Contract Python Data Engineer – Hedge Fund

Overview

In this role you will work as a Python Data Engineer for a prominent hedge fund, shaping data pipelines and analytics in a high-performance, technology-driven environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ingest and unify internal and external data, ensuring reliable, scalable data flows. This position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge open-source tech and to contribute to a rigorous, engineering-led culture. You will be supported by smart colleagues and have room to think and influence data infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Support and monitor end-to-end data lifecycle, fix issues, and extend functionality
• Assist ingestion and integration of external data with internal systems
• Independently manage code repositories, docs, and workflows across multiple teams
• Communicate data formats and transformations with consumers and external providers

Key requirements

• 2:1 degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry (UK or EU)
• approximately 15 years experience in a Fund or Bank
• Strong AWS experience
• Derivatives experience
• Experience of Market Data Flows
• Python
• Airflow
• Bloomberg
• Experience in Trading or Investment management
• Understanding of computing fundamentals, OOP, threading, concurrency, and distributed systems

• Effective communication
• Ability to collaborate across teams
• Problem-solving mindset
• Python
• Airflow
• Bloomberg

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