Data Engineer
Data Engineer - Hedge Fund (London)
Our client, an award-winning global hedge fund with over 1,000 employees, is expanding into the crypto and digital asset space. They are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to join their Systematic Technology Group, which designs and evolves the systems powering quantitative investment strategies.
As a Data Engineer, you will build and optimise a scalable data platform that supports systematic workflows, including data lakes and repositories used across trading and research teams.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement robust ETL pipelines to ingest and process market data from vendors and third-party sources.
- Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency across cloud-based data architectures.
- Collaborate with quantitative portfolio managers to support financial modelling and research.
- Optimise long-term data architecture and automation frameworks for scalability and performance.
Key Requirements
- 5+ years of programming experience in Python, Java, or C++.
- 3+ years of hands-on data modelling experience, including relational and time-series data structures.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL database systems.
- Familiarity with financial data-sets such as Security Master, Tick Data, Reference Data, and BAR pricing.
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