Job Title:
Data Engineer with Hedge Fund experience - Onsite in NYC

Company: Accolite

Location: New York City, NY

Created: 2024-04-24

Job Type: Full Time

Job Description:

Role: Data Engineer with Hedge Fund experienceLocation: NYCContract or fulltimeDo you have the following skills, experience and drive to succeed in this role Find out below.Responsibility● Deploy modern data management tools to curate our most important data sets, models and processes, while identifying areas for process automation and further efficiencies● Evaluate, select and acquire new internal & external data sets that contribute to business decision-making.● Engineer streaming data processing pipelines.● Drive adoption of Cloud technology for data processing and warehousing (AWS ,Azure).● Engage with data consumers and producers in order to design appropriate models to suit all needs.Skills and Experience we are looking for● 8 - 11 years (expert) / 11+ years (advanced) of relevant work experience in a team-focused environment● A bachelor's degree (Masters preferred) in a computational field (Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or in a related quantitative discipline)● Working knowledge of more than one programming language (Python, Java, C , C#, etc.)● Deep understanding of multi multi-dimensionality of data, data curation and data quality, such as traceability, security, performance latency and correctness across supply and demand processes● In-depth knowledge of relational and columnar SQL databases, including database design● General knowledge of business processes, data flows and the quantitative models that generate or consume data● Excellent communications skills and the ability to work with subject matter expert to extract critical business concepts● Independent thinker, willing to engage, challenge or learn● Ability to stay commercially focused and push for quantifiable commercial impact● Strong work ethic, a sense of ownership and urgency● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills● Ability to collaborate effectively across global teams and communicate complex ideas in a simple manner● Strong understanding of data structure and algorithms● Functional knowledge of buy-side business is good to have● Working with data pipes from Bloomberg, Reuters, Fact set etc. is good to have.Preferred Qualifications● Hadoop, HBase, spark, Apache Arrow, data streaming● Custom Data Catalog, Airflow, Grafana, Iceberg, Fast API, Python● Scraping large-scale public datasets in real time● Building and maintaining large-scale high performance computing applications