Mirai Talent
Junior Data Engineer
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Junior Data Engineer
£27,500 + up to 20% bonus
South Manchester / Wilmslow | Permanent
Mirai are delighted to bring this opportunity to the market. There isn’t an abundance of brilliant graduate opportunities out there at the moment, particularly ones where you’ll be given real responsibility, proper investment and the chance to learn from seriously smart people.
We’re partnering with a brilliant data organisation in South Manchester that works with businesses to build modern data platforms from the ground up. You’ll join a small, highly experienced team and work on live client projects from week one, learning directly from experienced Data Engineers, Architects and C-Suite.
Where could it take you?
This is much more than simply getting your first Data Engineering job. As you develop, there are various pathways you could explore across Data Engineering, Analytics, Data Architecture and AI, depending on where your strengths and interests take you.
You’ll start by building your foundations in SQL and Python, before gaining exposure to technologies and concepts including Databricks, cloud platforms, Spark, Git, dbt, data modelling and ETL. You absolutely do not need to know all of these already. In fact, we’re deliberately keeping the search broad.
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What we are looking for
- Super smart, curious and switched on
- Ambitious and hungry to learn
- A good foundation in SQL and Python
- Comfortable being challenged and figuring things out
- Proactive, with a strong work ethic
- Able to communicate well and ask good questions
- Excited by Data & AI and where the industry is heading
Personality and potential matter enormously here. The organisation specifically values curiosity, proactivity, attention to detail and people who are comfortable being thrown into the deep end and learning quickly.
The opportunity
Your development will be fast. The expectation is that you'll have contributed work to a live client platform within your first three months, be working more independently by six months and have ownership of a meaningful part of a client build by the end of year one.
There’s also significant investment in development, including funded training and Databricks certification, with progression shaped around the individual rather than a rigid career ladder.
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We are looking for someone who wants good presence in the Wilmslow office. Particularly at this stage of your career, being around experienced people, asking questions, listening to conversations and learning by osmosis can make a massive difference to your development.
Package
- £27,500 salary
- Discretionary bonus of up to 20%
- 35 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- Private medical and dental
- Company pension
- Funded training and development, including Databricks certification
Interested? We’re considering applications now and will be shortlisting over the next couple of weeks, so if this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for to properly kick-start your career in Data & AI, get your application in ASAP.
Diversity & Inclusion
Mirai Talent is committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process and representing diverse talent. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement listed. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know.
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