A leading crypto market-making and trading firm is seeking a Senior Data Engineer / Data Architect with strong financial markets experience to lead the design and evolution of its core data platform. The role involves building scalable, reliable data systems supporting risk, P&L, regulatory reporting, and analytics across spot and derivatives trading. You’ll work closely with teams across Front Office, Risk, Finance, Operations and Compliance, taking hands-on ownership of the firm’s data architecture and infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Design and evolve core data models covering trade, market, pricing, risk and finance data across streaming, lake/lakehouse and warehouse environments. Build and maintain streaming and batch pipelines to capture, reconcile and deliver trusted market and trading datasets. Implement data quality, governance, lineage and access controls with defined SLAs and data contracts. Manage cloud-based data storage and processing (AWS preferred), optimizing for cost, performance and scalability. Collaborate with stakeholders across multiple business areas to deliver cohesive, production-grade data products. Requirements 8 years’ experience in data engineering within financial markets. Exposure to at least one of: Front Office (Sales & Trading), Risk Management, or Finance. Strong programming in Python, Java and SQL (Rust a plus). Proven experience building streaming and batch ETL/ELT pipelines at scale. Strong understanding of market/trade data lifecycles and time series concepts. Experience with AWS and cloud-native data services. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Desirable Experience with crypto or digital asset data. Familiarity with regulatory and audit reporting. Exposure to analytics layers, BI tools, or observability platforms.