Data Engineer

Job Title: Data Engineer

Salary: £55K-60K

My client in the financial sector are on a mission to create a truly data-driven repo market. An early stage start-up currently backed by a prominent VC, they work alongside the world's leading banks, asset managers and hedge funds to develop a pioneering data solution designed to enhance trading activities in the €23 trillion UK and European repo markets. Their innovation provides these financial institutions with an unprecedented perspective on market dynamics.

Job Summary

We are looking for a motivated Data Engineer to join the team starting immediately! You will be a core part of the data & engineering teams, specialising in developing performant, scalable data pipelines and deploying cloud infrastructure to support their web applications and analytics dashboards. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a truly unique financial markets data source and shape their data infrastructure and analytical capabilities.

You will be applying your skills cross-company on vital and impactful projects, operating at every stage of the Software Development Lifecycle and developing serverless solutions using AWS. The role is on-site and you will be exposed to the business side of the organisation, as well as having an opportunity to get in front of clients and partners (quite a rare opportunity in the industry).

Key Activities and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain scalable, performant data pipelines.
• Optimising existing pipelines for speed, reliability and security.
• Interface with cloud infrastructure (AWS Glue, Lambda, SQS, CloudFormation, RDS/Aurora etc.).
• Design and maintain databases and data warehouses.
• Monitor data pipelines in production and develop tools to facilitate that.
• Work collaboratively with team members and cross-company.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Proficient with Python and SQL.
• Experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, AWS RDS).
• Deep knowledge of ETL processes and data modelling
• Experience with data orchestration (e.g., Step Functions).
• Proficient with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• 3-5 years of professional experience within a team.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• A strong self-starting attitude, you love a challenge!
• Great written and verbal communication skills.
• Software development lifecycle best practices.
• Agile principles, processes and tools.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with containerisation (e.g. Docker).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. AWS CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g. CodePipeline, GitLab CI).
• Understanding of data privacy and security best practices, and fundamental cryptographic principles.
• Knowledge of machine learning and data science concepts.
• Familiarity with GenAI frameworks (e.g., Bedrock).
• Knowledge of the financial markets would be an asset.

Benefits:

• A competitive salary package.
• Office in the heart of The City: 5-minute walking distance from Bank, Cannon Street and St. Paul's stations.
• Access to additional office space in London’s iconic Gherkin 5 minutes from Liverpool Street Station.
• 25 days’ holiday ️, as well as UK bank holidays.
• Well-being allowance.
• Build-your-skills ️ allowance.
• Private healthcare ❤️ + dental.
• Working within a fast-growing company that has a culture of empowerment, innovation and collaboration.
• Awesome team of financial markets experts, data analysts and engineers.
• Opportunity to play a key role in an exciting start-up backed by a VC
• Opportunities for continuous career growth and learning.