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Senior Data Engineer - 1612251
New York City, NY
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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


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