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Associate Data Engineer

Robert Walters
City of London
1 month ago
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Associate Data Engineer £42,000 - 45,000 per annum + benefits. Location: London (onsite 4 days per week). Interviews w/c 06/10/26

We are seeking a Associate Data Engineer to create and manage the technological part of data infrastructure, who is forward-thinking, analytical, passionate about investment and real estate, and thrive in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities
  • Data mining and assembling large, complex sets of data from external and internal sources, including managing data feeds through APIs and scripting
  • Identifying, designing and implementing internal process improvements including re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes
  • Building required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources using AWS and SQL technologies, participate in data migration projects
  • Building analytical tools (i.e leveraging Tableau) to utilize the data pipeline, providing actionable insight into key business performance metrics including operational efficiency and fund capital deployment
  • Ensure data quality and accuracy by implementing data quality checks, and data governance processes
Requirements And Skills
  • Analytical background
  • 2+ Years commercial experience as a data engineer or in a similar role
  • Proficiency in programming and data engineering tools, including SQL, Python/R
  • Experience with BI tools such as Tableau/Power BI/Looker
  • Structured and Critical Thinking & Analytical: breaks down complex problems and solves them in creative ways is a must
  • Proficient in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Familiarity with data warehousing concepts, understanding of Snowflake, AWS etc.
  • Understanding of business requirements and spotting opportunities to innovate. Willingness to step out of comfort zone and learn modern data engineering practices and trends.
  • Impeccable attention to detail
  • Self-starter with ability to multi-task and efficiently manage time and workload

There will be a 24 hours coding test (Python/SQL questions) at 1st interview stage.

If interested in this Associate Data Engineer role please apply with latest Word CV for immediate consideration.

Please Note client is unable to offer Visa Sponsorship so applicants must have UK RTW and live commutable to London

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

Seniority level
  • Associate
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Information Technology


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