Data Engineer

La Fosse
London, UK
12 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£156,000.0 - £169,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Algorithmic Trading Microsoft Azure Big Data Data Architecture Information Engineering Extract Transform Load (ETL) Python (Programming Language) Cloud Services Azure Data Lake SQL Databases Azure Data Factory Apache Spark
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Pyspark Information Technology Data Analytics Data Management Video Streaming Data Pipelines Databricks

Job description

  • Design, develop and optimise enterprise-scale data pipelines and platforms
  • Build and maintain data solutions supporting capital markets and a global trading functions
  • Develop cloud-native data engineering solutions using modern data technologies
  • Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to deliver strategic data initiatives
  • Drive best practices across data quality, governance, performance and automation

Requirements

  • Strong Data Engineering background within Banking, Financial Services or Capital Markets.
  • Expertise in Python and SQL.
  • Experience with Spark, PySpark and streaming technologies
  • Experience with cloud data platforms such as Databricks and Azure Data Services.
  • Strong understanding of ETL/ELT development and modern data architectures.
  • Experience working with large-scale financial datasets.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Desirable Experience

  • Sector knowledge such as asset classes including Equities, Fixed Income, FX or Derivatives
  • Exposure to data projects for front-office trading systems, market data or risk platforms.

If you’re an experienced Data Engineer looking to apply your expertise within a fast-paced, challenging, financial environment, we’d be keen to speak with you.

About the company

A leading, global financial services firm is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join their expanding Capital Markets technology team. This is an opportunity to work on a large-scale data transformation programme, developing robust data platforms that services a range of key areas including front-office trading, risk, regulatory reporting, and market data analytics.

Working alongside stakeholders across Trading, Risk, Quantitative Research and Technology, you will design and build scalable data solutions that enable critical business decisions across global markets.

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