Tidal Financial Group · 20 hours ago
Data Engineer Lead
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expTidal Financial Group is a leading ETF investment technology platform dedicated to creating, operating, and growing ETFs. They are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to architect, scale, and optimize the data ecosystem that powers their ETF platform, ensuring high-performance data delivery across business and operational systems.
Asset ManagementBusiness DevelopmentConsultingFinancial ServicesFinTechMarketing
Responsibilities
Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and architectures in AWS (or equivalent), leveraging technologies such as Snowflake, dbt, and modern orchestration frameworks (Airflow, Prefect, etc.)
Integrate complex financial data sources—Bloomberg APIs, custodial feeds, and fund administration data—into reliable, auditable data flows
Develop and maintain a modular, well-documented data ecosystem supporting analytics, reporting, and operations at scale
Lead reviews of architecture and ETL design patterns, ensuring performance, cost efficiency, and maintainability
Implement automated data validation and testing frameworks (e.g., Great Expectations or similar)
Establish proactive monitoring and alerting for data pipeline performance, reliability, and accuracy
Define and enforce standards for data lineage, versioning, and documentation within the engineering environment
Partner with governance and compliance teams to ensure that all financial data meets Tidal’s quality and regulatory expectations
Partner with sales, operations, and trading teams to define data requirements and ensure the infrastructure delivers actionable insights
Collaborate with analytics teams to optimize models, datasets, and query performance in BI tools such as Sigma
Support automation and data-driven decision-making across the ETF product lifecycle
Provide hands-on technical guidance to data engineers and analysts, promoting best practices in coding, data modeling, and system design
Contribute to and maintain a robust data engineering playbook covering design standards, CI/CD, and deployment practices
Lead architectural planning, sprint reviews, and code reviews to uphold engineering excellence and operational reliability
Stay current on emerging technologies and patterns in data engineering, cloud architecture, and financial systems integration
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related experience in a technical field
7+ years of professional experience in data engineering, including leadership or senior-level design responsibilities
Experience building and scaling cloud-based data architectures in financial or fintech environments
Expert in Python and SQL for data transformation, pipeline orchestration, and automation
Deep knowledge of data warehousing (Snowflake, Redshift, or equivalent) and cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
Experience with modern orchestration and transformation tools (Airflow, dbt, Prefect)
Familiarity with APIs, event-driven pipelines (Kafka or Kinesis), and ETL frameworks
Strong grasp of version control (Git/GitHub), CI/CD, and Agile methodologies
Familiarity with financial datasets (ETFs, trading, market data) and API integrations (Bloomberg, custodians, fund admins)
Excellent communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical teams
Strategic mindset with the ability to balance long-term architecture vision and short-term delivery needs
Proven ability to mentor others, foster team learning, and build a culture of engineering excellence
Detail-oriented, proactive, and deeply committed to data reliability and quality
Preferred
Candidates who are located within close proximity to Chicago, Milwaukee, NYC, and West Palm Beach
Company
Tidal Financial Group
Tidal Financial Group (Tidal) is a leading ETF investment and technology platform facilitating the creation, operation and growth of ETFs.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$32MKey Investors
Insignia Capital GroupFTV Capital
2025-09-03Private Equity
2022-10-06Private Equity· $32M
2019-01-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Eric Falkeis
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Guillermo Trias
CEO & Co-Founder at Tidal Financial Group | ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds)
Recent News
2026-01-03
2025-12-03
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