Data Engineering Tech Lead- Leading Quant-Driven Market-Maker | London, UK

Oxford Knight; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading quant-driven market-maker is seeking a Data Engineering Tech Lead to spearhead their new data engineering team. The role involves hands-on work in building systems for managing critical business data, ensuring quality, and creating a centralized data repository. Ideal candidates will have strong programming skills in statically typed languages and experience with financial data.

Benefits

Generous compensation impacting PnL

Flat hierarchy emphasizing teamwork

Onsite gym

Sauna

Fitness classes

Comprehensive medical cover

Professional development opportunities

Autonomy in work methods

Qualifications

• Several years of experience working with financial data.
• Strong programming skills in Java, C++, Go, or other statically typed languages.
• Solid understanding of data analysis and statistics.

Responsibilities

• Lead a new data engineering team at an algorithmic trading firm.
• Build a system for processing and managing daily data.
• Create a centralized, clean, and accessible data repository.

Skills

Java

C++

Go

Data Analysis

Statistics

Machine Learning

Job description

Data Engineering Tech Lead - Leading Quant-Driven Market-Maker

Data Engineering Tech Lead - Leading Quant-Driven Market-Maker

Oxford Knight, London, United Kingdom Apply now

Posted 1 day ago | Permanent | Up to £200k base + bonus

Data Engineering Tech Lead - Leading Quant-Driven Market-Maker

Oxford Knight, London, United Kingdom Apply now

Salary: Up to £200k base + bonus

Summary

Excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer to lead a new data engineering team at a tech-savvy algorithmic trading firm. You will be hands-on, building a system for processing and managing daily data used across the company, including corporate actions, fundamentals, and index membership data.

Your focus will be on creating a centralized, clean, and accessible data repository by collating critical business data. As the owner of the firm's daily data, you will anticipate business needs to design a minimal yet sufficient normalized data schema.

The firm primarily uses Go for their software; prior Go experience is not required, but willingness to learn and adapt to their software stack is essential.

Requirements

• Several years of experience working with financial data; understanding of corporate actions is crucial.
• Strong programming skills in Java, C++, Go, or other statically typed languages.
• Solid understanding of data analysis and statistics to ensure data quality; knowledge of basic ML is a plus.

Note: Please do not apply if you are a recent graduate.

Benefits

• Generous compensation, directly impacting PnL
• Flat hierarchy emphasizing teamwork, merit, and excellence
• Excellent benefits, including onsite gym, sauna, fitness classes, comprehensive medical cover, and professional development opportunities
• Autonomy in work methods and technology choices

We review all applications carefully; however, due to high volume, we may not respond to unsuccessful applicants.

Contact

If interested or for more information, please contact:

Andy Stirling-Martin

[e-mail]

020 3137 9579

linkedin.com/in/andrew-stirling-martin-7664a946

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