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Fintal Partners

Software Engineer - Data Analytics

Fintal Partners, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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We are seeking a

Data Analytics Software Engineer

to design, build, and maintain data systems that drive real-time decision-making and quantitative research in a high-frequency trading environment. You’ll work closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and software engineers to transform massive, high-velocity data streams into actionable insights and robust analytical infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and optimize data pipelines for ingesting, cleaning, and transforming large volumes of real-time and historical trading data.

Design and maintain scalable data storage and retrieval systems to support quantitative research and live trading.

Build analytical frameworks and dashboards to monitor trading performance, latency, and execution quality.

Collaborate with quants and developers to implement data-driven models and backtesting environments.

Ensure data integrity, reliability, and low-latency access across systems.

Continuously improve tooling for performance monitoring, anomaly detection, and reporting.

Required Skills & Experience

Strong knowledge of

Python

fundamentals; ability to write both object-oriented and functional style code.

Hands‑on experience with the

JupyterHub/JupyterLab

environment; experience supporting multiple users preferred.

Experience with major Python analysis libraries such as

pandas ,

polars ,

numpy ,

scipy ,

scikit‑learn ; high‑performance optimization on large data analytics is highly desirable.

Experience with distributed analysis or query engines like

Spark ,

Trino ,

Dremio , and

Dask .

Experience working with data‑lake technologies such as

Databricks ,

Snowflake ,

Iceberg , and

Parquet .

Experience using LLM tools for productivity, including analysis and code generation.

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience in HFT, prop trading, or quantitative finance.

Familiarity with Linux systems and containerization tools (Docker/Kubernetes).

Exposure to machine learning techniques for market data analysis.

Compensation Base pay range: $400,000.00/yr - $500,000.00/yr.

Location Chicago, IL.

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