Data Engineer - Data Academy - Belfast in Newtownabbey

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design and develop large-scale data processing software, manage technical components, and mentor team members, while ensuring code quality and operational readiness.

Top Skills: AWS, Azure, Databricks, ETL, GCP, Java, Kafka, Python, Scala, SQL

Kainos is recognised as one of the leading AI and data businesses, with a decade-long track record of delivering impactful, production-grade AI solutions for clients across government, healthcare, defence and commercial sectors. Kainos is at the forefront of AI innovation, trusted by Microsoft, AWS, and others to deliver advanced AI and data solutions at citizen scale. Our 150+ strong AI and Data capability brings together deep expertise in machine learning, generative AI, agentic AI and data. We are an award-winning practice and pioneers in Responsible AI, and we partner with leading organisations to ensure AI is deployed responsibly and with measurable business value.

We are launching the latest edition of our Data & AI Academy to be fully experienced as a Data Engineer. What we expect from you is a strong interest in Data and AI, along with a willingness to learn. By joining the program, you will start 6 weeks of training (internal and external), you will be introduced to the system of work in Kainos and equipped with a package of new knowledge, you will be ready to start working in one of our projects.

WHAT TO EXPECT AS A DATA ENGINEER JOINING THE ACADEMY:

• 6-week training program internal and external on, but not limited to the following:
• Cloud concepts
• Databases
• ETL Flows monitoring
• Data visualisation
• Queueing Systems
• AI/ ML
• Agentic AI
• Data monitoring

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE BUSINESS:

Working as part of a team you will work alongside colleagues in engineering, testing, consulting, product management, and security capabilities to build, test and deploy software of the highest quality. You will assist in using the latest technologies to extract maximum user and business benefit. You will work with and learn from your colleagues fostering an open and inclusive culture. As your confidence grows, you will increasingly be contributing your views to ensure that services are scalable, secure, reliable, and performant. Getting services into production is just the beginning with the fun truly starting when real users start interacting with the service you have built. You will assist in ensuring services are available, secure and performant as you actively make recommendations for continuous improvement. Working to develop data processing software primarily for deployment in Big Data technologies. The role encompasses the full software lifecycle including design, code, test and defect resolution. Collaborating with colleagues to resolve implementation challenges and ensure code quality and maintainability remains high. Working with operations teams to ensure operational readiness. Working with other team members to advise on the estimated effort and possible technical implications of user stories and user journeys. You will develop effective habits for using modern engineering tools, including AI, to support learning, problem-solving, and day-to-day delivery tasks.

EXPERIENCE & PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE:

Candidates are expected to demonstrate proven experience in some of the following areas, with practical working knowledge across others. A proven ability of strong team skills, including taking direction from others, is crucial.

• Software development experience in at least one of the following: Java, Scala, or Python.
• Software development experience with data-processing platforms, such as Azure, GCP, Databricks and AWS.
• Experience in SQL and SQL extensions for analytical queries.
• Experience in developing ETL/ELT data processing pipelines.
• Experience of working with data in various formats such as JSON and XML.
• Experience of working with contemporary data stores such as object stores, document stores, key-value store, search, RDBMS, graph.
• Experience in writing quality, testable code and automated testing.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment techniques.

DESIRABLE:

• Experience of performance tuning.
• Experience of data visualisation and complex data transformations.
• Understanding of data redaction implementations.
• Participation in development and/or technology communities.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• 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. Our values aren't abstract; they are the behaviours we expect from each other every day and underpin everything that we do. We expect everyone to display our values by being determined in how obstacles are overcome; honest when dealing with others; respectful of how you treat others; creative to find solutions to complex problems and cooperative by sharing information, knowledge and experience. These values, applied collectively, help to produce an outstanding Kainos person, team and culture.

ABOUT US:

At Kainos we use technology to solve real problems for our customers, overcome big challenges for businesses, and make people's lives easier. We build strong relationships with our customers and go beyond to change the way they work today and the impact they have tomorrow. Our two specialist practices, Digital Services and Workday, work globally for clients across healthcare, commercial and the public sector to make the world a little bit better, day by day.

Embracing our differences: At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field. Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out. We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.

Kainos Belfast, Northern Ireland Office 4-6 Upper Crescent, Belfast, United Kingdom, BT7 1NT

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