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Verition Fund Management LLC · 5 months ago

Senior Data Platform Architect

positionNew York, New York, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$150K/yr - $200K/yr
date10+ years exp

Verition Fund Management LLC is a multi-strategy hedge fund focusing on global investment strategies. They are seeking a Senior Data Platform Architect to lead architectural efforts and build data pipelines on their cloud platform, while mentoring junior team members and enhancing the team's capabilities.

Business DevelopmentFinanceFinancial Services

Responsibilities

Refine architecture strategy for Platform Work closely with team leadership (manager and leads) to understand current state, future state capabilities needed, make recommendations to improve processing, costs, performance, add additional capabilities like abstraction, apis etc
Promote Data Engineering best practices and mentor junior team members Conduct architectural reviews and establish best practices for data engineering, mentor and guide data engineers and contribute to hiring and technical development of the global team
Building Data pipelines in AWS platform utilizing existing tools like Cron, Glue, Eventbridge, Python based ETL, AWS Redshift
Working closely with data vendors such as Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Exchanges etc
Normalizing/standardizing vendor data, firm data for firm consumption
Expand Platform Capabilities from basic daily/historical processing to products, private data storage
Coordinate with Internal teams on delivery, access, requests, support

Qualification

AWS cloud experienceData infrastructure designCapital markets experiencePython programmingNoSQLSQL databasesDisaster recovery strategiesDevOps practicesCommunicationFast-paced environment adaptability

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field
10+ experience in a similar role
Prior buy side experience is strongly preferred (Multi-Strat/Hedge Funds)
Capital markets experience is necessary. (Good working knowledge of reference data across asset classes and experience with trading systems)
Deep AWS cloud experience with commons services (S3, lambda, cron, Event Bridge etc.)
Proven experience in designing and deploying data infrastructure at scale preferably in a financial services firm or hedge fund
Experience designing and deploying disaster recovery and high availability strategies in cloud environments
Strong hands-on skills with NoSQL and SQL databases, programming in Python and data pipeline and analytics tools
Familiarity with time series data and common market data sources (Bloomberg, Refinitiv etc.)
Familiar with modern Dev Ops practices and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)
Excellent communication skills to work with stakeholders across technology, investment, and operations teams
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines

Company

Verition Fund Management LLC

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Verition Fund Management LLC (“Verition”) is a multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund founded in 2008.
dateFounded in 2008
location
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
https://www.verition.com

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
Key Investors
Affiliated Managers Group
2025-04-21Private Equity

Leadership Team

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Srinivasa Chinnam
Chief Technology Officer
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Pierre Weinstein
Head of Special Situations Group
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