Python Engineer

About Man Group

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

Headquartered in London, we manage $172.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com.

* As at 31 March 2025

Purpose of the Role

You will be joining the Data Platform Engineering team, part of the Data & Machine Learning department. Our platform, named Codex, serves as Man Group’s centralised data platform. We have hundreds of internal users who use Codex to onboard, map, and deliver their data downstream. There are three main pillars of the platform:

• Data Acquisition - an ETL/ELT platform for research and production which scales to multi-terabyte datasets; and can index all data at Man for re-usability and discoverability.
• Data Governance - cataloguing the thousands of datasets at Man; allowing discovery, entitlements, data quality, and end-to-end data lineage.
• Data Delivery - providing a unified interface across the thousands of datasets across Man with a focus on scaling, identifier mapping, and UX.

The technology team at Man Group has a start-up, no-attitude feel. It has a flat-structured, open, transparent, and collaborative environment, providing plenty of opportunities to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader data and technology community: with significant interests in open-source technology, PyData, ML meetups, and others.

 

Specific Responsibilities

We’re looking for a high-performing Python Engineer to join the Engineering team of Man Group’s central data platform, named Codex. Projects don’t get much more cross-cutting or high-profile than this: we have hundreds of internal users and whatever you work on will be used by teams across the business for years to come. Fundamentally, we are not a data engineering team: we empower our internal userbase to become data engineers with our software.

This is a great time to join the team as we consider how to expand our offering to the entire business with some true greenfield projects.

 

Key Competencies

Essential skills

• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering, ideally in Python.
• Strong academic record and higher education degree with high mathematical and computing content e.g. computer science, mathematics, finance.

Benefits

• Hybrid working model
• Competitive compensation package
• 25 days holiday allowance
• Premium Health insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Referral Bonus
• Additional days off for long service and volunteering
• Multisport card
• Educational support for professional development including internal tech talks
• Conference attendance, and engagement with the open-source community.

 

Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group
You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at www.man.com/diversity.

You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact TalentAcquisition@man.com.

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

Headquartered in London, we manage $172.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com.

* As at 31 March 2025