Software Engineer

White Swan Data; London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic data analytics company in London is looking for a Developer to create and maintain data acquisition and analysis systems for football. The ideal candidate will have strong Java skills, experience in cloud platforms, and familiarity with API development. This position offers competitive salary, bonus, and various employee benefits including health insurance and gym memberships.

Benefits

Annual discretionary performance bonus

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private health & dental insurance

Optical cover through Aviva

Pension plan

Gympass membership

Breakfast and lunch provided

Free coffee & snacks

Regular team events & socials

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Postgres and/or other traditional RDBMS.
• Strong skills in Java (Spring), experience in Python, and working knowledge of R.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Docker containerization.
• Experience building and integrating with RESTful APIs for real-time applications.
• Experience with design and delivery of analytics pipelines including LLM elements.
• Proficiency with Git and modern deployment practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data acquisition systems.
• Implement and maintain relational database schemas and API integrations.
• Enhance and refactor existing systems for scale and performance.
• Monitor and optimize system performance.
• Collaborate closely with football analyst team.

Skills

Postgres familiarity

Java (Spring) skills

Python experience

Cloud & Infrastructure experience

API Development experience

AI/LLM integration knowledge

Version Control & CI/CD proficiency

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Docker

Git

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Developer to join our small, dynamic team developing cutting-edge football data acquisition and analysis systems. We are leveraging frontier LLM systems to generate high-value structured data in real time, from diverse data sources, including social media. This is an opportunity to work on challenging technical problems in a collaborative environment where your contributions directly impact our platform's success.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data acquisition systems taking inputs from social media and other unstructured online sources, which produce timely structured data for internal use in models and trading systems
• Implement and maintain relational database schemas and API integrations which interface the above with internal modeling and trading systems
• Enhance and refactor existing systems for scale and performance
• Monitor and optimize system performance to maintain and improve low-latency pipelines
• Collaborate closely with football analyst team to ensure data utility and accuracy

Qualifications

• Postgres: Familiarity with Postgres and/or other traditional RDBMS.
• Programming Proficiency: Strong skills in Java (Spring), experience in Python, and working knowledge of R
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Docker containerization
• API Development: Experience building and integrating with RESTful APIs, particularly for real-time applications
• AI/LLM integration: Experience with design and delivery of analytics pipelines which include LLM elements for conversion of unstructured to structured data: familiarity with prompt engineering in this domain with OpenAIand/ or other frontier model APIs
• Version Control & CI/CD: Proficiency with Git and modern deployment practices

Benefits

• Salary depending on experience.
• Annual discretionary performance bonus.
• 25 days holiday per annum, plus UK bank holidays.
• Private health & dental insurance.
• Optical cover through Aviva.
• Pension plan.
• Gympass membership to over 1900 gyms and wellness businesses.
• Breakfast bought in everyday and lunch bought in twice a week
• Free coffee & snacks at the office.
• Regular team events & socials.