Exciting Contract Opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer with experience in Energy Trading Exchanges.
The role will involve delivering high-performance market data solutions that directly support trading strategies and pre- and post-trade analytics.
The candidate must have at least 3 years of professional experience using of kdb and building indicators and backtesting frameworks using Q language.
This is a hybrid technical and business facing role, sitting at the intersection of engineering, trading and data.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, build and optimise real-time and historical market data pipelines in a cloud-native environment
* Develop Python-based data services and analytical functions supporting research and live trading
* Work closely with traders and stakeholders to translate business requirements into production-ready solutions
* Analyse complex financial datasets to improve strategy performance and client analytics
* Evaluate, onboard and integrate third-party market data products and feeds
* Ensure data quality, performance, and high availability of critical trading data
Experience
* Experience using Databricks, Iceberg, ADF, Kafka and Cosmos DB
* 8+ years’ experience in Commodity Trading & Capital Markets / Investment Banking
* Strong understanding of global futures exchanges and the full exchange-traded derivatives lifecycle
* 5+ years working with large-scale market, order/execution, and positions data
* Proven experience with real-time market data platforms, feed handlers, and consolidated feeds
* Strong Python development skills with solid SQL and scripting (PowerShell/Bash)
* Experience with time-series databases (KDB, OneTick) and Parquet-based storage
* Comfortable operating as a technical SME and business analyst in a trading-room environment
With a focus within Energy Trading, Oil & Gas, Financial Markets and Commodities, we offer a transparent Recruitment Service that has proven to be reliable and effective for over 40 years. We are ISO accredited and proud of our excellent TrustPilot Reviews.
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