DataOps Engineer – Data Science Operations

Castleton Commodities International LLC
London
3 weeks ago
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Responsibilities:

  • Execute data architecture and data management projects for existing data sources, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.

  • Design, enhance, and maintain market data platforms using Python, optimizing for scalability and performance.

  • Manage the end-to-end data ingestion process, including extraction, transformation, loading (ETL), and data publishing for investment and commercial teams.

  • Own and continuously improve the process of mapping, standardizing, and normalizing fundamental analytics data to support consistent usage across business functions.

  • Implement automated workflows for error handling and develop data quality analysis to proactively identify and address systemic issues.

  • Prioritize and resolve critical market data issues based on business impact and user-reported concerns.

  • Coordinate with technology and business stakeholders to align goals, timelines, and deliverables for strategic big data initiatives.

  • Serve as a liaison with commercial (trading) teams to translate their needs regarding data flow, architecture, and the investment process into functional data requirements.

  • Provide operational support for market data platforms, handling performance tuning, incident response, and user assistance.

  • Ensure platform stability and resilience by developing and maintaining operational runbooks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and incident response protocols.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or related field of study.

  • 5+ years’ experience in data operations production environment, ideally in financial services or energy commodities.

  • Proficient in Python programming and its libraries - Pandas, NumPy, etc.

  • Experience with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular) is a plus.

  • Prior experience with Snowflake columnar database and ability to design and optimize complex SQL queries.

  • Proficient in using version control systems like Git to manage code repositories effectively.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle complex technical challenges.

  • Proficiency in debugging and performance optimization techniques.

  • Understanding of the software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis to testing and deployment.

  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic and high-intensity environment including open-floor plan if applicable to the position, with timely responsiveness and the ability to work beyond normal business hours when required. 

Employee Programs & Benefits:

CCI offers competitive benefits and programs to support our employees, their families and local communities. These include:

  • Competitive comprehensive medical, dental, retirement and life insurance benefits

  • Employee assistance & wellness programs

  • Parental and family leave policies

  • CCI in the Community: Each office has a Charity Committee and as a part of this program employees are allocated 2 days annually to volunteer at the selected charities.

  • Charitable contribution match program

  • Tuition assistance & reimbursement

  • Quarterly Innovation & Collaboration Awards

  • Employee discount program, including access to fitness facilities

  • Competitive paid time off

  • Continued learning opportunities

Visit  https://www.cci.com/careers/life-at-cci/# to learn more!

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