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:
1. Designing and deploying a scalable, high-throughput data model to unify financial instrument identifiers across vendors, markets, and timeframes.
2. Building and optimizing data pipelines for global data ingestion, processing, and validation with Python
3. Leveraging cloud technologies (e.g. S3) to handle massive datasets while maintaining performance standards.
4. 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
5. Advanced programming skills in Python, with an emphasis on performance and efficiency in data-heavy applications.
6. Strong system design and data modelling expertise, ideally with financial instruments, allowing you to build robust, scalable data architectures.
7. Knowledge of cloud storage and deployment, with experience handling large datasets at a global scale.
8. Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with engineering and trading teams, translating business requirements into technical solutions.
What’s On Offer
9. Market Leading Compensation: Bonus guarantee, sign on + extensive benefits
10. Innovative Environment: Work in a team that values creativity, experimentation, and technical excellence
11. Career Growth: Opportunities to lead technical initiatives and mentor emerging talent
12. Work-Life Balance: Hybrid working and a range of flexibility initiatives to support your well-being