Analytics Platform Engineer — Scale Distributed Analytics

G-Research; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation

Annual discretionary bonus

Lunch provided

35 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance

Job summary

G-Research in London is looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to shape the next generation of their analytics infrastructure. In this role, you'll design and operate large-scale distributed platforms that power research, trading, and engineering teams, delivering high-performance analytics services across AWS. Ideal candidates possess strong skills in Spark, Kafka, and AWS technologies, along with excellent problem-solving capabilities. Competitive compensation, annual bonuses, and various perks such as lunch and 35 days of leave are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience running distributed data and analytics systems at scale.
• Strong Linux skills and proficiency in Python for automation.
• Deep understanding of AWS analytics technologies including EMR and Redshift.

Responsibilities

• Building, operating, and scaling distributed analytics platforms.
• Designing and implementing new platform features.
• Collaborating with teams to improve analytics solutions.

Skills

Running distributed data and analytics systems

Linux proficiency

Python for automation

Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible)

AWS analytics technologies

CI/CD and observability tools

Problem-solving skills

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Trino

Airflow

Jenkins

Grafana

Job description

G-Research in London is looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to shape the next generation of their analytics infrastructure. In this role, you'll design and operate large-scale distributed platforms that power research, trading, and engineering teams, delivering high-performance analytics services across AWS. Ideal candidates possess strong skills in Spark, Kafka, and AWS technologies, along with excellent problem-solving capabilities. Competitive compensation, annual bonuses, and various perks such as lunch and 35 days of leave are offered.