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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.

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