Data Engineer

Winton Capital US LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Winton is seeking a Data Engineer to build and maintain data infrastructure that powers research and trading strategies. You will manage end‑to‑end lifecycles of diverse datasets, ensuring timely acquisition, rigorous cleaning, and reliable delivery through robust pipelines.

You will work closely with quantitative researchers and technologists to tackle data quality, normalization, and accessibility challenges, enabling high‑fidelity data for investment models in a fast‑paced environment.

Qualifications

• 1+ years’ experience building ETL/ELT pipelines using Python.
• Familiarity with various technologies such as S3, Kafka, Airflow, Iceberg.
• A commitment to engineering excellence and pragmatic technology solutions.
• A desire to work in an operational role at the heart of a dynamic data‑centric enterprise.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating, onboarding, and integrating complex data products from diverse vendors, serving as a key technical liaison to ensure data feeds meet our stringent requirements for research and live trading.
• Designing, implementing, and optimizing robust, production‑grade data pipelines to transform raw vendor data into analysis‑ready datasets, adhering to software engineering best practices.
• Engineering and maintaining sophisticated automated validation frameworks to guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of all datasets.
• Providing expert operational support for our data pipelines, rapidly diagnosing and resolving critical issues.
• Participating actively in team rotations, including on‑call schedules, to provide essential coverage outside standard business hours.

Skills

Python

ETL/ELT pipelines

S3

Kafka

Airflow

Iceberg

Data quality

Job description

Winton leverages quantitative analysis and cutting‑edge technology to identify and capitalize on opportunities across global financial markets. We foster a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment, bringing together individuals with Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science backgrounds who are passionate about applying rigorous scientific methods to financial challenges. As a fundamentally data‑driven business, our success is heavily linked to the acquisition, processing, and analysis of vast datasets. High‑quality, well‑managed data forms the critical foundation for our quantitative research, strategy development, and automated trading systems.

As a Data Engineer within our Quantitative Platform team, you will play a pivotal role in building and maintaining the data infrastructure that fuels our research and trading strategies. You will be responsible for the end‑to‑end lifecycle of diverse datasets – including market, fundamental, and alternative sources – ensuring their timely acquisition, rigorous cleaning and validation, efficient storage, and reliable delivery through robust data pipelines. Working closely with quantitative researchers and technologists, you will tackle complex challenges in data quality, normalization, and accessibility, ultimately providing the high‑fidelity, readily available data essential for developing and executing sophisticated investment models in a fast‑paced environment.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Evaluating, onboarding, and integrating complex data products from diverse vendors, serving as a key technical liaison to ensure data feeds meet our stringent requirements for research and live trading.
• Designing, implementing, and optimizing robust, production‑grade data pipelines to transform raw vendor data into analysis‑ready datasets, adhering to software engineering best practices and ensuring seamless consumption by our automated trading systems.
• Engineering and maintaining sophisticated automated validation frameworks to guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of all datasets, directly upholding the quality standards essential for the efficacy of our quantitative strategies.
• Providing expert operational support for our data pipelines, rapidly diagnosing and resolving critical issues to ensure the uninterrupted flow of high‑availability data powering our daily trading activities.
• Participating actively in team rotations, including on‑call schedules, to provide essential coverage and maintain the resilience of our data systems outside of standard business hours.

What We Are Looking For

• 1+ years’ experience building ETL/ELT pipelines using Python
• Familiarity with various technologies such as S3, Kafka, Airflow, Iceberg.
• A commitment to engineering excellence and pragmatic technology solutions.
• A desire to work in an operational role at the heart of a dynamic data‑centric enterprise.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to work in a team.

What Would Be Advantageous

• Strong understanding of financial markets.
• Proficiency working with large financial datasets from various vendors.
• Experience working with hierarchical reference data models.
• Proven expertise in handling high‑throughput, real‑time market data streams
• Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks such as Apache Spark
• Operational experience supporting real time system