{"id":1704985,"url":"https://alion.io/job/knok-junior-data-engineer","title":"Junior Data Engineer","company":{"id":679208,"name":"knok","domain":"knok.pt","url":"https://alion.io/company/knok-2","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workable","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":85,"open_postings":5,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.6,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-02T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Data Science","role_family":"Data Science","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Matosinhos, Portugal"],"countries":["PT"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":28000,"max_usd":83000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":345},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"ETL/ELT","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false},{"name":"Amazon Redshift","optional":true},{"name":"BigQuery","optional":true},{"name":"dbt","optional":true},{"name":"GitHub","optional":true},{"name":"Google BigQuery","optional":true},{"name":"Snowflake","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-02T14:29:14Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-02","last_verified_at":"2026-10-02T14:29:14Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Learn about knok\nAt knok, we dare to lead and humanise the digital transformation of healthcare. We envision a world where everyone has timely access to quality healthcare through digital technology, creating a more equal society. We genuinely believe in it, and you can recognise it in every person who embraces this mission.\nThrough a Digital Front Door strategy, knok connects patients, providers and healthcare professionals in one place. Our API-first white-label platform enables a continuous, engaging and personalised healthcare experience for all conditions through a cutting-edge Patient Journey Engine.\nWith regular clinical practice as our main source of knowledge, we leverage ready-to-use data to improve care automation and increase financial savings. Since 2015, we have enabled more than 2.5 million clinical interactions in over 12 countries. Our platform is scalable and AI-ready, enhancing the power of data-driven care to deliver better outcomes during all stages of life.\nAre you ready to join us in revolutionising healthcare and making a tangible impact on people's lives?\nAbout the role\nWe are looking for a Junior Data Engineer to join our Data team and help ensure that the data powering knok remains accurate, reliable and available when our teams need it.\nYou will work closely with more experienced Data Engineers, contributing to the maintenance of our data platform, monitoring daily data pipelines and transforming healthcare data into structured and valuable information.\nThis is an opportunity to develop your Data Engineering skills while working with real healthcare data and systems that directly support clinical and business decision-making.\nIf this makes sense, keep reading!\nAs a Junior Data Engineer, you will:\nSupport the maintenance and continuous improvement of our data platform;\nEnsure data remains accurate, reliable and consistently up to date;\nMonitor our daily ELT processes, ensuring pipelines run successfully and complete within the expected timeframe;\nIdentify and investigate data quality issues, pipeline failures and inconsistencies;\nTransform raw data from different sources into structured and usable datasets;\nWork with healthcare data, including HL7, extracting meaningful information from areas such as laboratory results, appointments and admissions;\nSupport the development and maintenance of data models and transformations;\nCollaborate with Data Analysts and other teams to understand data needs and provide reliable solutions;\nCommunicate technical topics clearly and practically to non-technical stakeholders;\nContribute to documentation, testing and continuous improvement of our data processes.\nAbout you\nTo be considered for this role, here are the skills we’re looking for:\nDegree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field;\nInitial academic or professional experience with Python;\nGood knowledge of SQL and relational databases;\nBasic understanding of data pipelines, ETL/ELT concepts and data modelling;\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills;\nAttention to detail and a strong focus on data quality;\nAbility to investigate problems and work through them in a structured way;\nAbility to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders;\nStrong willingness to learn and develop your Data Engineering skills;\nCollaborative mindset, curiosity and sense of ownership.\nIt would be a plus if you...\nHave previous experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow;\nHave worked with dbt;\nHave experience with cloud data platforms such as BigQuery, Snowflake or Redshift;\nHave worked with version control tools such as GitHub;\nHave previous exposure to HL7 or other healthcare interoperability standards;\nHave experience or a strong interest in healthcare data.\nRecruitment stages\nPeople Interview: A conversation to get to know you better, explore your background and motivation, and introduce you to knok, our culture and the role.\nHiring Manager Interview: A conversation with the Hiring Manager to explore your technical foundations, previous projects and approach to data-related problems.\nCase Study: A practical exercise designed to understand how you approach a data engineering problem, structure your thinking and work with data.\nFinal Interview: A conversation to discuss your case study, explore your technical decisions and better understand how you approach learning, collaboration and ownership.\nIf you’re interested in developing your career in Data Engineering while helping transform healthcare through technology, we encourage you to apply.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4600,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-02T14:29:14Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:10","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-03T01:21:22Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/knok-junior-data-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/knok-junior-data-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-03T01:21:22Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1298,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3702,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-04T00:00:00Z"}}}