Senior Data Engineer

About our client:

A premier $60bn quantitative hedge fund at the forefront of machine learning and financial technology innovation is expanding their data division. They are seeking exceptional engineers to work with their proprietary trading systems and contribute to their market-leading position in global markets.

About the position:

Join a thriving team developing real-time applications for a sophisticated trading desk in New York. You will leverage state-of-the-art technology to implement advanced trading strategies through high-precision software solutions, processing market data to facilitate quick decision-making in one of finance's most dynamic environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Configure, launch, and maintain pipelines (ETL/ELT) for ingesting and transforming datasets critical to research and trading.
• Own the reliability of the firms data ingestion, storage stack and data APIs.
• Ingest and manage a variety of data sources, including pricing, reference data, and market datasets.
• Ensure datasets are clean, structured, and accessible.
• Build high-performance APIs.
• Collaborate directly with traders, researchers, and fellow engineers to understand evolving data needs and deliver solutions.
• Contribute to the architecture of their global data platform and help scale it to meet the demands of increasingly data-intensive strategies.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience as a Data or Software Engineer preferably in financial services.
• Strong proficiency in Python, with experience using libraries like Pandas, Arrow, or Spark.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling and normalization.
• Experience with API development to support large-scale analytical or trading systems.
• Experience working with Delta Lakes, Databricks or AWS is preferred.
• Experience working with real time or historical market data for fixed income (Credit), ETFs, and/or equities is preferred.
• Strong engineering fundamentals around performance, scalability, and reliability in distributed systems.
• Excellent communication skills

This role is an exciting opportunity to join an industry leader offering exceptional compensation, accelerated career growth, and the chance to innovate alongside the brightest minds in quantitative trading.

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