Junior Data Engineer: Build Production Pipelines

VIQU IT; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Morela is supporting a private, family-owned real estate investment group in its search for a Junior Data Engineer in London. This full-time, permanent role welcomes exceptional graduates up to three years' experience and offers £40,000-£60,000 depending on experience.

You will work directly with a senior engineer to build production systems from the ground up, gaining real ownership early on. Expect to write production code, solve live business problems and contribute across data ingestion,

Qualifications

• A rigorous degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a closely related discipline.
• Strong programming fundamentals in Python, TypeScript and SQL.
• Understanding of relational databases, data modelling, APIs and ETL/ELT pipelines, with an enthusiasm to deepen these skills.
• Care for readable code, testing, debugging, version control, and the difference between a promising prototype and a reliable production system.
• The patience to trace messy data through unfamiliar systems, identify root causes and verify that a solution works.
• A commercially minded, out-of-the-box thinker with an appetite to build and scale a platform.
• Strong professionalism and maturity
• The ability to ask good questions, document decisions and explain technical issues to colleagues who do not write code.
• A grounded, collaborative and high-agency approach willing to seek guidance, act on feedback, and take on increasing responsibility as capability grows.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a Python codebase and database responsible for ingesting, cleaning, validating and reconciling data from internal and third-party sources.
• Build REST APIs to serve as the bedrock of an internal platform.
• Investigate inconsistencies in existing internal data, write validation rules and document definitions, and help establish trusted datasets for asset management.
• Turn manual collection, checking, reconciliation, reminders, document generation and reporting tasks into dependable workflows.
• Create dashboards, reports, alerts and small internal tools for investment, asset management, finance and operations functions.
• Develop document extraction, retrieval and LLM-based workflows, including testing, evals and human-in-the-loop review mechanisms.
• Write clean, tested, high-quality code; use version control; monitor jobs; investigate failures; and maintain clear technical documentation.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

SQL

Data modelling

APIs

ETL/ELT pipelines

Testing

Version control

Documentation

Data pipelines

Education

BSc in Computer Science/Engineering/Data Science or related

Tools

Docker

Cloud platforms

Data warehouses

Job description

Morela is supporting a private, family-owned real estate investment group in its search for a Junior Data Engineer in London. This full-time, permanent role welcomes exceptional graduates up to three years' experience and offers £40,000-£60,000 depending on experience.

You will work directly with a senior engineer to build production systems from the ground up, gaining real ownership early on. Expect to write production code, solve live business problems and contribute across data ingestion,