Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. This wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated efforts of our technology teams who utilize and perfect our innovative technology solutions. 

Our Intel focus is to deliver high-quality technology solutions to our core and affiliated groups. We strive to understand and support end-user needs, leverage data to gauge effectiveness, and advance our trading infrastructure by stabilizing all departments. The Business Intelligence team strives to ensure that

properly curated data is in the hands of the people who need it. They deliver the data and tools Belvedere

needs to perform complex analytics and make data driven decisions. We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success. 

Belvedere is looking for someone passionate about monitoring, maintaining, and providing operational support of our entire database platform. You will improve the performance and efficiency of our data storage and access systems that deliver the high-quality and reliable data that our business depends on. You will be instrumental in maintaining the high availability, stability, integrity, and top performance of our data systems. You will be challenged to pick up industry knowledge and technical skills to expand your capabilities.

As part of the Data Team at Belvedere, you must be ready to dig deeply into complex problems, adapt to changes in technologies and business requirements, and voice your perspective on improving the team experience and outcomes. 

What you'll do

• Operate and maintain continuous operation of on-prem and cloud databases (SQL Server, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud SQL) 
• Minimize downtime and quickly respond to incidents affecting performance and usability of data systems 
• Address performance issues by identifying and implementing solutions, which may involve hardware upgrades, server configuration adjustments, or optimizing queries and indexes. 
• Support developers with efficient query and data modeling for traditional SQL, SQL Warehouse, and NoSQL use cases
• Design monitoring, dashboards, and operational health and maintenance plans for our Databases 
• Support and diagnose issues with data pipelines, ETL jobs, replication, and other critical systems dependent on databases. 
• Debug code in applications, notebooks, and batch jobs to identify and improve query performance and behavior. 
• Develop a working mastery of our data sources through efficient querying and self-learning. 

• Proficiency with SQL with understanding of the difference in syntax and performance between different database technologies.
• Experience operating and supporting database infrastructure
• Experience in installation and configuration of new SQL Servers as required. 
• Familiarity with DB change control processes and tools 
• Demonstrated knowledge of availability technologies such as clustering, mirroring, replication. 
• Exposure to working in modern cloud data warehouses and tools.
• Comfort using or learning to use development languages and tools, esp. Python. 
• Attention to detail and curiosity to understand data. 
• Unrelenting desire to get to the bottom of the problem and get it right.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Passionate about supporting data consumers and development teams during working hours.
• 2 years of experience preferred.

Women and underrepresented groups frequently apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications.

We encourage you to break that mold and apply. No candidate is perfect; all have a lot to offer. We welcome your application.

Core Values

The secret to our award-winning culture is our Core Values: Team Belvedere, Me In Team, Own It, Iterative Innovation, and Passionate Discourse. We live and breathe these values every day.

Our Stance

Belvedere is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a non-discriminatory employment environment for its employees. Discrimination against employees and applicants due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, military, and veteran status is prohibited. Belvedere encourages initiatives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. Belvedere is committed to providing a positive environment in which team members are treated with respect, dignity, and courtesy. Our firm believes in a dynamic culture of inclusion and diversity, where people thrive on individual and organizational characteristics, values, experiences, and backgrounds.

Please note that Belvedere Trading does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of Team Belvedere. No phone calls, please.

Any questions regarding the virtual recruiting process, please reach out to recruiting@belvederetrading.com.

Work Schedule: Regular and reliable attendance during standard business hours

Amount of Travel Required: None

Sponsorship: Not available for this position