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Team Lead, Data Engineering

An established proprietary trading firm · London, United Kingdom · first seen today

What is the Team Lead, Data Engineering role in London, United Kingdom?

An established proprietary trading firm is hiring a Team Lead, Data Engineering in London, United Kingdom. It is a Lead / Head level data engineer seat.

Indicative base salary

£170k – £250k

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Median for Data engineer

$125k – $150k

1 advertised ranges

Seniority

Lead / Head

Data

Status

Open

Ref KQ-EEDDB6

Indicative base range modelled from the Quant Developer lead / principal benchmark for London. Not an advertised figure.

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Based on 1 live vacancies across 1 employer, as observed on 6 September 2026. Counts come from employer-operated job boards we read directly; classification is rule-based and inspectable.

About the employer

This vacancy is with an established proprietary trading firm. We hold the employer's identity confidential until we have spoken with you about the role, so the advert below is written by our research team from the facts stated in the live posting — never copied from it.

What you would do

  • ·Own data engineer work end to end, from idea to production.
  • ·Work directly with traders, researchers and engineers on the same P&L.
  • ·Measure, monitor and defend the performance of what you build.
  • ·Publish your reasoning so decisions can be checked by other people.

What they are asking for

  • ·A strong quantitative background — mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science or equivalent.
  • ·Practical experience with production-grade code and real market data.
  • ·Comfort with probability, statistics and precise reasoning under time pressure.
  • ·Evidence of shipping work that other people relied on.

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