About the Organization
Our client is a global investment firm that is hiring a Senior Python Developer (Market Data) to help build and maintain a next-gen market data platform. This full-stack role spans system engineering and data infrastructure with a focus on performance, scalability and reliability.
Responsibilities of Senior Data Engineer (Market Data, Python)
- Design and implement systems using Python with a focus on performance and scalability
- Maintain high development standards including testing, CI/CD, and clean architecture
- Enhance and support legacy systems (e.g., microservices, ETL pipelines, Excel add-ins)
- Improve infrastructure via IaC, disaster recovery, and observability (logs, alerts, monitoring)
- Manage Windows/Linux servers and databases (backups, replication, troubleshooting)
- Provide technical support, monitor system health, and respond to user queries
- Understand and optimize the medallion data architecture for ingestion, processing, and storage
- Contribute to external data acquisition and integration into the market data platform
Requirements of Senior Data Engineer (Market Data, Python)
- 5+ years of software development experience, ideally in data-intensive or distributed systems
- Strong hands-on proficiency in Python development; experience with relational, NoSQL, and columnar databases
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, infrastructure-as-code, and system monitoring
- Comfortable managing Linux/Windows servers and handling backups, replication, and troubleshooting
- Able to work independently in a fast-paced, multi-project environment
- Interest or experience in financial/market data and data engineering is a plus
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