Software Engineer Python SQL - Market Data

Overview

In this role you will design and build components for a modern data platform using Python, with ownership across data engineering, ETL, and distributed systems. You’ll improve infrastructure, CI/CD, and observability while maintaining reliable, high-performance services. You’ll work in a small, collaborative team on end-to-end development and operations, shaping a data-driven platform for financial data. This is a hands-on position with meaningful impact and opportunities for growth and bonus potential.

Pay / Benefits

• salary to 150k
• bonus
• pension
• self development and career progression opportunities

Responsibilities

• 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

Key requirements

• Strong backend development experience with Python
• Experience with financial or market data
• Experience designing and operating data-intensive and distributed systems
• Strong knowledge of databases (Relational, NoSQL and Columnar)
• Willingness to own and work across full development lifecycle
• Collaborative and pragmatic with stakeholder management skills
• 2:1 or above in a STEM discipline, MSc likely

• collaborative
• stakeholder management
• ownership mindset
• Python
• SQL
• ETL