LRH17 Data Engineer

LRH17 Data Engineer

Department: Data

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Chief Technology Officer

Description

Overview

LRH is on a mission to create a truly data-driven repo market. Backed by the Kaizen RegTech Group, our startup works with the world’s leading banks, asset managers and hedge funds to develop a pioneering data solution designed to enhance trading activities in the €23 trillion UK and European repo markets. Our innovation provides these financial institutions with an unprecedented perspective on market dynamics.

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Job Summary:

We are looking for a motivated Data Engineer to join our team starting immediately! You will be a core part of our data & engineering teams, specialising in developing performant, scalable data pipelines and deploying cloud infrastructure to support our web applications and analytics dashboards. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a truly unique financial markets data source and shape our data infrastructure and analytical capabilities.

You will be applying your skills cross-company on vital and impactful projects, operating at every stage of the Software Development Lifecycle and developing serverless solutions using AWS. The role is on-site and you will be exposed to the business side of the organisation, as well as having an opportunity to get in front of clients and partners (quite a rare opportunity in the industry).

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable, performant data pipelines
• Optimising existing pipelines for speed, reliability and security
• Interface with cloud infrastructure (AWS Glue, Lambda, SQS, CloudFormation, RDS/Aurora etc.)
• Design and maintain databases and data warehouses
• Monitor data pipelines in production and develop tools to facilitate that
• Work collaboratively with team members and cross-company

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Experience and Qualifications:

• Proficient with Python and SQL
• Experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, AWS RDS)
• Deep knowledge of ETL processes and data modelling
• Experience with data orchestration (e.g., Step Functions)
• Proficient with version control systems (e.g., Git)
• 3-5 years of professional experience within a team
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• A strong self-starting attitude, you love a challenge!
• Great written and verbal communication skills
• Software development lifecycle best practices
• Agile principles, processes and tools
  
  

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with containerisation (e.g. Docker)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. AWS CloudFormation)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g. CodePipeline, GitLab CI)
• Understanding of data privacy and security best practices, and fundamental cryptographic principles
• Knowledge of machine learning and data science concepts
• Familiarity with GenAI frameworks (e.g., Bedrock)
• Knowledge of the financial markets would be an asset

Benefits

• A competitive salary package
• Office in the heart of The City: 5-minute walking distance from Bank, Cannon Street and St. Paul's station
• Access to additional office space in London’s iconic Gherkin 5 minutes from Liverpool Street Station
• 25 days’ holiday , as well as UK bank holidays
• Well-being allowance
• Build-your-skills allowance
• Private healthcare + dental
• Working within a fast-growing company that has a culture of empowerment, innovation and collaboration
• Awesome team of financial markets experts, data analysts and engineers
• Opportunity to play a key role in an exciting startup backed by the Kaizen RegTech Group
• Opportunities for continuous career growth and learning