Jobot
Data Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, USA · Junior · full-time
Sponsorship not specified$180k-$250kDetected 40 days ago
PythonJavaScalaReactDatabricksAWSKubernetesCI/CDKafkaSparkData EngineeringResearchCommunicationProblem Solving
About the role
- Job Details In this role, you will: Work within a growing Data Engineering division supporting the strategic role of data at the firm.
Responsibilities
- You will have full ownership of the architecture, pushing our data platform beyond current tech limits to support rapid business growth.
- Drive the ongoing design and expansion of our data platform across a wide variety of data sources, supporting an array of streaming, operational, and research workflows.
- Work closely with Trading, Quant, Technology, and Business Operations teams throughout the firm to identify how data is produced and consumed, helping to define and deliver high-impact projects.
- Produce clean, well-tested, and documented code with a clear design to support mission-critical applications.
- Build automated data validation test suites that ensure that data is processed and published in accordance with well-defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs) pertaining to data quality, data availability, and data correctness.
- Drive High-Impact Innovation: You will have full ownership of the architecture, pushing our data platform beyond current tech limits to support rapid business growth.
- Build and deploy batch and streaming pipelines to collect and transform our rapidly growing Big Data set within our hybrid cloud architecture utilizing Kubernetes/EKS, Kafka/MSK, and Databricks/Spark.
- Qualities that make great candidates: BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math, or equivalent technical field.5+ years of professional experience developing software applications.
- Experience building large-scale batch and streaming pipelines with strict SLA and data quality requirements.
- Demonstrated experience working on an Agile team employing software engineering best practices, such as GitOps and CI/CD, to deliver complex software projects.
Requirements
- Java/Scala experience required; Python experience is a significant plus.
- Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization.
Nice to have
- Java/Scala experience required
- Python experience is a significant plus.
- Highly motivated and willing to take ownership of high-impact projects upon arrival.
- Prior hands-on experience with data platforms and technologies such as Delta Lake, Spark, Kubernetes, Kafka, Click House, and/or Presto/Trino.
- Must possess excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated experience working with diverse data sets and frameworks across multiple domains-financial data experience is not required, but a strong plus.
- Recent hands-on experience with AWS Cloud development, deployment, and monitoring necessary.
- The ability to react quickly and accurately to rapidly changing market conditions, including the ability to quickly and accurately respond and/or solve math and coding problems, are essential functions of the role.
Skills
- Our technology organization values high-performance engineering, hybrid-cloud scalability, and rigorous data quality.
Compensation
- $180,000 - $250,000 per year A bit about us: We are a fast-growing, tech-driven firm operating in a fast-paced market environment where data is central to our competitive edge.
Company info
- We are a fast-growing, tech-driven firm operating in a fast-paced market environment where data is central to our competitive edge.
- We foster a collaborative, Agile culture where engineers enjoy deep technical ownership, mentor peers, and directly impact mission-critical operation Why join us?
- Mentor junior engineers in software and data engineering best practices.
- Challenge the status quo and help push our organization forward as we grow beyond the limits of our current tech stack.
- We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
- Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.
- It is Jobot's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.
- Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
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