Python Developer SQL - Market Data
Summary
Python Developer building a modern medallion architecture data platform for a hedge fund, focused on ETL pipelines, data lakes/lakehouses, distributed systems, and infrastructure using Python and SQL.
Python Developer / Engineer (SQL ETL) London to £150k+
Are you a data savvy Python Developer?
You could be joining a Hedge Fund with complex work and substantial bonus earning potential.
As a Python Developer you will join a growing team building a modern medallion architecture data platform, working across everything from data engineering and distributed systems to infrastructure and frontend. This is a hands-on role in a small, collaborative team where you'll have real ownership and impact.
Your role:
- Design and build data platform components using Python
- Develop and optimise ETL pipelines, Data Lakes / Lakehouses and distributed systems
- Improve infrastructure, observability and CI/CD practices
- Maintain and evolve existing systems (microservices, ETL, Excel add-ins)
- Support platform operations, ensuring reliability and performance
Location / WFH:
You'll join colleagues in the impressive Central London office on a fulltime basis, Monday to Friday.
About you:
- You have strong backend development experience with Python
- You have experience of working with financial or market data
- You have experience of designing and operating data-intensive and distributed systems
- You have a strong knowledge of databases (Relational, NoSQL and Columnar)
- You're keen to take ownership and work across the full development lifecycle
- You're collaborative and pragmatic with strong stakeholder management skills
- You have achieved a 2.1 or above in a STEM discipline, likely to have studied to MSc
What's in it for you:
- Salary to £150k
- Bonus
- Pension
- Self development and career progression opportunities