Senior Data Engineer in City of London, London

Senior Data Engineer
12 Months
£700-850 per day (Inside IR35)
Hybrid - London office once a week

My client, a well known high street bank are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join their fast paced team on an initial 12 month contract.

Details about the role -
* Our services form a core part of the eRisk (electronic Risk) business and are the golden source of MI and analytics for quants, sales and trading. The platform uses KDB+ to facilitate quantitative research and backtesting, and also serves a number of regulatory reports and compliance alerts
* Our application is responsible for capturing, storing and analyzing data in excess of 5 billion records per day from a large number of FX electronic trading venues, as well as internal pricing and trading data
* We run hundreds of services concurrently in production and perform multiple releases per day
* There are increasing demands for services built within the application. The successful candidate will join a global team working out of London, Hong Kong and Krakow

On the job responsibilities -
* Develop scalable, high-performing software and engineer services which handle billions of records, analyse large datasets and find value in the data
* Work heavily with KDB+/q and how this is applied to data engineering
* Be part of a diverse and global team who focuses on fast delivery and user experience
* Understand the business context of what we do and engage directly with Traders and Quantitative Analysts as well as other Technologists

Skills and experience required -
* An analytical mind and are excited about solving complex data engineering problems, with strong computer science fundamentals and a deep understanding of the q language
* A demonstrable passion for technology and automation, optimizing and improving solutions
* Demonstrable interest in understanding data and how to combine and present it in various ways, dealing with large datasets and some basic statistical concepts
* Knowledge or interest in Linux and Cloud Infrastructure services, e.g. GCP
* Aptitude for understanding requirements by talking directly to Traders and Quantitative Analysts and solving problems through proactive and collaborative engagement with teammates, owning a change from inception, to testing and releasing it to the users

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.