Junior Data Engineer

Job Title: Junior Data Engineer

Location: Remote – 1 day per fortnight in Wilmslow office

Following recent investment, The Citation Group are looking to build out their data capabilities to be Best in Class. As such, exciting opportunity for a recent graduate who is passionate about data and eager to build a career in data engineering as part of our team. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers and analysts on a variety of projects, gaining hands-on experience with a modern data stack and contributing to both project-based and business-as-usual (BAU) work.

• Support the development and maintenance of data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes
• Assist in ingestion, transformation, and modelling of data for analytics and AI use cases
• Help monitor and improve data quality and reliability across AI-enabled systems
• Participate in the development and testing of new data solutions and improvements
• Collaborate with analysts, engineers, and stakeholders to understand data requirements
• Contribute to documentation and best practices across the data engineering function
• Take ownership tasks and projects with guidance and support from senior team members
• Support integration of AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, LLMs, machine learning APIs) into internal data workflows

We’re looking for someone who’s curious, motivated, and passionate about working with data — whatever path you’ve taken to get here.

Whether you’ve recently graduated, completed a coding bootcamp, are self-taught, or are making a career change into tech, we want to hear from you.

You might be a good fit if you:

• Have a strong interest in data engineering, analytics, or AI
• Enjoy solving problems and working with data and technology
• Are eager to learn, take feedback on board, and grow your skills in a supportive environment
• Can communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical people
• Are comfortable working in a fast-moving, collaborative team juggling multiple priorities
• Pay attention to detail and take pride in delivering quality work

We value potential, attitude, and willingness to learn over having a “perfect” CV. If you’re excited by the opportunity and meet most of the criteria, we encourage you to apply — even if you don’t tick every box.

• Exposure to SQL and database concepts
• Familiarity with Python or another programming language
• Interest or experience in AI/ML concepts, even from coursework or personal projects
• Understanding of data pipelines, ETL/ELT, or data warehousing
• Awareness of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Understanding of modern data tools (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, BigQuery)
• Version control tools (e.g., Git)

• Hands-on experience with a modern AI-enabled data stack in a real-world, production environment
• The chance to contribute to real-world AI and machine learning projects
• Exposure to tools and technologies used in deploying and supporting AI applications at scale
• Exposure to a variety of projects, stakeholders, and business domains
• Training and mentoring from experienced data engineers

We are Citation. We are far from your average service provider. Our colleagues bring their brilliant selves to work every day and we create an environment where they can shine. We are a nice bunch. We don’t do office politics or “that’s not my job”. We listen, support and take ownership.

We have been proudly delivering valuable HR and Health and Safety services to SME’s across the UK for over 20 years. Passionate about service, we’re on a mission to revolutionise our colleague’s and client’s experience by employing brilliant people who are experts at what they do and smile whilst they are doing it.

Working for Citation you will have access to 25 days holiday, plus your birthday off work, gym membership discount, healthcare, childcare vouchers, the opportunity to purchase extra leave, pension contributions and more.

It’s a great place to work because of the people we employ. Fun and professional, we want likeminded individuals who love to love their job and want the Company to succeed.

So, if our culture sounds like a good fit for you and you want to be part of our success story, then send us your details.