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Dimensional Fund Advisors · 4 months ago

Senior Python Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

4+ years exp

Dimensional Fund Advisors is a company focused on leveraging science and technology to improve clients' financial lives. As a Senior Python Engineer within the Data Distribution team, you will manage the enterprise investment data warehouse and collaborate on designing solutions while working with emerging data engineering tools.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build and deliver investment data technology solutions in support of Research, Portfolio Management, Trading, Analytics and Reporting functions

Formulate, design, develop, test, and deliver data technology solutions with a balanced focus on speed and quality

Collaborate with business analysts, product owners, and project managers to develop user stories, estimates, and work plans

Work with minimal supervision and advise business clients and IT management of technology capabilities and recommend strategies to maximize the benefits of new technologies

Identify, design, and implement changes to data pipelines at various stages including data ingestion, data validation, and quality control, data integration, storage, management, and data delivery

Write unit/integration tests, contribute to engineering wiki, and write detailed documentation

Build high-performance and scalable data-transfer toolsets which reliably transfer datasets between endpoints within established SLA's

Focus on data consistency, refresh rates and caching requirements while keeping the data current across a variety of interfaces

Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines and develop supportable solutions. Participate in code and design reviews

Provide technical troubleshooting and support for production systems

Qualification

PythonRESTful APIsSQLCyber securityDomain Driven DesignPerformance optimizationAgile/ScrumCuriosityTeam collaborationProblem solvingDocumentationCommunicationAdaptabilityLeadership

Required

Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience

4-5 years of programming experience in Python (open source) or equivalent

Proficiency in building RESTful APIs and web services

4-5 years of SQL experience

Proven track record of leveraging SOLID principles and Domain Driven Design to drive successful outcomes

Experience in high performance and high availability data applications including expertise in performance optimization and tuning

Experience with automated acceptance testing and ability to write unit-tested, maintainable code

Strong understanding of cyber security risks and demonstrated ability to design and build highly secure applications

Experience working in a dynamic and interactive team environment to build world-class software implementations

Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service

Experience working with both Agile/Scrum and waterfall methodologies with a software development and integration focus

Preferred

Master's degree in engineering, math, computer science, or a related field

Proficiency with NoSQL database implementation and optimization

Ability to work on multiple programming languages and platforms is strongly preferred

Financial services industry knowledge or experience

Experience with the following: Kafka, Airflow, PostrgeSQL, Ansible, Elastic Stack, RabbitMQ, Redis, Docker, Okta, OAuth2, PlainID

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Educational initiatives

Special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth

Company

Dimensional Fund Advisors

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Dimensional Fund Advisors is a company that provides asset management services.

Founded in 1981

Austin, Texas, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://us.dimensional.com

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