Graduate Data Engineer

As a Graduate Data Engineer, you’ll be developing ETL pipelines, transforming raw data into valuable insights, and moving it seamlessly between systems.

Collaboration will be at the heart of your role, working alongside cross-functional teams including chemists, bioinformaticians, data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders. You’ll have the freedom to experiment with new approaches, optimizing data pipelines, and enhancing overall data quality and efficiency.

This is not just a job, it’s an adventure in data, where every day brings new challenges and opportunities to learn and grow. So, if you’re a recent graduate looking to make a big impact in the world of data engineering, this is the perfect place for you!

Requirements

KEY TASKS / ACCOUNTABILITIES

You’ll help construct and maintain state-of-the-art data warehouses and custom-built solutions, ensuring data is organized and accessible.  You will design dashboards and reports, turning numbers into compelling stories and visualizing data and trends.

In addition to this, you will also be expected to play an active role in the success of the Data Engineering Team. This will include writing code, performing testing and undertaking code review for others, running or contributing to development seminars and deputising for more senior staff as required. 

EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE

Our software stack includes the following technologies, and the successful candidate is likely to have interest and demonstrable experience in use of at least one of these:

• PostgreSQL
• Python
• Django
• Airflow
• Linux
• React
• HTMX

EDUCATION & TRAINING

The successful candidate is likely to be educated to degree level in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or demonstrate equivalent practical skills through relevant job history or holds relevant data engineering certifications.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

About Owlstone Medical

Owlstone Medical is on a mission to save 100,000 lives and $1.5 billion in healthcare costs through the development and application of Breath Biopsy®. This involves collecting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and respiratory droplets from breath, which can provide information about metabolic activity and markers related to health and disease.

Breath sampling has substantial advantages for the early detection of disease and to enable precision medicine approaches to patient care. To realize these advantages, Owlstone Medical offers Research Products and Services for biomarker discovery and is developing tests in applications including cancer, liver disease, asthma, and environmental exposure. Our work includes partnerships with major organizations including AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, the Cleveland Clinic, and the NHS and our platform is in use at well over 100 clinical and academic sites worldwide.

Our leadership in breath is underpinned by our world-class and varied team, including systems engineers, clinical scientists, analytical chemists, artificial intelligence specialists and clinical trials coordinators.

The Owlstone group also commercializes a range of highly innovative products based on its proprietary FAIMS chemical sensing technology in other markets including Scientific, Industrial Process Control, Military and Homeland Defense.

We offer a relaxed, friendly, flexible and international working environment with a strong and vibrant team-spirit. You will be rewarded with a competitive salary package that includes an Employee share options scheme and private medical insurance and your work will have a clear impact on people’s lives. If you want to experience the buzz of a thriving start-up company set to succeed on a global scale, Owlstone Medical could be the place for you.

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Owlstone is an equal opportunity employer, and we will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on any characteristic protected by law including but not exhaustive to; grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status.

Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained and the attainment of a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. Access to selected project information requires prior additional security authorization. Access to US technical data by employees requires prior Export Control function approval. Full clearance must be satisfactorily attained against all applicable project security and US export control authorisations. Failure to meet any reference, BPSS, project-security or export-control authorisations may have an impact on successfully completing your probationary period.

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