Lead Data Engineer – Market Data Systems
Summary
A lead-level data engineering role in London owning the design and delivery of market data pipelines for trading, analytics, and downstream systems in a capital markets environment. The role blends hands-on Python/SQL and cloud data engineering with mentoring other engineers and partnering with trading teams.
Role Overview
A lead-level role owning the design and delivery of market data pipelines supporting trading, analytics, and downstream systems. You’ll combine hands‑on engineering with technical leadership in a complex capital markets environment.
Key Responsibilities
Architect and build market data ingestion pipelines
Lead development across core data components
Mentor and guide other data engineers
Partner with trading and analytics teams
Own data reliability and performance
Required Experience
Strong Python and SQL expertise
Market data or trading data exposure
Cloud data architecture experience
Leadership or mentoring experience
Financial services background
Nice to Have
Real-time or streaming data experience
Vendor feed integration
Low‑latency systems exposure
Why Join
Technical leadership opportunity
High-value, complex datasets
Strong visibility across the business