Junior Data Engineer - Apprenticeship
Join Chambers as a Junior Data Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain practical experience in our growing Data team and also study towards a Level 5 Data Engineer Apprenticeship. If you are keen to learn, develop your data engineering skills and you are a motivated/detail-oriented individual, we’d love to hear from you!
Role
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Write clean and testable code using SQL and Python scripting languages, to enable our customer data products and business applications
- Build and manage data pipelines and notebooks, deploying code in a structured, trackable and safe manner
- Effectively create, optimise and maintain automated systems and processes across a given project(s) or technical domain
- Analyse, profile and plan work, aligned with project priorities
- Perform reviews of code, refactoring where necessary
- Deploy code in a structured, trackable and safe manner
- Document your data developments and operational procedures
- Ensure adherence to data/software delivery standards and effective delivery
- Help monitor, troubleshoot and resolve production data issues when they occur
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team
- Contribute to the team’s ability to make and deliver on their commitments
- Innovate and experiment with technology to deliver real business benefits
- Regularly launch products and services based on your work and be an integral part of making these a success
- Guide, influence and challenge the technology team and stakeholders to understand the benefits, pros and cons of various technical options
- Promote an innovative thinking process and encourage it in others
- Working within the agile framework at Chambers
Training
- The exact schedule to be confirmed with the successful applicant
Typical job titles following the completion of this course:
- Data Engineer
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Data engineer (level 5)
- Training Provider
- BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
- Working Week
- Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm
- Expected Duration
- 1 Year 7 Months
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Friday, 24th April 2026
- Start Date
- Tuesday, 26th May 2026
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Creative
- Initiative
- Able to work collaboratively
- Strong interpersonal skills
- A positive can-do attitude
- Ability to follow instructions
- Ability to learn quickly
- Able to work to tight deadline
- Excellent time management
- Accuracy & Efficiency
- Delivery focused and pragmatic
- Awareness of industry/trends
- Familiarity/some exp. with SQL
- Design, build data pipelines
- Familiarity with Python
- Familiarity with Databricks
- Familiarity/some exp. with ADF
- Knowledge of data modelling
Qualifications
- Five Subjects min. (including English & Maths) GCSE, grade 9 to 4 / A* to C (Essential)
About the Employer
Chambers and Partners
Chambers and Partners is the leading independent professional legal research company operating across 200 jurisdictions. We deliver detailed rankings and insight into the world's leading lawyers and law firms. Since our founding in 1990 we have dedicated ourselves to delivering detailed rankings and insights into the world's top lawyers, legal departments and law firms. Present and relied on in over 70 countries and 200 jurisdictions, our independent research led approach is recognised as the ranking that matters. During this time we have remained focussed on maintaining the highest standards possible. With an in-depth research methodology involving detailed interviews and analysis of capabilities, achievement and sector presence. All at the service of defining a ranking that remains as relevant and influential as when first released over 30 years ago.