Location: London, UK
A top-tier global trading firm is seeking a skilled Data Software Engineer to join its London-based Global Data Engineering team. In this role, you’ll architect and implement a high-performance framework for modelling financial instruments, working with a complex ecosystem of financial and alternative datasets to drive strategic decision-making in low- to high-frequency trading.
Role Overview
As a key contributor to the data engineering team, you’ll tackle some of the most challenging problems at the intersection of financial data and technology, including:
- Designing and deploying a scalable, high-throughput data model to unify financial instrument identifiers across vendors, markets, and timeframes.
- Building and optimizing data pipelines for global data ingestion, processing, and validation with Python
- Leveraging cloud technologies (e.g. S3) to handle massive datasets while maintaining performance standards.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams worldwide to align data solutions with trading objectives and technical requirements, ensuring consistency and precision in data handling.
Your Skill Set
- Advanced programming skills in Python, with an emphasis on performance and efficiency in data-heavy applications.
- Strong system design and data modelling expertise, ideally with financial instruments, allowing you to build robust, scalable data architectures.
- Knowledge of cloud storage and deployment, with experience handling large datasets at a global scale.
- Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with engineering and trading teams, translating business requirements into technical solutions.
What’s On Offer
- Market Leading Compensation: Bonus guarantee, sign on + extensive benefits
- Innovative Environment: Work in a team that values creativity, experimentation, and technical excellence
- Career Growth: Opportunities to lead technical initiatives and mentor emerging talent
- Work-Life Balance: Hybrid working and a range of flexibility initiatives to support your well-being