Data Engineer/Analyst - Graduate Development Program
Three-year graduate development program at ION Group (fintech software) in Lombardy, Italy: own end-to-end data transformation and reporting pipelines — exploratory analysis, BI models, and automated reporting (Power BI, programmatic PowerPoint, web UIs) — using Python and SQL on a full-time permanent contract.
- Compensation
- €34K–€38K / yr
- Location
- Lombardia, Italy
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Junior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Data engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Master's degree in a STEM discipline, obtained within the last year or currently in progress, with a strong academic record
- Solid command of Python and SQL for data analysis
- Strong communicator, collaborative, fluent in English (B2+) and Italian
- Based in Italy or willing to relocate; non-EU candidates must hold a valid EU work permit
Nice to have
- Familiarity with statistical concepts and time series analysis
- Power BI
- Databricks or Apache Spark
- DBMS / NoSQL
- Scala
- Postgres
Full description
Questa posizione è in ION Group
Il processo di selezione sarà interamente gestito ION Group.
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About ION We are a Software Product Company with a global footprint in the FinTech sector. With more than 10,000 professionals across 40+ offices worldwide, we provide solutions combining trading and workflow automation, market data, and advanced business intelligence. Our Graduate Development Program is a three-year journey designed for recent graduates who look beyond the obvious, challenge existing processes, and are driven to automate and reinvent the way things work. The program is structured into 4 progressive phases, each with distinct learning objectives. Tasks evolve according to your abilities and interests, ensuring the experience is as individual as you are. From day one, you join ION on a full‑time permanent contract, carry real accountability on live projects, and be paired with senior professionals who guide your development throughout the entire journey. What You'll Do Across phases, you will become the owner of full data transformation and reporting pipelines, working at the intersection of business processes and technology. Your work will include:
- Interacting with business and process owners to understand data sources, reconstruct their semantics, and assess their value
- Performing exploratory data analysis, reverse engineering, and building multidimensional BI models as a single source of truth
- Automating data extraction, cleaning, transformation, enrichment and standardization to feed central Data Hubs
- Implementing automated reporting across multiple channels — Power BI dashboards, programmatic PowerPoint generation, and custom web UIs
- Managing and maintaining operational data pipelines end-to-end
What We're Looking For
- Master’s degree in a STEM discipline — obtained within the last year or currently in progress, with a strong academic record
- Solid command of Python and SQL for data analysis; familiarity with statistical concepts and time series analysis is a plus
- Strong communicator, collaborative by nature, and fluent in both English (B2+) and Italian
- Based in Italy or willing to relocate; non‑EU candidates must hold a valid EU work permit
Nice to have: Power BI, Databricks or Apache Spark, DBMS / NoSQL, Scala, Postegres / Esatic.
Gross Salary Range
- 34.000 - 38.000 EUR
Pursuant to Italian Law (L.68/99), candidates registered on the disability list will be given priority. Only candidates meeting the selection criteria will be contacted. Please apply only if you currently hold full legal right to work in Italy.