Data Engineer - Index Data Processing

EF; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Intropic, a Canary Wharf-based fintech data company, seeks a researcher to design and optimize data platforms. You will own PostgreSQL queries, data stores, Python APIs, and data pipelines while collaborating with clients to expand product features.

You will work in a small team, taking ownership of features from conception to deployment, with a focus on performance, data quality, and rapid iteration.

Qualifications

• SQL and data processing experience.
• Experience building programmatic interfaces.
• Experience with data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain performant PostgreSQL queries and datastores for financial data.
• Design, build, and maintain Python HTTP APIs and pipelines.
• Use automated testing to build and own features from conception to deployment.

Skills

SQL

Data processing

Data pipelines

API development

Tools

PostgreSQL

Python

Job description

London UKCompany /Full-Time /On-site

At Intropic, we're building the future of financial intelligence, where deep market expertise meets the power of AI. Founded in London's financial centre of Canary Wharf, we exist to transform complex data into clarity, precision, and action. Our culture is shaped by truth-seeking, velocity, and ownership, values that drive how we build, learn, and collaborate every day. We move fast, think independently, and hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity and impact. Here, curiosity isn't just encouraged, it's essential. If you're driven by challenge, inspired by innovation, and ready to amplify your intelligence alongside a team of exceptional thinkers, Intropic is where your ideas can truly compound.

We are a small team and you will have the opportunity for massive impact from day one. You will collaborate with the team to understand Researcher and Client needs and convert them into working features. You will be expected to take ownership of the features you are working on and maintaining, improving them continually.

What we do

• Aggregate data from 3rd party and internally sourced data into a lake of financial ownership information.

• Provide clear and efficient interfaces to analyse that data, supporting both the company and external clients directly

• The tech stack consists of our PostgreSQL data store, Python HTTP APIs backing the web UI and programmatic consumption, and incoming pipelines as AWS Stepfunctions / Lambdas, and a React based web UI..

• Work directly with clients to expand product features with a focus on how our data can produce investment alpha.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain performant PostgreSQL queries and datastores for financial data.

• Design, build, and maintain well-tested and production-ready Python HTTP APIs and pipelines.

• Use automated testing to build and own features from conception to deployment.

Requirements

• SQL / data processing experience

• Scalable data pipeline development

• Some experience building effective programmatic interfaces in any language.

Desirables

• Experience with PostgreSQL query performance optimisation

• Experience with Python HTTP, API development, automated testing and data pipeline design.

• Experience ensuring data quality, integrity, and performance

• Hands-on experience with financial data sources (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv)