[Up to c. £250k Comp Package | Hybrid Working]

Role Overview

We’re partnering with a globally respected multi-strategy investment firm seeking a senior-level engineer to take ownership of the next generation of its market data platforms. This role calls for someone who blends deep Python engineering capability with strong object-oriented design instincts, and who understands how to ingest, structure, and optimise vast, granular financial datasets. You’ll play a central role in shaping large-scale tick-data architecture - building pipelines, improving data-lake structures, and refining storage formats to support demanding research and trading workflows...

Key Responsibilities

Architect, build, and refine high-throughput pipelines capable of processing large volumes of real-time and historical market data Develop resilient, well-structured Python/OOP solutions underpinning tick-data ingestion, normalisation, storage, and replay Design and evolve data-lake patterns using Parquet and related columnar formats; introduce Iceberg-style table modelling where beneficial Implement cloud-backed processing and storage patterns - leveraging services from AWS, Azure, or GCP for scale, resilience, and cost efficiency Improve system performance across late...