Front-Office Data Engineer – Trading & Analytics Platform

Mondrian Alpha; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mondrian Alpha, a leading US-based discretionary hedge fund in London, seeks a Data Engineer to build and maintain data infrastructure that supports trading, research, and portfolio analytics across a multi-asset platform.

You will design scalable data pipelines and own data quality, accessibility, and platform robustness, collaborating with front-office and tech stakeholders and providing occasional out-of-hours support as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building data pipelines in a financial or trading environment.
• Strong programming skills in Python (including pandas or similar libraries).
• Solid experience working with SQL and relational databases.
• Familiarity with modern data tools and frameworks (cloud storage, workflow orchestration, messaging systems).
• Experience working with large, complex datasets from multiple sources.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a pragmatic, delivery-focused approach.
• Ability to work collaboratively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines to transform raw datasets into usable formats for analytics and trading.
• Work closely with stakeholders to onboard and integrate external and internal data sources.
• Develop and maintain data validation and quality controls to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Support production data workflows, troubleshooting issues and ensuring reliable data availability.
• Contribute to improving data architecture, standards, and documentation across the platform.
• Collaborate with engineering and front-office teams to enhance data accessibility and usability.
• Participate in maintaining system stability and availability, including occasional out-of-hours support where required.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Data quality

Tools

Pandas

Cloud storage

Workflow orchestration

Messaging systems

Job description

Mondrian Alpha, a leading US-based discretionary hedge fund in London, seeks a Data Engineer to build and maintain data infrastructure that supports trading, research, and portfolio analytics across a multi-asset platform.

You will design scalable data pipelines and own data quality, accessibility, and platform robustness, collaborating with front-office and tech stakeholders and providing occasional out-of-hours support as needed.