Lead Developer - Real Time Investment Data Systems
Location: London
Role Type: Permanent
Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 days in the office
Who We Are
Vanguard is a global investment firm known for low-cost funds and ETFs, helping investors achieve long-term financial goals with transparent, disciplined strategies.
What you’ll do
* Lead the design and delivery of real‑time and historical data platforms, including integration with market data vendors such as OneTick, Bloomberg and Refinitiv
* Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, making pragmatic architectural decisions with architects and engineers
* Remain hands‑on in the development of core platform components, ensuring high-quality engineering delivery
* Define and enforce standards for performance, resilience, data quality, observability and production stability across critical systems
* Design and optimise data models, schemas and query patterns for large‑scale financial time‑series datasets supporting trading and analytics use cases
* Own production reliability during trading hours, while driving best practices in monitoring, incident response and mentoring engineers across the team
What you bring
* 8+ years’ experience as a Senior / Lead Developer within financial services or asset management is a must
* Proven track record building real‑time, investment management‑focused data solutions, ideally on OMD platforms
* Strong hands‑on experience with Python and AWS; Java beneficial
* Experience delivering complex integrations and scalable data systems in front‑office trading or market data environments
* Comfortable operating as a senior technical authority within small, high‑performing teams, influencing design and delivery decisions
What’s Next
If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.
We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require support or adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to help. Please feel free to contact us at adjustments@robertwalters.com to discuss how we can support you.
This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.
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