what the function should adopt, what it should not, and why
The interview process
We want to ensure you are set-up for success and understand what will be expected of you. If your application is successful, our interview process is as follows
Intro call: A 30-minute chat with our Talent Partner to discuss the role and your background
Core skills test: A technical test you'll be taking through an external platform to showcase your grasp of analytics engineering fundamentals
Hiring Manager interview: A 60-minute conversation-based interview aimed at deep diving into your previous experience and learning more about the team
Pleo Challenge: A live practical and technical interview designed to assess your problem solving skills as well as your technical expertise
Final interview: A 45-minutes interview with one of our senior leaders, focusing on assessing behavioural skills and values alignment
Transparency is important to us so we also wanted to share some insights about what we’re looking for in applications to ensure you can set yourself up for success! With this in mind, we want to help you understand what we really care about when reviewing your application
We receive a lot of CVs, and many of them are AI-generated. We love seeing people leverage AI—it’s a big focus for us internally too—but without human intervention, these CVs can sometimes become generic and fail to show a candidate in the best light. What we're really looking for is the specific details of real impact that only you—not AI—know from your previous experience. A top tip from us is to use the “Achieved X, as measured by Y, by doing Z” formula (credit: Laszlo Bock, ~2014) to give a really clear picture of what you’ve worked on. A final note: including links to your previous companies' websites is a huge help and allows us to truly understand your background
Every single application we receive is reviewed by a human (yes, hundreds of them) because we believe that candidates' efforts should be matched by an equal level of human care. This means that we expect a similar level of attention put into your application. Read and answer the application questions carefully, they make a huge difference in our decision-making process
This is a Staff level role at Pleo. This means it's a very senior position where you need to demonstrate experience leading technical initiatives that can have organisation-wide or cross-team impact for a tech business of 500-1000+ people. Prior experience owning a semantic layer is also a non-negotiable. Make sure your application reflects this
English first. Since it's our company language, please submit your application in English. You’ll be using it a lot if you join us
A fair look for everyone. Our talent team reads every single application to ensure the process is fair. To keep things running smoothly, we only accept applications through our system—our support team can’t pass on calls or emails
Diversity drives us. We can only reach our goals if our team reflects the world around us. That starts with you hitting apply, even if you don't tick every single box. We encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences to join us
Interview at your best. We want you to feel comfortable throughout the process. If you have any accessibility requirements or need a specific format, email belonging .io. We’ll design a process that works for you
Applying for multiple roles? Nothing is stopping you, and we assess every role independently. However, we do look for alignment, so make sure you can explain why your interest and experience are right for each specific role
Reapplying. If you’re applying for the same role again, please wait six months from your last decision before hitting submit