What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Engineer - Quantitative Trading position at Acquire Me?
Data Engineer - Quantitative Trading
Our client, a leading proprietary trading firm, are seeking a Data Engineer to build and maintain core data assets powering dashboards and analytics tools used across all levels of the trading organization, from junior traders to executives.
These products provide timely insights to support data-driven decision-making, so understanding essential business metrics is key.
What You’ll Do
- Ensure the quality, reliability, and overall health of data pipelines
- Partner with data scientists, traders, and quantitative researchers to understand requirements and use cases
- Detect and resolve source data quality issues that could impact downstream metrics
- Assist in transitioning data pipelines and analytics tools to enterprise-wide standards and improve processes for future adoption
- Collaborate with the broader data organization to enhance platform functionality
- Map business workflows to ETL jobs and own end-to-end data pipelines
- Continuously improve metrics dashboards and associated user interfaces
What We’re Looking For
- Proficiency in building and managing data-processing pipelines
- Strong skills in SQL and Python
- Hands-on experience with ETL tools (e.g., PySpark) and large-scale, complex data transformations
- Experience with lightweight UI or dashboarding frameworks (e.g., Dash) is a plus
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
Prior financial industry experience NOT required.
Apply now or reach out to seth@acquireme.io for more info
Salary : $200,000 - $300,000