Senior Python and ML Ops Engineer

Preqin is an award-winning, independent, research company providing data and intelligence to the financial industry. Investment professionals use Preqin’s online products to obtain key information for business-critical decision-making. Preqin’s clients include fund managers, legal firms, institutional investors, financial advisors and placement agents.

You will be joining the world’s leading data and insights provider for the alternatives assets industry. We empower the finance community with comprehensive data and expert insights so they can make faster and smarter investment decisions with precision and confidence. We are a forward-thinking company and strive to make an impact by enabling our customers to envision future possibilities, invest in ideas and infrastructure that build strong communities. 

Preqin’s Data Science team plays a key role in driving initiatives across the organization in line with Preqin’s ambitious 2025 strategy. The Data Science team leverages public and proprietary   datasets   to   develop  new  products   and   services   to   serve   the   alternative investment industry, including forecasts, estimations, recommendations, and predictions. Furthermore, the Data Science team applies AI and automation to internal processes to improve operational efficiency. 

The  Senior Python and ML Ops Engineer will work in close collaboration with Data Scientists, Python Developers, and the wider Engineering division to implement pathways to models and results that serve these objectives. We are looking for an ML Ops Engineer to join our Data Science team. You will work within  a  multidisciplinary   team,  collaborating closely with Data Scientists, Python Developers, and the wider Engineering division to establish processes and build tools to support the Data Science & ML lifecycle. 

The ideal candidate will have hands-on industry experience in productionizing, monitoring, and maintaining Data Science and ML solutions. As an ML Ops Engineer, you will support and enable iterative delivery of Data Science &  ML solutions by championing process automation, a “production-first” mentality,  reproducibility of models and results, and monitoring of infrastructure and business  metrics.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Showcase your skills in writing and reviewing production-quality Python code to enable Data Science & ML deliverables.
• Design and implement efficient and reproducible Data Science & ML pipelines.
• Enable in-production monitoring of Data Science & ML solutions.
• Be architecting and instantiating scalable, performant and cost-efficient cloud architectures.
• Recommend appropriate technical solutions through critical evaluation of the available options.
• Be accountable for maintaining existing codebases and cloud architectures, as well as developing solutions from scratch

Key Requirements for this Role:

• Overall 5+ years of experience with a minimum of 3+ years experience in software development, using Python 3 as part of a Data Science, ML or similar relevant team. 
• Must have experience in deploying Data Science and / or ML solutions to production environments.
• Must have experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Ability to propose creative, efficient, and effective solutions to problems.
• Good communicator, who is clear and concise with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in working with the financial services sector, specifically, knowledge of the alternative assets industry e.g. private equity, venture capital is an added advantage. 

Our culture and values are:  

Be Customer obsessed : We exist for our customers. We listen to them and understand their challenges. We design best-in-class data solutions for their success.  

Act with integrity  : We build trust through honesty and transparency. We’re committed to doing the right thing for our customers, our company, and each other.  

Own your success  : We’re a high-performance team. We challenge and champion each other in our pursuit of excellence. We never stop learning and strive to become experts in our fields 

Think forward  : We lead the industry through innovation. We foster collaboration and creativity to solve our clients’ next challenge and give them a competitive advantage.   

Make an impact  : We drive positive change as individuals, and as a company. We’re passionate about creating a better tomorrow for our industry and our communities. 

Joining Preqin will give you a fantastic opportunity to work in the most innovative space in an already innovative fast-growing company, rapidly adding achievements to your portfolio and playing a pivotal role in the disruption of private investment markets.