Junior Data Engineer

Trade Nation; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Trade Nation is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to enhance its data processes. This role involves designing data pipelines, administering SQL servers, and ensuring database efficiency within a cloud environment. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in data modelling, ETL development, and familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS and Azure. Join Trade Nation to contribute to innovative financial solutions and grow in an empowering environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary annual bonus

Life Insurance

Critical Illness & Income Protection cover

Annual leave above minimum entitlement

Up to 3 weeks allowance to work in any location

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Data Modelling and SQL.
• Expertise in MS SQL Server administration, including performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT development.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop data pipelines while implementing efficient ETL processes.
• Monitor, optimise, and ensure reliability of data sources.
• Develop and maintain data models for business requirements.

Skills

Data Modelling

SQL

MS SQL Server administration

ETL development

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

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As a Junior Data Engineer at Trade Nation, you will have experience in Data Modelling and SQL within a cloud-first environment. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in MS SQL Server administration, ETL development, and cloud platforms (AWS and MS Azure), along with familiarity with big data technologies. This role requires operating in a secure environment, ensuring data integrity, scalability, and performance.

Who we are

We are Trade Nation. We help our customers power up their trading through killer insights, transparent costs, and fairer ways to trade. We’re innovators, and proud of it. And we’ve grown a lot in our decade as a market-leading low-cost trading powerhouse. Our reach is global through our teams in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Seychelles and The Bahamas.

Founded on transparency, forged in trust and powered by people, we’re committed to empowering our customers to outperform the markets. How? By minimising expenses and harnessing technology to prioritise the lowest trading costs.

But enough about us. Let’s hear about you.

Who you are

You’re something special. You pride yourself on being unique and bringing your own history to the table – finding solutions to daily challenges in a way that can’t be done by anyone else. Maybe you talk a big game, maybe you don’t. The important thing is that you do what you say and follow through to see every customer thrive.

You don’t play with the bumpers up. That means breaking out of your lane when needed to help others – or forging your own completely. Every problem is our problem and that’s how you see it too. Because Trade Nation’s people have a shared vision, and you want to be part of making it a reality.

You know when to take the right sort of risks, the ones that push you to be better. You’re not afraid to try, fail, and then try harder. But don’t worry, you’ll have all the support you need to thrive with us at Trade Nation, and we can’t wait to enable you to learn and grow.

Ready to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in?

Our commitments to each other

We have each other’s backs

There when we need each other most

We challenge each other

Be more creative, more curious, more bold

We thrive together

Taking our work to the next level

We form strong bonds

Through team building and social events

Instead, we teach and are open to learning

We step up

Taking ownership and supporting each other to do the same

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop data pipelines while implementing efficient ETL processes.
• Monitor, optimise, and ensure the reliability of data sources.
• Develop, refine, and maintain data models to support business requirements.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to facilitate the accurate and effective integration of new datasets into the data warehouse.
• Conduct data profiling and exploratory analysis to derive actionable insights.

Requirements

• Proven experience in Data Modelling and SQL.
• Expertise in MS SQL Server administration (performance tuning, HADR, backups, security.)
• Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT development.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and big data technologies.
• Experience working in secure, regulated finance environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to optimize data workflows.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Competitive salary, and discretionary annual bonus.
• Life Insurance, Critical Illness & Income Protection cover.
• Annual leave above minimum entitlement.
• Up to 3 weeks allowance to work in any location.