Senior Engineer - London - 140K - AWS - Python - Snowflake

Nigel Frank International; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 119,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global trading firm is seeking a Senior Engineer in London to drive the rebuild of its cloud-native analytics platform. This pivotal role involves collaborating with traders and commercial teams to engineer analytical models, build Python-based services, and design tools for market data analysis. Strong experience in Python, SQL, AWS, and Snowflake is essential. The position offers a competitive salary up to £140k, a performance bonus, and a hybrid working model with generous paid time off.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Up to 30% performance bonus

Quarterly Innovation & Collaboration Awards

Generous paid time off

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience with Python and a deep understanding of object-oriented programming.
• Advanced SQL knowledge and experience with relational databases.
• Exposure to AWS and Snowflake technologies.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with both technical and commercial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with trading and commercial teams to engineer and optimise analytical models and trading processes.
• Build and maintain Python-based services, APIs, and reusable analytic components.
• Design cloud-native tools and dashboards for supply/demand modelling and market data analysis.
• Collaborate with Front Office technologists globally to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

Skills

Python

SQL

AWS

Snowflake

Communication skills

Job description

Senior Engineer - London - 140k - AWS - Python - Snowflake - Hybrid

A leading global trading firm is seeking a Senior Engineer to join its Front Office Technology team and drive the rebuild of the E Tools US Power Analytics Platform. This high-impact role offers the chance to work side by side with traders and commercial teams to deliver a next‑generation, cloud‑native analytics platform powering real‑time trading decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with trading and commercial teams to engineer and optimise analytical models and trading processes.
• Build and maintain Python‑based services, APIs, and reusable analytic components.
• Design cloud‑native tools and dashboards to support supply/demand modelling and market data analysis.
• Collaborate with Front Office technologists across global teams (London, Houston, Stamford) to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong professional experience with Python and a deep understanding of object‑oriented programming.
• Advanced SQL knowledge and experience with relational databases.
• Exposure to AWS and Snowflake technologies.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with both technical and commercial stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and up to 30% performance bonus
• Quarterly Innovation & Collaboration Awards
• Hybrid working (3 days onsite) and generous paid time off

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly skilled, globally distributed Front Office Technology team, working on a transformative cloud migration and analytics rebuild project. You’ll be empowered to shape the future of one of the firm’s most critical trading platforms while collaborating with industry‑leading professionals.

Apply now to join a world‑class engineering team driving innovation at the heart of global energy trading.