Software Developer - Data Pipelines (Python)

Squarepoint Capital; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Squarepoint Capital is seeking an experienced Python developer to join the Alpha Data team, responsible for delivering large-scale data to users worldwide. You will become a technical SME and work closely with quant researchers, traders, and the broader Technology organization.

You will own and improve data pipelines, design and optimize pipelines, collaborate with researchers to onboard datasets, and occasionally lead production support during normal hours.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Python development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in STEM.
• Experience with SQL and PostgreSQL.
• Familiar with data transfer protocols (FTP, SFTP, HTTP APIs).
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Take part ownership of our data pipelines and estate.
• Propose and contribute to new abstractions and improvements.
• Design, implement, test, optimize and troubleshoot data pipelines and services.
• Collaborate with researchers to onboard new datasets.
• Lead production support operations during normal working hours.

Skills

Python

SQL

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS S3

Job description

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Python developer to join our Alpha Data team, responsible for delivering a vast quantity of data served to users worldwide. You will be a cornerstone of a growing Data team, becoming a technical subject matter expert and developing strong working relationships with quant researchers, traders, and fellow colleagues across our Technology organization.

Alpha Data teams are able to deploy valuable data to the rest of the Squarepoint business at speed. Ingestion pipelines and data transformation jobs are resilient and highly maintainable, while the data models are carefully designed in close collaboration with our researchers for efficient query construction and alpha generation.

We achieve an economy of scale through building new frameworks, libraries, and services used to increase the team’s quality of life, throughput, and code quality. Teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded and diversity of thought and creative solutions are valued. Our emphasis is on a culture of learning, development, and growth.

• Take part ownership of our ever-growing estate of data pipelines,
• Propose and contribute to new abstractions and improvements - make a real positive impact across our team globally,
• Design, implement, test, optimize and troubleshoot our data pipelines, frameworks, and services,
• Collaborate with researchers to onboard new datasets,
• Regularly take the lead on production support operations - during normal working hours only.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience coding to a high standard in Python,
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM subject,
• Experience with and knowledge of SQL, and one or more common RDBMS systems (we mostly use Postgres),
• Practical knowledge of commonly used protocols and tools used to transfer data (e.g. FTP, SFTP, HTTP APIs, AWS S3),
• Excellent communication skills.

Nice to haves

• Experience with big data frameworks, databases, distributed systems, or Cloud development.
• Experience with any of these: C++, kdb+/q, Rust.