Software Engineer - Data Platform London, England, United Kingdom

XTX Markets; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in algorithmic trading is seeking a Data Platform Developer to join their innovative team. This role focuses on developing systems for managing critical daily data, ensuring quality through advanced techniques. You will work with cutting-edge technology and collaborate with a diverse team to optimize data pipelines and enhance the firm's capabilities. The company values diversity, teamwork, and excellence, providing a flexible work schedule and various employee benefits, including on-site fitness facilities and medical services. If you are passionate about data and technology, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

On-site gym

Sauna

Fitness classes

Medical services

Daily meals

Caregiver support

Paid holidays

Pension contributions

Flexible work schedule

Qualifications

• Proficiency in a statically typed programming language, preferably Go.
• Strong data analysis and statistical skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Build automated data pipelines and resolve data issues promptly.
• Develop algorithms for data quality improvement and discover patterns.

Skills

Java

C++

Go

Data Analysis

Statistical Skills

Machine Learning

Tools

Relational Databases

Job description

XTX Markets is a leading algorithmic trading firm utilizing advanced machine learning to forecast prices for over 50,000 financial instruments across various asset classes. The firm executes trades on global exchanges and offers liquidity to clients worldwide, trading over $250bn daily across 35 countries with a diverse team based in multiple international locations.

We harness talented individuals, modern computational techniques, and cutting-edge research infrastructure to analyze large market data efficiently, continually evolving our models from econometrics to neural networks and deep learning architectures.

Our extensive computational resources include over 25,000 GPUs and 650 petabytes of storage, supported by teams of world-class researchers from diverse backgrounds. We are building a large-scale data centre in Finland to enhance our capabilities further.

At XTX Markets, technology is central to our business. We promote a collaborative, non-hierarchical culture that values diversity, teamwork, and excellence.

The Role

The Data Platform team develops a system for processing and managing critical daily data, such as corporate actions, fundamentals, and index memberships. Our goal is to maintain a clean, accessible, and integrated data repository, focusing on essential data sources relevant to our evolving business.

Responsibilities include building automated data pipelines, resolving data issues promptly, developing new algorithms for data quality improvement, discovering patterns, and sourcing new datasets. The team works on optimizing ingestion pipelines and processing frameworks, communicating updates to internal stakeholders, and anticipating business needs to maintain a minimal yet comprehensive data schema.

Requirements:

1. Proficiency in at least one statically typed programming language (Java, C++, Go, etc.), with Go experience preferred but not mandatory.
2. Strong data analysis and statistical skills, with the ability to ensure data quality through techniques like regressions and basic machine learning.
3. Experience with building and maintaining distributed systems.
4. Relational database experience is highly beneficial.
5. Knowledge of finance is advantageous but not required.

We offer various employee benefits, including on-site gym, sauna, fitness classes, medical services, daily meals, caregiver support, paid holidays, pension contributions, and a flexible work schedule of four days in-office and one day remote.