Setec Alpha
Data Engineer
Data Engineer at a London hedge fund, building and maintaining the firm's data platform end to end: developing Python software and ETL pipelines, improving infrastructure (IaC, observability, Windows/Linux, databases), and supporting day-to-day platform operations.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Data engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Must have built data systems and processes from scratch previously
- Design, develop, and maintain software using Python
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Experience designing and operating data-intensive, distributed systems
- Experience working with databases, including relational, NoSQL, and columnar databases
- Comfortable working in a hands-on, end-to-end environment owning a wide range of technical responsibilities
- Able to work effectively in a dynamic environment with multiple concurrent projects and priorities
Nice to have
- Interest in, or experience with, DevOps practices
- Experience working with financial or market data
- Interest in, or experience with, data engineering or data science
Full description
My client are a Hedge Fund based in London looking for a Data Engineer. You must have built data systems and processes from scratch previously. The successful candidate will;
Optimise and Develop the Data Platform
- Design, develop, and maintain software using Python.
- Follow high engineering standards across architecture, implementation, testing, and CI/CD.
- Focus on data quality, reliability, and operational simplicity when designing both data and software systems.
- Enhance and maintain existing systems and legacy code, including microservices, ETL pipelines, Excel add-ins, and other components.
- Work closely with the team, contributing to code reviews and collaborative problem-solving.
Improve Software Infrastructure
- Develop and improve infrastructure management, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and disaster recovery.
- Strengthen observability across the platform, including logging, monitoring, alerting, and system health checks.
- Manage Windows and Linux environments, diagnosing and resolving network and system-level issues.
- Maintain databases, including backup processes, replication, and general database reliability.
Support and Maintain Platform Operations
- Provide technical support to help maintain platform reliability and resolve user issues.
- Monitor system health, carry out regular checks, and investigate and resolve problems as they arise.
- Respond efficiently to ad hoc technical queries and requests.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience.
- Experience designing and operating data-intensive, distributed systems.
- Experience working with databases, including relational, NoSQL, and columnar databases.
- Comfortable working in a hands-on, end-to-end environment where you may own a wide range of technical responsibilities.
- Able to work effectively in a dynamic environment with multiple concurrent projects and priorities.
- Interest in, or experience with, DevOps practices is a plus.
- Experience working with financial or market data is a plus.
- Interest in, or experience with, data engineering or data science is a plus.