Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer | Remote (UK or Europe)

A leading prop trading firm is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to take ownership of their trading and market data infrastructure. Operating globally with connectivity to dozens of exchanges, the firm executes millions of trades daily with data playing a mission‑critical role in every aspect of the business.

This is a high‑impact, high‑autonomy role in a lean engineering environment. You’ll design and maintain real‑time and historical data systems, power internal analytics tooling, and ensure data quality, reliability, and observability across production systems. Ideal for someone who thrives in fast‑paced, trading‑led environments where precision and performance are non‑negotiable.

• Build and maintain low-latency distributed data pipelines
• Develop and run real-time time‑series data collectors
• Automate monitoring and data quality checks
• Create tools and APIs for data access
• Collaborate with traders and developers on data needs
• Ensure 24/7 pipeline reliability

• Strong Python and SQL
• Experience with trading/market data in production
• Proven work on real-time, high-volume pipelines
• Familiar with distributed SQL/No
  
  SQL

• Clickhouse and S3/data lakes
• C++ on Linux
• Terraform or similar IaC
• Network protocols and exchange data

• Fully remote role (UK or Europe only)
• Flat structure, strong engineering culture
• Competitive base + performance‑linked bonus
• Flexible working hours
• Biannual off‑sites to meet the global team in person