DATA ENGINEER/BUY SIDE/EQUITIES/LONDON

I'm currently working with an exceptional buyside firm in London, who is looking to expand their Quantitative Investment team. In this role you will be responsible for integrating new data providers, building data pipelines, carrying out ETL processes with third party vendors (API, Snowflake and SFTP) and reporting directly into the Head of Research.

The current team is split across a Lead Data Engineer and a Quantitative Researcher. You will come in and build the infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources, where you will handle different types of data, ensure data quality by placing strong controls in place and automate management data loads. Additionally, to this be responsible for building and maintaining web scrapers, APIs, and dashboards.
The team has grown at a rapid pace and will be looking to double in size by the end of 2022. There will be a variety of different projects for you to work on coming in, where you'll have lots of exposure to different areas of the business and have the opportunity to work with a broad range of technologies.
Requirements:
• Experience in Python, building end to end data pipelines.
• Experience with building and maintaining web scrapers, APIs, and dashboards.
• Experience with database maintenance of SQL databases.
• Experience working with APIs and SFTP.

This is an amazing opportunity to join a thriving hedge fund that has grown from 1 to 13 people within the last year. You will get the opportunity to work on multiple greenfield projects, have the opportunity to work with an extremely high calibre team and report directly into the Head of Research.
To apply please send your CV to quantresearch@octaviusfinance.com