BBR Partners
Director, Data Engineering
New York, NY · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 25 days ago
PythonGitSQLSnowflakeAzureTerraformCI/CDLinuxMachine LearningAirflowdbtData EngineeringData VisualizationLLMsAgentic AICRMAccountingResearchLeadership
About the role
- The firm has already invested in a modern data stack (Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Fivetran).
Responsibilities
- BBR Partners is a boutique wealth management firm providing customized investment strategies and bespoke advice to high-net-worth individuals and families.
- Enable descriptive and predictive analytical capabilities for Investment, Advisory, and Operations teams by building the data layer those capabilities require
- Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions for analytical tooling, BI platforms, and data delivery mechanisms with a bias toward outcomes over custom engineering
- Execute on the modeling, design, and delivery of canonical, analytics-ready datasets in Snowflake
- Develop and implement patterns for exposing curated data via APIs, AI agent tooling, and modern BI platforms for investment and portfolio analytics
- Manage and mentor a team of 3-4 data engineers / senior DBA, including hiring for open roles.
- Design and Architect Airflow DAGs for orchestration, ensuring environment parity across prod & non-prod environments and production
- Partner directly with portfolio analysts, advisors, and operations leaders to understand analytical needs and translate them into data products
- Drive the ongoing migration from legacy data stores to Snowflake using incremental, demand-driven approaches
Requirements
- 7+ years of data engineering experience, with at least 2 years managing engineers
- Deep, hands-on experience with Snowflake and dbt in a production environment
- Strong proficiency with Airflow (or comparable orchestration) for pipeline scheduling and dependency management
- Production Python experience for data automation, pipeline tooling, and scripting
- At least 3 years working with financial services data: securities identifiers (CUSIP, ISIN, SEDOL), portfolio/position structures, fund accounting concepts, or market data
- Experience designing data access patterns beyond traditional SQL query: APIs, data services, semantic layers, or programmatic interfaces for downstream applications
- Comfort with Linux, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code concepts
- Track record of delivering data products that directly enabled analytical or business outcomes, not just maintaining pipelines or infrastructure
- Demonstrated experience building and maintaining a layered data architecture (bronze/silver/gold or equivalent)
- Strong SQL skills, including performance optimization and complex analytical queries
Nice to have
- Experience embedded within or supporting investment teams at a hedge fund, asset manager, or wealth management firm (e.g., strats, quantitative analytics, research data engineering)
- Experience evaluating and implementing BI platforms (Sigma, Tableau, Power BI) for investment or portfolio analytics use cases
- Familiarity with CRM data (Dynamics 365), portfolio management systems (APX, Geneva), or performance reporting platforms
- Experience with Azure cloud services (Container Apps, APIM, Entra ID)
- Experience with Terraform or similar IaC for Snowflake resource management
- Personalized development and career opportunities.
Compensation
- Base salary for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple reasons, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors.
- The expected base salary for the role will generally be between $175,000 and $225,000 per year at the commencement of employment, but the final salary offered may be outside this range based on these reasons and individual circumstances.
- Additionally, base salary is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include discretionary bonuses, alternative incentive packages and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
- Competitive base salary and incentive compensation.
Benefits
- Opportunity to collaborate with accomplished colleagues in an entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment.
- Company subsidized health, dental and vision insurance for employee, partner, and dependents.
- 401K plan, Life insurance, and short & long-term disability coverage.
- One Medical membership (covered for employee and dependents), Employee assistance program (EAP), Gym reimbursement and other wellness offerings.
- Pre-tax transit and parking programs, Health Savings Account (HSA) and flexible spending programs for medical and dependent care.
- Flexible time off, paid parental leave, and opportunity for Sabbatical with company tenure.
- New office space with a variety of perks and amenities including catered lunches and stocked pantry.
- We value and seek diversity of thought and equity of representation.
Company info
- The firm was founded in early 2000 and for over 25 years has nurtured our culture with talented people from diverse backgrounds who care about each other, our clients, and our collective communities.
- In our quest for continuous improvement, we strive to develop not only world class talent, but world class humans!
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