Data Engineer
Quant Data Engineer | London (Hybrid) | Up to £90K
We’re working with an established technology company in the sports/gaming sector, building predictive models powered by a wide and growing range of data inputs. It’s intricate, technically demanding work.
They’re looking for a Quant Data Engineer to join a small team working directly alongside quantitative modellers, ensuring they have reliable, well-structured, high-quality data for research and modelling. Strong focus on data quality, investigation and continuous improvement, turning complex, messy datasets into assets the business can depend on.
What you’ll be doing
- Prepare and maintain research/modelling datasets, and investigate issues affecting model outputs
- Improve data structure, usability and quality across analytical workflows
- Assess new and existing data sources for viability and integration
- Build and maintain Python-based data pipelines (ingestion, transformation, validation)
- Maintain historical data assets and support migrations/backfills
- Collaborate with engineers on upstream/downstream data flow improvements
Data Quality & Investigation
- Own validation, reconciliation and monitoring across key datasets
- Document data logic, transformations and assumptions; improve metadata and standardisation
- Resolve anomalies and gaps with engineering and operations
What you’ll need
- Strong experience as a Data Engineer, Research Data Engineer, or similar, working with complex datasets
- Strong Python for data processing, investigation and workflow development
- Excellent SQL and relational database experience, PostgreSQL preferred
- Track record preparing, transforming and validating datasets for analytical/research use
- Strong experience tracing data issues through pipelines and source systems
- Comfortable working with messy, incomplete or evolving datasets
- Nice to have: ClickHouse, BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift or similar
Based in London, working a hybrid model (office time required a couple of days a week).
Benefits
- private health & dental insurance
- cycle to work scheme
- enhanced parental and sick pay
- above-standard holiday allowance