Quant Data Engineer | London (Hybrid) | Up to £90K

We’re working with an established technology company in the sports/gaming sector, building predictive models powered by a wide and growing range of data inputs. It’s intricate, technically demanding work.

They’re looking for a Quant Data Engineer to join a small team working directly alongside quantitative modellers, ensuring they have reliable, well-structured, high-quality data for research and modelling. Strong focus on data quality, investigation and continuous improvement, turning complex, messy datasets into assets the business can depend on.

What you’ll be doing

• Prepare and maintain research/modelling datasets, and investigate issues affecting model outputs


• Improve data structure, usability and quality across analytical workflows


• Assess new and existing data sources for viability and integration


• Build and maintain Python-based data pipelines (ingestion, transformation, validation)


• Maintain historical data assets and support migrations/backfills


• Collaborate with engineers on upstream/downstream data flow improvements

Data Quality & Investigation

• Own validation, reconciliation and monitoring across key datasets


• Document data logic, transformations and assumptions; improve metadata and standardisation


• Resolve anomalies and gaps with engineering and operations

What you’ll need

• Strong experience as a Data Engineer, Research Data Engineer, or similar, working with complex datasets


• Strong Python for data processing, investigation and workflow development


• Excellent SQL and relational database experience, PostgreSQL preferred


• Track record preparing, transforming and validating datasets for analytical/research use


• Strong experience tracing data issues through pipelines and source systems


• Comfortable working with messy, incomplete or evolving datasets


• Nice to have: ClickHouse, BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift or similar

Based in London, working a hybrid model (office time required a couple of days a week).

Benefits

• private health & dental insurance


• cycle to work scheme


• enhanced parental and sick pay


• above-standard holiday allowance

Quant Data Engineer | London (Hybrid) | Up to £90K
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