London AWS/Python Data Engineer — Real-Time Pipelines

Citywire; City of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm in London is seeking an experienced AWS/Python Software Engineer to join their data engineering team. The successful candidate will build and deploy data systems, APIs, and event-driven services, contributing to innovative financial solutions. Strong skills in Python and AWS are essential, along with experience in backend development and collaborative culture. Competitive benefits and a flexible working environment are offered.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Flexible working options

£480 annual allowance for well-being activities

Eye-test and glasses allowance

Competitive private pension scheme

Critical illness cover

Well-being support

Cycle to work scheme

Techscheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data engineering or backend development.
• Strong Python skills with experience designing maintainable code.
• Hands-on use of AWS services in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Building and deploying containerized services and APIs on AWS.
• Designing and building event-driven data pipelines using Python.
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, Docker, and Git workflows.

Skills

Data engineering or backend development

Python programming

AWS services

RESTful APIs

Docker

SQL

Team collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Git

SQLAlchemy

FastAPI

Job description

A leading financial technology firm in London is seeking an experienced AWS/Python Software Engineer to join their data engineering team. The successful candidate will build and deploy data systems, APIs, and event-driven services, contributing to innovative financial solutions. Strong skills in Python and AWS are essential, along with experience in backend development and collaborative culture. Competitive benefits and a flexible working environment are offered.