Lead Market Data Engineer – Real-Time Platform Architect

BHFT; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global trading technology firm is seeking an experienced Data Engineering Lead to oversee the architecture and evolution of their data platform. This hands-on role involves leading a team, delivering key data projects, defining SLAs, and ensuring data quality. Ideal candidates will have 6+ years in data engineering, experience in trading environments, and proficiency in streaming systems and programming languages like Python. The position offers excellent growth opportunities in a flexible remote working environment.

Benefits

Health insurance compensation

Support for sports activities

Professional training opportunities

Flexible schedule

Qualifications

• 6 years in Data Engineering with at least 2 years in a lead role.
• Prior experience in trading or similar environments.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end delivery of data engineering projects.
• Lead and mentor Data Engineering team.
• Define SLAs and data quality metrics.

Skills

Data Engineering

Streaming systems (Kafka, Redpanda)

Columnar storage (Parquet, ORC)

Distributed computation (Spark, Flink)

Python

Rust

Go

C

Leadership

Data pipeline ownership

Job description

A global trading technology firm is seeking an experienced Data Engineering Lead to oversee the architecture and evolution of their data platform. This hands-on role involves leading a team, delivering key data projects, defining SLAs, and ensuring data quality. Ideal candidates will have 6+ years in data engineering, experience in trading environments, and proficiency in streaming systems and programming languages like Python. The position offers excellent growth opportunities in a flexible remote working environment.