Junior Data Engineer

Junior Data EngineerOur vision is to enable profitable growth to Aramark's Accounts by providing them with analytical assets that meet their needs as effectively and then efficiently as possible. To achieve this vision, Aramark will deliver strategic data assets that enable our operators to maximize the hospitality experience for our consumers and clients. We are seeking a Junior Data Engineer who will work hands-on and collaboratively with our enterprise and line of business stakeholders to support the continued evolution of our enterprise data platform and application stack. The successful candidate will help design, build, and deliver cloud-native, service-oriented products that transform our data ingestion, processing, and analytics and AI-driven capabilities. This is an excellent entry point into a long-term data engineering career track, with clear growth toward mid-level and senior data engineering roles as skills and ownership expand. This is a hybrid role based at our Philadelphia headquarters. Candidates must be local to the area and willing to work onsite in a hybrid capacity.Job ResponsibilitiesDirectly writing, reviewing, and contributing to code as part of a collaborative engineering teamHelp design and ship high-performance, cloud-native data product components used across Aramark's enterprise and line-of-business teamsBuild and support reusable data platform capabilities, ingestion frameworks, and data productsSupport the design and operation of reliable data pipelinesAssist in maintaining integration and synchronization between source systems and cloud-native platformsDevelop scalable, well-modeled data transformation pipelinesLearn and apply data engineering best practicesContribute ideas and feedback to the team's data engineering roadmapQualificationsPythonSQLAzure and/or AWSExposure to ELT processesFamiliarity with data modeling and transformation frameworksExposure to data warehousing platformsSome experience or coursework involving Apache Spark, real-time streaming technologies, or large-scale distributed data processingFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as CodeA BS or MS in Computer Science — or equivalent experiencePreferred QualificationsInterest in or exposure to GenAI integration, LLM-enabled applications, vector search, or agentic workflowsPrior experience in food service, hospitality, retail, or consumer-facing industriesBenefitsAramark offers comprehensive benefit programs and services for eligible employees including medical, dental, vision, and work/life resources. Additional benefits may include retirement savings plans like 401(k) and paid days off such as parental leave and disability coverage. Benefits vary by location and are subject to any legal requirements or limitations, employee eligibility status, and where the employee lives and/or works.