Contract Python Data Engineer – Hedge Fund
Summary
A contract Python Data Engineer role at a London hedge fund, supporting end-to-end data pipelines: ingesting and integrating external market data, monitoring and fixing data flows, and managing code repositories across teams. Core stack includes Python, Airflow, AWS, and Bloomberg.
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