Junior Data Engineer

Role:Junior Data Engineer

Grade:Junior

Type:Full time

Salary:£30k-£35k per annum depending on experience, plus statutory pension

Benefits: 25 days annual leave, pension scheme, personalised development plan, remote working, flexible working options

Location:Nationwide - this is a remote working role, however ad hoc travel to work from our London or Manchester offices will be required.

Closing date:Ongoing

About Real World Health

Real World Health (RWH) is a technology company that specialises in being a strategic partner to the NHS, other Healthcare organisations, Life Sciences organisations and Pharmaceutical companies.

We do data. Lots of it. We analyse and process it, with the primary objective of improving patient outcomes and optimising the efficient delivery of healthcare services, supporting the identification of insights, ways of working and new scientific discoveries that can lead to real world change.

We develop software solutions using conventional coding, AI and Machine Learning techniques. Alongside this we provide a range of support services to help get the best out of our tools as well as consultancy and transformation services to help identify and implement change programmes or complement in-house teams.

We are all about the long game. We highly value long-term client relationships and seek to be genuine partners that always deliver value, transfer knowledge to inhouse resources and make a consistently positive difference to our clients. 

We are committed to building a diverse team who demonstrate passion, loyalty, and enthusiasm in everything we do.

Role Description

Successful candidates will be capable of fulfilling a number of functions, including:

·Model and Pipeline Development: Play a critical role in the design, maintenance, and enhancement of clients models and data pipelines, ensuring they meet high standards of performance and reliability.

·Collaborative Innovation: Partner with the Product team to design, test and deploy innovative models, features, and products that address the unique challenges of our clients.

·DevOps Advancement:Drive the evolution of our deployment and DevOps capabilities by implementing and adhering to industry best practices, enhancing the efficiency and scalability of our development processes.

Skills Required

We are looking for candidates with experience in a similar role (or relevant university experience), who can adapt to a diverse set of tasks and deal with ambiguity and change:

· 1+ years’ experience in a similar roleworking in a development team to DevOps and Agile delivery principles. We are a fast-growing company and are looking to improve on our approach and processesby adopting best practices.

· Or relevant university degree experiencedemonstrating course modules and knowledge in fields such as Computer Science / Data Science / Engineering or Other IT specific disciplines.

·Comfortable with data modelling and structuring– We build models and tools that bring together data sets from lots of different places, often never used together before and using novel approaches. A successful candidate will be able to comfortably understand how data is structured, how it can add value and how it can be ingested into existing and future tools to achieve client ambitions.

·Attention to detail –Precision is vital.The outputs of our models are used every day to make decisions about patient care, so it is imperative that they produce a meaningful, accurate representation of the systems they represent. Our solutions are intricate, and as we scale up, will require rigour and attention to detail to maintain their integrity.

·Structured thinking and prioritisation –Given our growth ahead, it is key to be able to structure problems, and stay mission-driven and focused on what will add the most value. Ability to demonstrate lateral and problems-oriented thinking to complex technical challenges is key.

·Communication and collaboration –Effective communication is key. You will work alongside both technical and non-technical team members, so the ability to clearly convey technical concepts to diverse audiences is crucial for success.We work in a team of both technical and non-technical roles, so sharp communication skills and the ability to translate technical concepts is key.

Technical Skills

Required:Python,SQL, Git or experience of any other version control systems.

Preferred:Knowledge of any other scripting languagesi.e. Powershell/R/Bash/Javascript.Knowledge of container technology such as Docker. BI tools such as Power BI and expertise in working with the rest service.

Healthcare experience

Healthcare experience is not essential.

Note: Your application will not be considered without the required competencies, and these will be tested on application.

Personal Qualities

· This role would suit someone looking to work in a fast-growing, friendly environment where you have a high impact, and make a difference. Healthcare experience is not essential.

· We are a value-driven organisation focused on delivering great value and ROI to our, often resource constrained, clients. A successful candidate will share our values.

Application details

To apply by email to this position, please send your CV and covering letter to the following link: