Data Software Engineer – London-based hedge fund

Oxford Knight; London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A top-tier global trading firm is seeking a skilled Data Software Engineer to join its Global Data Engineering team in London. The role involves architecting high-performance frameworks for financial instruments, optimizing data pipelines, and leveraging cloud technologies in a collaborative and innovative environment.

Benefits

Market Leading Compensation

Bonus guarantee

Extensive benefits

Career Growth

Work-Life Balance

Qualifications

• Advanced programming skills in Python with emphasis on data-heavy applications.
• Strong system design and data modelling expertise.
• Knowledge of cloud storage and handling large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Designing and deploying a scalable data model for financial instruments.
• Building and optimizing data pipelines for global data processing.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams for data solutions.

Skills

Python

Data Modelling

Cloud Technologies

Communication

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Data Software Engineer – London-based hedge fund, London

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Client:

Oxford Knight

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London, United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Location: London, UK

A top-tier global trading firm is seeking a skilled Data Software Engineer to join its London-based Global Data Engineering team. In this role, you’ll architect and implement a high-performance framework for modelling financial instruments, working with a complex ecosystem of financial and alternative datasets to drive strategic decision-making in low- to high-frequency trading.

Role Overview

As a key contributor to the data engineering team, you’ll tackle some of the most challenging problems at the intersection of financial data and technology, including:

• Designing and deploying a scalable, high-throughput data model to unify financial instrument identifiers across vendors, markets, and timeframes.
• Building and optimizing data pipelines for global data ingestion, processing, and validation with Python
• Leveraging cloud technologies (e.g. S3) to handle massive datasets while maintaining performance standards.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams worldwide to align data solutions with trading objectives and technical requirements, ensuring consistency and precision in data handling.

Your Skill Set

• Advanced programming skills in Python, with an emphasis on performance and efficiency in data-heavy applications.
• Strong system design and data modelling expertise, ideally with financial instruments, allowing you to build robust, scalable data architectures.
• Knowledge of cloud storage and deployment, with experience handling large datasets at a global scale.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with engineering and trading teams, translating business requirements into technical solutions.

What’s On Offer

• Market Leading Compensation: Bonus guarantee, sign on + extensive benefits
• Innovative Environment:Work in a team that values creativity, experimentation, and technical excellence
• Career Growth:Opportunities to lead technical initiatives and mentor emerging talent
• Work-Life Balance:Hybrid working and a range of flexibility initiatives to support your well-being