Data Engineer

Harrington Starr
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 67K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
ETL
Data Systems
Database Design
Linux
Financial Software
Python
Data Streaming
Systems Architecture
Unstructured Data
Pandas
Data Lake
Information Technology
Low Latency
Databricks

Job description

  • Develop and maintain scalable Python-based ETL pipelines for market data ingestion and transformation.
  • Build and manage cloud data lake solutions (AWS/Databricks) for structured and unstructured data.
  • Implement data quality, validation, and cleansing routines to ensure accuracy of financial time-series data.
  • Optimise workflows for low latency and high throughput to support research, trading, and risk functions.
  • Collaborate with portfolio managers, researchers, and traders to deliver tailored data solutions.
  • Contribute to security master database design and implementation.
  • Analyse and extract insights from datasets to inform trading and risk decisions.
  • Document system architecture, data flows, and technical solutions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a quantitative discipline.
  • 5+ years developing Python-based financial software, with strong Pandas experience.
  • Exposure to financial datasets across multiple asset classes.
  • Experience supporting quantitative research and modelling.
  • Proficiency in Linux environments.
  • Strong foundation in mathematics and statistics.
  • Detail-oriented, analytical, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

This is an opportunity to shape the data backbone of a sophisticated, multi-strategy investment operation while working at the cutting edge of quantitative finance.

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