Head of Data - Global Financial Institution - Hong Kong
Core
Lead the design, build, and operation of data platforms and pipelines supporting trading business, focusing on reliable data ingestion, processing, quality, and delivery to analytics and trading/risk use cases.
Role type
Senior IC data platform engineering lead
Builds
Scalable data architectures (lakehouse/warehouse), data pipelines (batch/streaming), and data products for downstream consumption
Domain
Financial services / Trading infrastructure
Required skills
Data pipeline engineering, Python, SQL, Data modeling, Data governance, Operational monitoring, Team leadership, Cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure-as-code
Preferred skills
Trading environment experience, Modern data tooling, Mentoring engineers
Technologies
Python, SQL, AWS/Azure/GCP, Terraform
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end development of data pipelines for market, reference, and trade-related datasets; Design and maintain scalable data architectures; Own data ingestion from internal/external sources; Implement and oversee data quality checks, reconciliation, and monitoring; Build data products for downstream consumption; Ensure production readiness with operational monitoring and incident response; Lead engineering practices including code reviews and mentoring.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
