Software Engineer Python SQL Market Data

Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• We need strong backend development experience with Python.
• We need experience working with financial or market data.
• We need experience designing and operating data-intensive and distributed systems.
• We need strong knowledge of databases, including relational, NoSQL and columnar databases.
• We need someone keen to take ownership and work across the full development lifecycle.
• We need a collaborative and pragmatic person with strong stakeholder management skills.
• We expect a 2.1 or above in a STEM discipline, likely including MSc-level study.

Responsibilities:

• We design and build data platform components using Python.
• We develop and optimise ETL pipelines, data lakes, lakehouses and distributed systems.
• We improve infrastructure, observability and CI/CD practices.
• We maintain and evolve existing systems, including microservices, ETL and Excel add-ins.
• We support platform operations, ensuring reliability and performance.

Technologies:

• Backend
• CI/CD
• ETL
• Excel
• Frontend
• Support
• NoSQL
• Python
• microservices
• SQL

More:

We are a hedge fund with a growing team building a modern medallion architecture data platform. This is a hands-on role with real ownership and impact, working across data engineering, distributed systems, infrastructure and frontend in a small, collaborative environment. The role is based full time in our impressive Central London office, Monday to Friday. We offer a competitive package including salary up to 150k, bonus, pension, and self-development and career progression opportunities.

last updated 34 week of 2026