Data Engineer

Selby Jennings
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
C++
Computer Programming
Databases
Data Architecture
ETL
Data Structures
Python
NoSQL
Reference Data
SQL Databases
Data Lake

Requirements

Data Engineer - Hedge Fund (London) Our client, an award-winning global hedge fund with over 1,000 employees, is expanding into the crypto and digital asset space. They are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to join their Systematic Technology Group, which designs and evolves the systems powering quantitative investment strategies. As a Data Engineer, you will build and optimise a scalable data platform that supports systematic workflows, including data lakes and repositories used across trading and research teams. Responsibilities Design and implement robust ETL pipelines to ingest and process market data from vendors and third-party sources. Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency across cloud-based data architectures. Collaborate with quantitative portfolio managers to support financial modelling and research. Optimise long-term data architecture and automation frameworks for scalability and performance. Key Requirements 5+ years of programming experience in Python, Java, or C++. 3+ years of hands-on data modelling experience, including relational and time-series data structures. Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL database systems. Familiarity with financial data-sets such as Security Master, Tick Data, Reference Data, and BAR pricing.

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