Data Systems Team Lead

About the role

Eclipse Trading is seeking an experienced leader to build and head a new Data Systems Team. The team will create a next‑generation data platform that supports research and real‑time trading across multiple markets.

Key responsibilities

• Recruit, mentor and develop a high‑performance data engineering team.
• Define and execute the roadmap for a centralized data framework, covering ingestion, storage, access and governance.
• Design and implement scalable data pipelines and distributed systems for both batch and streaming workloads.
• Manage dedicated hardware infrastructure, ensuring reliability, capacity planning and performance optimisation.
• Collaborate with research, trading and engineering stakeholders to align data workflows with business needs.

Required profile

• 10+ years delivering production data platforms, with at least 2 years leading engineering teams.
• Proven ability to design, scale and optimise data pipelines and distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills and experience driving large‑scale change in a fast‑moving environment.
• University degree in Computer Science or related field and fluency in English.

Required skills

• Batch and streaming processing.
• Scalable table/metadata formats and object storage.
• SQL and data‑pipeline orchestration (scheduling, dependency management, backfills, recovery).
• Ingestion workflow design and implementation.
• Hardware and software performance optimisation for data workloads.

What we offer

• Dynamic, collaborative, multicultural work environment.
• Opportunity to contribute directly to the firm’s bottom line.
• Mentorship, training and a flat management structure.
• Work‑life balance, fully stocked kitchen and attractive benefits with discretionary bonus.