Business Application Engineer in London

Location: London – must be available to visit our London office twice per week.

Interview process: Two rounds. 1: Get to know you chat with the Talent Lead; 2: Technical competency with the Hiring Lead.

Who Are We? Advancing Analytics are a market leader in delivering pioneering analytical solutions for customers all over the world. To thrive in today's market, businesses need to implement AI built on a solid, reliable Data Platform, and we are looking for you to help us build it!

Who are we looking for? We are looking for a technical generalist who enjoys helping non-engineers build things that work. You're comfortable moving between low-code platforms, Python scripting, integrations and debugging, and you see the job as unblocking people rather than gatekeeping the stack. Breadth across the Microsoft and wider SaaS estate matters more than deep specialisation in any one area, but you're willing to go wandering into the weeds when a problem calls for it - tracing integrations, reading logs, writing the script that solves the issue rather than the ticket that describes it. You can explain what's gone wrong in language a business user will understand. You're pragmatic about documentation and registry discipline. When a consultant builds an internal tool or a client-facing prototype, you're the person who reviews it, helps harden it where it matters, and makes sure it's registered, documented and supportable once it starts to see real use. You understand that business-built tools are going to happen either way - your job is to make sure they're built safely and maintained consistently.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the first point of technical support for business users building their own applications - reviewing configurations, advising on architecture and tooling choices, and helping resolve issues without creating delivery bottlenecks.
• Carry out diagnostic and debugging activities across bespoke applications and business-built tools when complexity outstrips what the business user can resolve themselves.
• Ensure all business-built applications meet organisational standards for security, resiliency, supportability and data handling, within the guardrails defined by the Business Systems Owner.
• Register every business-built application in the systems catalogue with documentation sufficient for handover, continuity and future supportability.
• Provide hands‑on technical input when new tools or platforms are evaluated, assessing integration, security and operational fit.
• Maintain and improve shared templates, reference implementations and reusable components that make it faster for the business to build safely.
• Contribute to joiner, mover and leaver processes across business systems, ensuring digital footprints are correctly managed.

Skills / Approaches:

• Hands‑on technical generalist across M365, Power Platform and SaaS administration.
• Experience supporting business‑built, low‑code or citizen‑developer applications in a corporate environment.
• Comfortable reading, reviewing and lightly editing code and configuration written by others, including AI‑assisted output.
• Good documentation discipline - you leave things better documented than you found them.
• Debugging mindset - willing to dig into logs, code and integrations to isolate root causes rather than treat symptoms.
• Strong communication skills with non‑technical users - patient, clear, and able to translate between business and technical framing.
• Comfortable operating within defined frameworks, and confident raising concerns when those frameworks start to constrain the work.

Technology:

• Microsoft 365 (SharePoint, Teams, Exchange).
• Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI).
• Python as a working skillset - scripting, light automation, data wrangling and API integration.
• PowerShell for M365, Entra and wider Microsoft estate administration.
• Familiarity with modern AI‑assisted development tools and low‑code integration platforms (e.g. Replit, Zapier) is a plus.

What will it be like to work for Advancing Analytics?

As a consultancy with strong partnerships across Microsoft, Databricks, AWS, Sigma, Tabular Editor and dbt Labs, you’ll get hands‑on access to some of the most exciting technology and learning opportunities in the industry. We know this market moves quickly, so we invest in our people for the long term, giving you the space to build real expertise, keep developing, and stay ahead of what’s next. We’re also genuinely active in the wider data and AI community. That means speaking at events, sponsoring major industry moments like Big Data London, and showing up at some of the biggest stages in the space, including Databricks Data+AI Summit, Data+AI World Tour, and the Global AI AgentCon London. We encourage our team to get involved in the community, whether that’s in the form of a personal blog or an initiative you are passionate about advocating, we will support you!

Aside from offering a competitive salary, we have a great set of benefits and perks including, but not limited to:

• Industry matching Maternity & Paternity policy.
• Private Medical & Dental Care plus Eye care scheme.
• 25 Days Annual Leave, Birthday Leave & Charity Leave.
• Away days with the team.
• Flexible Working Hours.

Advancing – Being part of a team that drives innovation and pushing boundaries of what’s possible. Our work redefines industry standards and challenges the status quo in the data world every day.

Come as you are – we are an inclusive company. When you work with us, rest assured you're working in a safe environment.

Zero burnout – We have seen it happen, and we never want to be a company that pushes our staff to breaking point.

We all level up together – we have each seen the benefit that being part of a community can have, it is transformational.

Transparency – We are big believers that there are no secrets in Advancing Analytics, and we try to live this day to day.

Equal opportunities for everyone. At Advancing Analytics both diversity and inclusion are a priority. We are all committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer; all applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran status, neurodiversity or disability status.

This role profile is intended to provide an overview of the responsibilities and qualifications required for the Business Application Engineer role. It is not an exhaustive list and may be subject to change to meet the needs of the organisation.