DRW · 15 hours ago
Data Engineer, Unified Platform
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$150K/yr - $200K/yr
3+ years expDRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience in sophisticated technology and exceptional people. As a Data Engineer in the Unified Platform organization, you will be integral in building data products and defining platform capabilities for Traders, Quantitative Researchers, and Back-Office personnel to analyze financial markets and improve trading strategies.
ConsultingFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Help model, build, and manage data products built atop DRW’s Unified Data Platform
Work alongside domain experts to gain and leverage knowledge of the relevant project’s domain to design optimized data products that meet the needs of many different research and trading strategies
Work closely with Traders and Researchers to determine appropriate data sources and implement processes to onboard and manage new data sources for analysis to unlock future trading opportunities
Design and develop data solutions to help discover, purchase, organize, track usage, manage rights, and control quality of data sets to address the needs of various DRW trading teams and strategies
Continually monitor data ingestion pipelines and data quality to ensure stability, reliability, and quality of the data. Contribute to the monitoring and quality control software and processes
Qualification
Required
Have experience designing and building data pipelines and systems
Have experience working within modern batch or streaming data ecosystems
An expert in SQL and have expertise in Java/Scala or Python
Can apply data modeling techniques
Able to own the delivery of data projects, working with analysts and stakeholders to understand requirements and implement solutions
Able to contribute to project management and project reporting
3+ years of experience working with modern data technologies and/or building data-first products
Extensive familiarity with SQL with a proven ability to construct maintainable queries and productionalize them as ongoing pipelines
Experience leveraging data modeling techniques on complex datasets and ability to articulate the trade-offs of different approaches
Strong skill in Java/Scala or Python
Familiarity with cloud-native technologies used for scalable data processing
Experience with one or more data processing technologies (e.g. Flink, Spark, Polars, Dask, etc.)
Experience with multiple data storage technologies (e.g. S3, RDBMS, NoSQL, Delta/Iceberg, Cassandra, Clickhouse, Kafka, etc.) and knowledge of their associated trade-offs
Experience with multiple data formats and serialization systems (e.g. Arrow, Parquet, Protobuf/gRPC, Avro, Thrift, JSON, etc.)
Experience managing data pipeline orchestration systems (e.g. Kubernetes, Argo Workflows, Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, etc.)
Proven experience in managing the operational components of large data pipelines such as backfilling datasets, rerunning batch jobs, and handling dead letter queues
Prior experience triaging data quality control processes, correcting data gaps and inaccuracies
Strong technical problem-solving skills
Proven ability to work in a collaborative, agile, and fast-paced environment, prioritizing multiple tasks and projects, and efficiently handle the demands of a trading environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Benefits
Group medical
Pharmacy
Dental and vision insurance
401k (with discretionary employer match)
Short and long-term disability
Life and AD&D insurance
Health savings accounts
Flexible spending accounts
Company
DRW
DRW is a diversified trading firm that combines technology, research, and risk management to capture trading and investment opportunities.
1001-5000 employees
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