Data Operations Engineer

LMAX Group

Data Operations Engineer helping build and scale data processing infrastructure at LMAX Group. Developing high-performance data pipelines and collaborating with technology and business teams.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAnsibleAWSCloudETLJavaKafkaKubernetesMySQLPythonRabbitMQSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain scalable data infrastructure to support our BI/MI workloads.
Manage and optimize data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of our data platforms and services.
Conduct code reviews, mentoring others, and enforce best practices in data engineering.
Diagnose and resolve data quality issues, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and security.
Maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of LMAX information assets

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years in data engineering or backend software development
Strong Python skills for data retrieval and pipeline development
Infrastructure-as-Code tooling for deployment and automation (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
Working knowledge of Kubernetes for container orchestration
Hands-on experience with several of the following: ETL/ELT orchestration and pipeline tooling (Airflow, Meltano, DBT, etc.)
Real-time streaming platforms (Kafka, Redpanda, Active/RabbitMQ, etc.)
SQL databases, particularly MySQL
Experience with data warehousing tools and platforms (Snowflake, Iceberg, etc.)
Familiarity with Java
Experience with cloud-based services, particularly AWS
Proven ability to manage stakeholders, their expectations and explain complex problems or solutions in a manner suitable for the audience
Knowledge of data governance and metadata management
Knowledge of data security best practices and compliance requirements

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days of holiday
Bonus
Pension contribution
Private medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life assurance
Critical illness cover
Wellness contribution program with access to ClassPass
Plumm Platform
Five volunteering days
Give as You Earn initiative
Learning and development programs
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Season Ticket Loan

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data EngineeringPython ProgrammingETL/ELT ProcessesSQL DatabasesData WarehousingReal-Time StreamingKubernetesCloud ServicesData Quality ManagementData Security Best Practices

Soft Skills

Stakeholder ManagementMentoringProblem SolvingCommunication