Junior Data Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Junior Data EngineerLocation: Home based 3 days, London, Victoria 2 daysSalary: Up to circa £45,000Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5.30pmBenefits:

• Work from home 2 days a week
• Generous pension
• Health insurance (through AXA PPP)
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Interest free season ticket
• Unlimited annual leave (subject to Manager sign off)
• Regular team events
• Wellness events and Wellbeing Initiatives
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
• Flexible working can work from home 2 days each week.

About the client and the role of Junior Data EngineerOur client is a successful fintech Buy to Let Lender and have a new vacancy for a Junior Data Engineer to join the Data team. This role requires well-honed data engineering skills as well as competency in data analytics. It will give you the opportunityto grow in many areas such as infrastructure and systems management, pipeline development and data analytics. You will receive coaching and training from other Data team members and the wider Tech team.Responsibilities for the role of Junior Data Engineer

• You will help maintain and evolve the existing data system, helping to keep it robust and efficient.
• This role is strongly aligned with the business, such that you will be involved in delivering technical solutions for internal stakeholders and external partners.
• You will take responsibility for infrastructure components, service operations, APIs, code management and more.
• You will work on the development of an awesome data pipeline in the world of microservices.
• Work with the platform engineering team to develop the data pipeline, collecting analytics events from our microservices and loading them into reporting suites.
• Work with cutting-edge tech such as DBT, Hevo, Prefect, Snowflake, AWS, Looker, etc
• Connect data from external sources (e.g. Google Analytics, HubSpot, third-party data suppliers, etc) and integrate with production sources.
• Integrate testing into pipeline to ensure integrity and reliability.
• Come up with smart techniques to ensure and to monitor the quality and freshness of data.
• Support business intelligence activities by working with the Looker platform, maintaining configurations, LookML code and repo management, as well as creating reports to support the business.
• You will be a key point of contact within the business, helping to foster a data-driven culture.
• You will become a subject matter expert for all data questions and will understand the business inside out.
• Youll understand how to interpret the data, with all its nuances.
• You will help to identify and analyse trends - your voice and insights will help shape the roadmap across the business.

Experience required for the role of Junior Data Engineer

• At least one year of experience in a data engineering / software engineering / data analytics or similar role working on a data system with pipeline and ETL components.
• Ideally experience working in a Product-led business with modern, agile software development processes, where there is close collaboration between Product, Engineering and Data teams.
• Plenty of experience working with data and its nuances.
• At least a Bachelors degree in a technical subject.
• A good understanding of software engineering principles and modular systems, with exposure to code repositories.
• A good understanding of internet technologies and terminology.
• Good SQL skills, ideally including analytics functions.
• Solid Python coding skills. Bonus points for a good understanding of non-scripting languages (e.g.
• C++/C#, java, etc).
• Experience using a cloud computing platform for data work, ideally AWS.
• Experience using data transformation tools such as DBT, Airflow, etc.
• Experience working with relational databases and other data storage services. Bonus points for Snowflake.
• Experience working with business intelligence tools. Bonus points for Looker.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Proactive self-starter who thrives in a high-trust environment and can take responsibility for owned projects.
• Great communication skills with the ability to explain complex ideas simply. Able to foster good relationships across the business.

For more information regarding the role of Junior Data Engineer please contact usStellar Select is acting as an employment agency and is a corporate member of the REC.Due to a high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application has been successful. We aim to contact all successful contacts within two business days

Keyskills :
AirflowData AnalystData EngineerLooker