Senior Data Engineer - Prop Trading

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Base pay range

$175,000.00/yr - $225,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

Annual Bonus

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FinTech Headhunter | Prop Trading and Hedge Funds

Primary Duties

• Design and implement scalable infrastructure for large-scale data systems (e.g., Kafka, Hadoop, Dremio)
• Develop, deploy, and oversee data pipelines using technologies such as Java, Python, Spark, and Flink
• Partner with engineering teams to support data architecture, ingestion strategies, and system scalability
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and accessibility for internal stakeholders
• Serve as a subject matter expert in Big Data, offering guidance and support to both technical and non-technical teams

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum of 5 years in a robust data engineering environment
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with Kafka, including stream processing and cluster management
• 2+ years working with large-scale data storage solutions (e.g., S3, HDFS, Databricks, Iceberg)
• Proficiency with distributed data processing tools like Apache Spark or Flink
• Strong programming background in Java, Python, and SQL
• Familiarity with Python-based data science libraries and toolkits
• Experience deploying applications in containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, Alerta, and OpsGenie
• Solid foundation in statistical analysis and troubleshooting methodologies
• Comfortable with Unix-based scripting (e.g., Bash, Python)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering, Finance, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Capital Markets and Financial Services

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