Head of Data Engineering

Global Head of Data Engineering | Base Salary & uncapped Bonus | London | Permanent

Industry: Trading / Commodities

Location: London – Hybrid (4 days in office)

Job Type: Permanent

Our client is seeking a Global Head of Data Engineering to oversee the development and optimisation of their enterprise data platform in a front office trading environment. You’ll lead a distributed team of data engineers, ensuring the seamless ingestion, management, and delivery of high-quality market, economic, and commercial data to power trading, research, and operational decision-making.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and manage a global team of data engineers, providing mentorship and direction.
• Oversee the design, build, and ongoing enhancement of an enterprise data platform on AWS.
• Develop and scale robust ETL/ELT pipelines for the ingestion of financial market, commodity, and commercial datasets.
• Deliver new data products and services for traders, analysts, and operational teams.
• Implement and maintain data quality frameworks and best practices.
• Collaborate with front office users, including traders and research analysts, to understand data requirements.
• Partner with senior data scientists, data engineers, and application teams across the business to deliver high-impact solutions.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement across data engineering practices.

Skills & Experience:

• Experience in data engineering roles, with proven leadership in global teams.
• Strong expertise in financial market data ingestion, ETL/ELT pipelines, data modelling, and provisioning.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with AWS data services (e.g. Glue, Redshift, S3, Lambda).
• Background in data quality management and scalable architecture.
• Experience engaging directly with front office users and traders.
• Exposure to energy and metals commodities, power generation, shipping, or weather-related data is desirable.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to bridge technical and business teams.

To find out more, please apply directly or connect with me on LinkedIn.