Data Engineer (Associate) – Data & AI Academy
Join Kainos as a Data Engineer Associate within our Data & AI Academy program. You will go through a 6‑week training program, gaining knowledge in cloud concepts, databases, ETL, systems monitoring, data visualisation, queueing systems, AI/ML, agentic AI, and data monitoring.
What to Expect
* 6-week training program – internal and external on cloud concepts, databases, ETL, flows monitoring, data visualisation, queueing systems, AI/ML, agentic AI, and data monitoring.
Responsibilities
* Work within a multi‑skilled agile team to design and develop large‑scale data processing software.
* Assist in using the latest technologies to extract maximum user and business benefit.
* Collaborate with colleagues in engineering, testing, consulting, product management, and security to build, test and deploy software of the highest quality.
* Contribute to ensuring services are scalable, secure, reliable, and performant.
* Deploy services to production and support real users interacting with the service.
* Recommend continuous improvement to keep services available, secure and performant.
* Develop data processing software primarily for deployment in Big Data technologies, covering the full software lifecycle including design, code, test and defect resolution.
* Resolve implementation challenges and maintain high code quality and maintainability.
* Work with operations teams to ensure operational readiness.
* Advise on estimated effort and technical implications of user stories and journeys.
* Use modern engineering tools, including AI, to support learning, problem‑solving and day‑to‑day delivery tasks.
Experience & Practical Knowledge
* Strong team skills, including taking direction from others.
* Software development experience in Java, Scala or Python.
* Experience with data‑processing platforms such as Azure, GCP, Databricks and AWS.
* Experience with SQL and SQL extensions for analytical queries.
* Experience developing ETL/ELT data processing pipelines.
* Experience working with data in JSON and XML.
* Experience with contemporary data stores such as object stores, document stores, key‑value store, search, RDBMS, and graph databases.
* Experience writing quality, testable code and automated testing.
* Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment techniques.
Desirable
* Experience with performance tuning.
* Experience with data visualisation and complex data transformations.
* Understanding of data redaction implementations.
* Participation in development and/or technology communities.
Benefits
* Competitive salary
* 6 weeks of training
* Company share scheme plan
* 35 days’ holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
* Private healthcare (medical and dental cover)
* Refer‑a‑friend scheme (£3000)
* Home office set‑up cover – £150 desk, £175 office chair
* Access to further online training
Who You Are
Our vision is to enable outstanding people to create digital solutions that have a positive impact on people’s lives. We expect everyone to display our values:
* Determined – how obstacles are overcome.
* Honest – in dealing with others.
* Respectful – in treating others.
* Creative – to find solutions to complex problems.
* Cooperative – by sharing information, knowledge and experience.
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