Job Title: Junior Data Engineer
Internal Job Level: Senior Analyst
Type of Employment: Permanent
Location: London
Reports To: Head of Quant Coverage and Execution Analytics
Job Overview
Execution consulting is a core capability of the Aquis Markets sales team, enabling us to deliver data-driven insights through quantitative analysis, product recommendations, and product innovation. We are looking for a junior data engineer to further develop the current data infrastructure that powers this function - helping our team deliver world-class analysis to clients at scale.
This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate or early career engineer to grow quickly. You'll gain direct exposure to European equity market structure, work with real world financial datasets, and develop practical skills in data engineering that are highly valued across the industry.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Assist in building and maintaining systems that transform raw market data into actionable insights for Aquis and our trading members.
- Support the development of data pipelines and analytical frameworks to accelerate trade analytics delivery.
- Contribute to our understanding of Aquis market microstructure and the broader European equity landscape.
- Help provide clean, reliable data to management to inform strategic decision-making.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual or repetitive processes across the team.
Required Skills/Experience Essential
- A degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative subject - or up to one year of relevant work experience.
- Solid foundation in SQL and Python (academic projects and personal work count).
- Understanding of data structures, pipelines, and how data moves between systems.
- Curiosity about financial markets and a willingness to learn market specific concepts on the job.
- Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to problem solving.
Nice to haves
- Any exposure to data pipeline tools (Airflow, dbt, Spark, or similar) - even from coursework or side projects.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- An interest in equity markets, trading, or financial data.
- Experience working with large datasets, even outside a professional context.
- Innovative problem solver with the ability to quickly identify and understand issues.
- Must possess strong communication, writing, analytical, quantitative and research skills.
Equal opportunities at Aquis Exchange.
We are an equal-opportunities employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.