Software Developer Data Development Integrator

Squarepoint Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm is seeking a Software Developer - Data Development Integrator in London. You will manage vendor relationships and drive projects for data ingestion, ensuring high data quality and collaboration within the Data Engineering team. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, strong analytical and organizational skills, and familiarity with software development processes. This role provides a chance to work closely with international teams to enhance data for production use.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or related subject.
• 5+ years of experience in relevant field.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Good understanding of software and hardware concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own vendor management for the Data Engineering team.
• Drive Data Engineering triage and work on scoping new initiatives.
• Foster collaboration within Data Engineering.
• Increase data quality through lifecycle management of datasets.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Experience with the Atlassian stack

Understanding of software development life cycle

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or related subject

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Gitlab

Job description

Software Developer - Data Development Integrator

London

Position Overview

The Data Engineering team is responsible for ingesting vast quantities of data into Squarepoint. Our team works closely with stakeholders as well business as data vendors to deliver quality data for production and research purposes. As a successful Data Development Integrator, you will occupy a key role.

You will:

• Own vendor management for the Data Engineering team. This will involve continuous interaction with the Data Onboarding team and vendors to understand incoming data ingestion projects, planned vendor changes, and business priorities.
• Drive Data Engineering triage. You will work on scoping and validating new initiatives, in addition to allocating them to the right implementation teams through the triage process.
• Foster collaboration within Data Engineering. You will build close relationships with global Data Engineering leads and their business stakeholders, to drive efficient collaboration through a deep understanding of the people, problems, and processes involved.
• Increase data quality through lifecycle management of vendor datasets. You will be in charge of implementing technical requirements that do not need any code change but can be delivered via configuration. Alternatively, you would work with data engineers for more complex changes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or related subject
• 5+ years of experience
• Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Good understanding of software/hardware concepts, software development life cycle and processes around them
• Experience with the Atlassian stack (JIRA, Confluence) and git (Gitlab)

Nice to haves

• Experience working with data vendors, trading exchanges or similar
• Working knowledge of a scripting language like Python
• Working knowledge of data transfer protocols (SFTP, S3, HTTP) and databases