Data Analyst (FTC)

We are looking for a Data Analyst to join us on a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave (12 months). This is a "best of both worlds" role: you’ll bridge the gap between deep product insight and robust analytics engineering. You’ll be responsible for understanding user behaviour and measuring product impact while ensuring our underlying data transformations (via dbt) remain scalable and reliable during this key period of growth.

About Yoto

Yoto is a screen-free interactive audio platform for kids. We make carefully connected audio players that kids control, with no microphones, cameras or ads. We have a catalogue of audio that inspires creative play and learning with 1,000+ titles in our card store from top creators, publishers and labels - think Disney, Marvel, Roald Dahl and Universal Music. We also create Yoto Originals like BrainBots.

We’re on a mission to be the soundtrack of childhood, and help families on their own unique adventures. By creating products that inspire independent play, we help families discover and grow with an inspiring world of audio - and we would like you to help us achieve it!

Yoto’s Data Team

We’re a small team at the heart of all the decisions Yoto makes. We work in a high-trust environment with a lot of independence. Everyone can contribute ideas and be part of the decision-making process. We tackle a broad range of problems, from developing cutting-edge data product solutions to maintaining and building data ingestion pipelines, query and orchestration platforms, our work spans across all the key strategic projects throughout the company.

What you’ll be doing:

• Partner with tech, design, and product teams to provide actionable analysis that informs roadmaps and measures the success of new initiatives.
• Own end-to-end analysis projects: define problems and hypotheses, gather requirements, analyse data, present findings with recommendations, drive decision-making discussions.
• Maintain and build data transformation processes using dbt (Data Build Tool) and develop complex SQL queries to extract and cleanse data.
• Take responsibility for data reliability, ensuring pipelines are checked for accuracy and consistency.
• Maintain and iterate on interactive dashboards (using Lightdash) that inspire product enhancements.
• Act as the data point of contact, helping them self-serve and interpret their own metrics.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven experience in a Data Analyst or Analytics Engineer role, with experience of making an impact with data and insights.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, including experience with complex joins, CTEs, and window functions.
• Practical experience with dbt is essential.
• Familiarity with Google BigQuery or similar cloud warehouses is a huge plus.
• Ability to translate complex data findings into clear, compelling narratives for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A solid understanding of statistical analysis and experimentation techniques (e.g., A/B testing).
• The ability to jump in, learn our stack quickly, and maintain momentum is key.

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 based on experience. We never want to miss out on great candidates, so don’t let our banding put you off reaching out - there’s sometimes flexibility for the right fit!

What you can expect from Yoto:

• Flexibility: Hybrid working - expectation of 1 day a week on average in our London office, but you are welcome to come in more than this.
• Take advantage of our ‘work from anywhere’ policy to work from a different location for up to 6 weeks every year.
• Summer Hours policy to use between the months of June and August.
• Receive Income Protection, covering long term sickness for up to 2 years and company sick pay that increases with length of service.
• Life Assurance cover from day one of your service.
• Workplace Pension offering up to 3% employer contributions, following probation.
• Generous employee referral bonus scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance via Aviva, or a Wellbeing Allowance to be used for memberships, subscriptions, treatment or therapy.
• Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) through WeCare and unlimited access to Dental advice and guidance via Toothfairy.
• Bike to work scheme to promote healthier lifestyles.
• 25 days of holiday per year, plus bank holidays.
• On top of this, you also receive your birthday off, plus 1 extra day of holiday for every year worked after you hit your 2 year anniversary, up to 5 extra days.
• After 4 years of service, you are also eligible for our sabbatical policy offering up to 3 months' of unpaid sabbatical.
• Variety of family-friendly leave, including enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, pregnancy loss and carers leave.
• Unlock savings with our workplace nursery scheme, designed to support parents of preschool-aged children.
• Up to 2 volunteer days a year.
• A Book Allowance of up to £50 a year to contribute to your professional development.
• You receive your very own Yoto player and starter pack of cards!
• Regular company socials and celebrations, including our annual YotoFest!

Equity and Diversity

At Yoto, we love creating a world where childhood is rich with discovery and joy. We’re also passionate about building a workplace where everyone can thrive - both professionally and personally. We value flexibility and give our team the freedom to balance life and work in ways that suit them. We’re committed to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive environment where all individuals, regardless of their background, feel valued and supported.

Please only apply or engage with Yoto jobs posted on our careers page (careers.yotoplay.com or careers.yotoplay.com/en). All correspondence from our Talent team will only come through Teamtailor, our application tracking system.