Graduate Data Engineer

Affinity Reply is a leading UK-based architecture consultancy focused exclusively on optimising IT/business alignment, and minimising the cost of business and technology change. We distinguish ourselves by fostering trusted client relationships, ensuring successful outcomes through our proactive and insightful approach. To meet growing demand, we are looking for motivated and curious graduates who want to build a career in consulting, technology, and digital transformation.

Role Overview

As a Graduate Data Engineer joining our Affinity Reply team in London, you will work with our clients in the financial services sector to design and develop high-performance data applications, manage complex data sets, and work across the full development lifecycle. The role offers extensive training and structured career progression. Start Date: September 2026

Responsibilities

• Work with clients to translate functional requirements into technical requirements.
• Develop performant data pipelines for batch or real-time data processing.
• Manage end-to-end data platform processes, including extraction, transformation, loading, orchestration, deployment, monitoring, alerting, and governance.
• Research and experiment with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive business value through early adoption.

Qualifications

• A minimum 2.1 Bachelor\’s degree in Computer Science or a directly related IT discipline is required.
• Strong knowledge of, and initial experience with, handling data projects using SQL and Python.
• Initial experience with cloud warehousing platforms (AWS Redshift, GCP BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake) is an asset.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly to a wide range of audiences.
• Passion for technology and a strong interest in becoming a Data Engineer.
• Enjoys problem solving with a focus on delivering quality results.
• Strong interest in becoming a consultant and a continuous hunger to learn.
• Flexibility for local business travel.

Reply is an Equal Opportunities Employer and committed to embracing diversity in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, identity, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status or parental status or any other characteristic protected by the Law.

Reply is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, please let us know of any Reasonable Adjustments you may need