Senior Data Engineers on the Proprietary Research team design and build solutions that enable investment professionals to effortlessly extract insights from large, complex structured and unstructured data sets. As a senior member of our Data Engineering team, you will help set technical direction and work closely with investment professionals, researchers, and data scientists to design, build, and launch robust end-to-end data pipelines and tools that that help extract the most value out of the company’s data assets.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and support big data processing pipelines including but not limited to ingestion, transformation, and end-customer delivery
• Build out cloud-based infrastructure using distributed techniques for other data engineers / data scientists / researchers
• Be at the forefront of new technology developments with respect to the handling and processing of big data and conduct proof of concepts evaluations of new technologies
• Build and support visualization and exploration capabilities around our big data sets

What excites you:

• Technical leadership through hands-on development
• Having a broad impact on architecture and team processes
• Transforming large unstructured, data sets into valuable investment research inputs
• Learning and working with industry-leading cloud-computing technologies
• Speaking with experts both inside and outside the firm to understand data needs and offerings
• Fast-paced work environments that at times require switching gears to address the needs of the business
• Working as part of a cross-functional team made up of Investment, Research, and Compliance professionals

What excites us:

• Ability to directly or indirectly lead development efforts involving multiple engineers and stakeholders
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and project management skills
• Superb business intuition and a solution orientated, methodological approach to problem solving
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across multiple business units within the firm
• People who “elevate the room” through their work ethic, curiosity, and solution-orientated attitude
• Adherence to the highest ethical standards working closely with the firm’s Compliance team

What’s required:

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or related development work with distributed data technology
• Experience with system design and leading multi-person development efforts
• Strong experience in Python development
• Experience with Spark and Cloud computing is a plus
• Track record of delivering novel and innovative solutions to challenges
• Knowledge of/experience with graph databases is a plus