This is one of the world’s top algorithmic trading firms, looking for data production engineers – ideally with Python experience. A community of self-starters from multiple tech backgrounds – maths, computer science, statistics, physics, engineering – they have built one of the world’s most sophisticated computing environments for research and development with data at its core.
This role offers the opportunity to be a critical part of the trading process where you’ll work side by side with live trading teams to support one of the largest automated trading systems in the world. You’ll be tasked with writing automation, exploring data, collaborating with research and trading colleagues and liaising with a variety of external partners. You’ll also get to acquire, analyse and prepare data for quantitative research.
If you eat, sleep and breathe data, and can solve complex problems quickly, this role would be perfect for you!
Requirements
1. 2+ years’ experience in a data engineering/science role OR a data science degree (or similar)
2. Experience with Python is strongly preferred
3. Solid experience in at least one of: PostgreSQL, MSSQL, MYSQL; and comfortable using other SQL dialects as the job requires
4. Familiarity with the Linux command line
5. Able to provide technical support in a production trading environment
6. Track record of working successfully in a collaborative/cross-team environment
Desirable
7. ETL pipelines experience
8. Experience with financial datasets (e.g. Refinitiv, S&P, Bloomberg) is a big plus
Benefits
9. Market-leading salary + bonuses + generous benefits package
10. Truly flat management structure, with no red tape
11. Get stuck into interesting technical problems, with plenty of variety
Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.