Schonfeld

Schonfeld

Quantitative Data Engineer

New York, New York, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2 days ago
PythonGitSQLPostgreSQLAWSTerraformCI/CDAPI DevelopmentKafkaOpenAPIMachine LearningSparkRAGAgentic AIEHR/EMRResearch

About the role

  • As the driving force behind Schonfeld's next-generation data platforms, you will architect, operate, and continually refine underlying platform that empowers research, systematic trading, AI and risk analytics.
  • We believe diverse backgrounds and voices spark better ideas and more resilient systems, so you'll join an inclusive culture where every perspective counts.

Responsibilities

  • Build and evolve batch and streaming pipelines that ingest billions of market-data events each day
  • Optimize workflows to meet aggressive SLAs, embedding observability and automated data quality checks end-to-end
  • 7+ years building production data platforms with Python and SQL

Nice to have

  • Hands-on with SingleStore/MemSQL, Spark/Flink/EMR and event buses (Kafka/Kinesis)
  • Proven AWS skills plus Terraform / CloudFormation infrastructure-as-code mastery
  • Experience delivering data services for AI/ML workloads and feature pipelines
  • Performance-tuning Postgres, SingleStore/MemSQL, or KDB for sub-second queries
  • Comfortable collaborating directly with traders, quants, and data scientists

Compensation

  • The base pay for this role is expected to be between $200,000 and $220,000.

Company info

  • Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors.
  • We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets.
  • We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.
  • At Schonfeld, we'll invest in you.
  • Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people.
  • We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals.
  • We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas-at all levels-to be shared.
  • As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact.
  • We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm's walls.
  • The base pay for this role is expected to be between $200,000 and $220,000.
  • The expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated.
  • This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance bonus and a competitive benefits package.
  • Actual compensation for the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as skills, qualifications, and experience.

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