IT & Digital

Data Engineer - Python, Big Data -Front Office - London

Data Engineer - Python, Big Data -Front Office - London

  • Location

    London

  • Sector:

    IT & Digital

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £75000 - £85000 per annum

  • Contact:

    Sam Vandepeer

  • Contact email:

    svandepeer@vertuspartners.com

  • Job ref:

    PBDE/SV/1511_1641401365

  • Published:

    about 2 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2022-03-06

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

Data Engineer - Python, Big Data, Hadoop - Front Office - London

Our client, a Global Bank, is looking for a Data Engineer to join their Front Office Data Science team.

The role will involve working on the build out of their Data Science Equities platform including building ETL Pipelines and supporting business requirements from the quants and trading teams.

Candidates will need:

  • Experience working on Big Data platforms such as Hadoop or Spark/PySpark
  • Strong development skills - ideally in Python however, Java and Scala would be acceptable providing they are willing to learn Python
  • Experience working on large data sets
  • Experience building out ETL processes
  • Strong understanding of Data Integrity checks
  • An Equities/Futures background would be beneficial but not necessary
  • Experience in AWS/Cloud technologies would similarly be beneficial but not necessary