Python Data Engineer Contract Role at FTSE 100
£650-850pd, Inside IR35
Contract ASAP till end of 2022 (31st December)
Location: Mainly Remote, some flexibility needed with some on-site office days (London)
La Fosse have partnered with a FTSE100 Oil & Gas industry leader. Our client is seeking a python data engineer with experience working with tools including Databricks and Azure Machine Learning and Azure. This role would work closely alongside analysts to productionise models and would involve taking conceptual models and integrating them into the cloud model framework.
Role Responsibilities:
Design, develop and maintain ETLs and data pipelines
Provide Analysts and Quants with technical support and coach them in tooling use
Continuously improve framework and model lifecycle with Software Engineers and analysts
Advocate and produce performant scalable code
Productionise models created by analysts - incl. ensuring monitoring & back testing
Leading junior data engineers/data scientists.
Tech stack:
Agile methodologies
Python ML stack
MLOps and model lifecycle incl. Databricks, Azure Machine Learning with MLFlow
Cloud services - ideally Azure (Azure functions, Service Bus, AKS, Azure Machine Learning)
CI/CD experience and Test Automation (git, ADO/Jenkins/Github)
Other skills:
Knowledge of time series analysis and predict modelling
Experience of prototyping, benchmarking, evolving models
Attitude to learn & Continuous improvement
Stakeholder engagement/management experience
Analytical thinker
Coaching/mentoring experience
IT /Mathematics degree
Desired skills:
Big data platforms
Kubernetes
Trading/Finance background
Broader coding experience (c++, PYSpark, Julia, R, Matlab etc)
