Software Developer - Data Platform

SQUAREPOINT CAPITAL; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SquarePoint Capital is seeking a Data Platform developer to design, implement, and optimize Python libraries, frameworks, and services. You will work with React frontends to ensure data applications meet evolving requirements and partner with data operations to improve velocity and reduce debt.

Requirements include a STEM degree and 4+ years of relevant experience, with strong Python skills and knowledge of data transfer protocols. Excellent communication is essential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in STEM.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Practical knowledge of data transfer protocols/tools (e.g., FTP, SFTP, HTTP APIs, AWS S3).
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, optimize and troubleshoot Python libraries, frameworks and services.
• Design and add features to React frontends with technologists to meet business needs.
• Collaborate with data operations and pipeline teams to improve development velocity and reduce technical debt.
• Produce technical docs such as requirements and design docs and production runbooks.

Skills

Python

Communication

Data platform

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Valkey

FastAPI

Kubernetes

Helm

HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp Nomad

SQL

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

C++

Rust

Job description

and performance at top of mind. Services and libraries are resilient and highly maintainable. Data models are carefully designed in close collaboration with our domain experts for efficient application development, predictable behavior and ease of debugging. Data Platform developers also support developers in adopting and efficiently using the tools and products developed, and increase the team's quality of life, throughput, and code quality.Acquire a deep understanding of the interface and tooling requirements of developers to deliver the right solutions to them.Design, implement, test, optimize and troubleshoot Python libraries, frameworks, and services.Design and add features to React frontends when with technologists to ensure that our data applications and data platform meet evolving business requirements.Work closely with data operations and data pipeline developers to improve development velocity and reduce our technical debt; increase the team's quality of life.Write and review
technical documents, such as requirements docs for new features, design docs to propose new platform solutions, and production support runbooks.Lend a hand in support operations - during normal working hours - to help troubleshoot higher-order production issues when first line support personnel require deeper havesOnly candidates with more than 4 full years of relevant experience will be considered.Bachelor's degree in a STEM subject.Strong skills programming in Python.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 4+ years designing, testing, optimizing and troubleshooting data intensive applications or services, or similar.Experience across multiple techincal domains: such as web development, data engineering, backend development, with any of these: SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, C++, Rust.Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis or Valkey, FastAPI, Kubernetes, Helm,
Hashicorp Vault, Hashicorp Nomad