Research Data Engineer: End-to-End Data Pipelines for Alpha

Hudson River Trading; Greater London; On-site; GBP 151,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonuses

Benefits package

Job summary

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Research Data Engineer to join our Data team. You will build end-to-end data pipelines, onboarding vendor data, cleaning, validating, normalizing, and featurizing data for alpha research, ensuring high-quality service with rigorous data checks.

You will work directly with researchers to create datasets that power research and automated trading, developing expertise in data domains and how alpha is built from careful analysis.

Qualifications

• Strong Python programming skills.
• Proficiency in data science methodologies.
• Fluency in data analysis and statistics.
• Demonstrated interest in finance.
• Exceptional attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Onboard, normalize, and featurize datasets for statistical modeling research.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for datasets you onboard, building expertise in some area of data.
• Partner with the sourcing team to identify and evaluate new data procurement opportunities.
• Analyze data to identify and improve alpha.
• Manage the full end-to-end data pipeline, from raw vendor ingestion to refined feature sets.
• Provide on-call support for data issues during normal business hours.
• Design and implement automated data quality checks and monitoring alerts.

Skills

Python

Data science

Data analysis

Finance interest

Attention to detail

Education

Undergraduate STEM degree

Job description

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Research Data Engineer to join our Data team. You will build end-to-end data pipelines, onboarding vendor data, cleaning, validating, normalizing, and featurizing data for alpha research, ensuring high-quality service with rigorous data checks.

You will work directly with researchers to create datasets that power research and automated trading, developing expertise in data domains and how alpha is built from careful analysis.