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Bridgewater Associates · 2 months ago

Data Associate

Westport, CT

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$120K/yr - $150K/yr

2+ years exp

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm focused on delivering unique insights for global institutional investors. As a Data Associate, you will own and understand the data and logic used in Bridgewater’s systematic trading systems, ensuring high standards for investment data quality and consistency across the firm.

FinanceFinancial ServicesImpact Investing

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Understanding sets of investment “data concepts” - how outside data is used at Bridgewater from both a conceptual investment and technical construction perspective (e.g., pricing, macroeconomic, fundamentals, alternative data)

Validating the accuracy of those data concepts - providing domain expertise in content understanding, especially around market, security master, and time-series data

Accepting and engaging with new data as our systematic investment engine incorporates it - refining and maintaining high standards for data engineering and investment data integrity

Continuously evolving these data concepts over time by improving the logic or technical definitions, contributing directly to improving Bridgewater’s investment logic

Working with Bridgewater’s partners in the content supply chain (analytics, engineering, and technology) to address data quality, architectural or logic issues

Collaborating with vendors, engineers, and data consumers to streamline workflows and improve data time-to-insight

Qualification

Financial data knowledgeTime-series data experienceData modelingCloud-based solutionsProgramming language proficiencyAnalytical skillsSystems-oriented mindsetProblem-solvingPersonal responsibility