Junior Data Engineer
| Posting date: | 11 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £34,254 to £39,994 per year |
| Additional salary information: | London: £38,138 to £39,994 / National: £34,254 - £36,142 (including allowance). Your salary will be determined by your skills and capability as assessed at interview. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Location: | London |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 415518/7 |
Summary
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has a clear mission - to grow the economy. Our role is to help businesses invest, grow and export to create jobs and opportunities right across the country. We do this in three ways.
Firstly, we help to build a strong, competitive business environment, where consumers are protected and companies rewarded for treating their employees properly.
Secondly, we open international markets and ensure resilient supply chains. This can be through Free Trade Agreements, trade facilitation and multilateral agreements.
Finally, we work in partnership with businesses every day, providing advance, finance and deal-making support to those looking to start up, invest, export and grow.
The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission.
The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission. The team have been nominated three times in a row for ‘Best Public Sector Employer’ at the Women in Tech awards!
About the role
As a Junior Data Engineer you will help us design, implement, test and operate our data products, pipelines and services. We will help you to develop in the Data Engineering profession towards more senior roles.
You will have opportunities to contribute to a range of solution to satisfy our data user needs. The team will rely on your ability to query and transform data using both SQL (Postgres) and Python (Pandas, Apache Airflow). You will help building efficient data pipelines and creating services that expose the data through APIs.
The role follows the DDaT framework: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/data-engineer
About you
You will be
- a flexible problem solver with interest in data and digital technology
- a team player able to collaborate on solutions with other professions
- eager to learn more and share what they know with others
Main responsibilities
As a Junior Data Engineer, you will
- Implement, troubleshoot, and test data products and services using standard techniques and tools.
- Help building data solutions which are scalable, resilient, and future proof.
- Understand typical problems in databases, data processes, data products and services. You understand and can apply typical solutions to those problems.
- Implement, troubleshoot, and test pipelines, Web APIs, services, or scripts.
- Work in an Agile and cross-functional team
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