Senior Data Platform Engineer — Build & Scale Data Systems

Setec Alpha; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Setec Alpha, based in London, is seeking a Data Engineer to design and develop data-intensive platforms and scalable software solutions. You will own data pipelines and contribute to building robust, observable infrastructure in a fast-paced hedge fund environment.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration, and adherence to high engineering standards across architecture, testing, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing and operating data-intensive, distributed systems.
• Experience with relational, NoSQL, and columnar databases.
• Hands-on, end-to-end ownership of systems and responsibilities.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software using Python.
• Follow high engineering standards across architecture, implementation, testing, and CI/CD.
• Focus on data quality, reliability, and operational simplicity in data and software systems.
• Enhance and maintain legacy systems including microservices, ETL pipelines, and Excel add-ins.
• Collaborate with team members, participate in code reviews and problem solving.
• Develop infrastructure management including IaC and disaster recovery.
• Improve observability: logging, monitoring, alerting, health checks.
• Manage Windows and Linux environments, diagnose network/system issues.
• Maintain databases: backups, replication, reliability.
• Provide technical support to maintain platform reliability.
• Monitor system health and respond to ad hoc queries.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

Data platforms

Databases

CI/CD

DevOps

Excel add-ins

Tools

Excel add-ins

SQL

Job description

Setec Alpha, based in London, is seeking a Data Engineer to design and develop data-intensive platforms and scalable software solutions. You will own data pipelines and contribute to building robust, observable infrastructure in a fast-paced hedge fund environment.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration, and adherence to high engineering standards across architecture, testing, and CI/CD.