Data Engineer at Quantum · London
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Python
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SQL
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Experience building ETL or ELT pipelines on a modern cloud warehouse or big data platform
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Working knowledge of data governance, testing and data quality practices
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Comfortable with orchestration and version control, and with reviewing and being reviewed
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High standards for quality, with a can-do attitude when priorities shift
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You thrive when working as part of a team
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Comfortable in a fast-paced environment
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Have excellent written and verbal English skills
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Why they ask: Core skill.
How to answer: Ingestion, storage, orchestration, idempotency, backfills, monitoring.
Why they ask: Data correctness.
How to answer: Watermarks, dedup keys, reprocessing windows.
Why they ask: Python is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
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Why they ask: SQL is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: Opener to see how you frame your story.
How to answer: Two minutes: current role, one achievement that matches this job, why this company now.
Why they ask: Checks ownership and depth.
How to answer: Use situation, action, result. Quantify the result.
Why they ask: Tests accountability and learning.
How to answer: Pick a real failure, own your part, show the fix and what changed afterwards.
Why they ask: Checks judgement under pressure.
How to answer: Describe a concrete framework and one example of a trade-off you made.
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