What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Data Architect position at Radley James?
A quant hedge fund is seeking a Senior Data Architect to lead the design of their next-generation research and simulation data ecosystem. You will architect the unified data platform that powers systematic research, backtesting, and alpha generation across global asset classes. It is a high-impact role in which you own the end-to-end design of data models and while working closely with quants and simulation engineers and define the best practices.
What They’re Looking For
- 7 years of experience in data architecture or large-scale data engineering
- Proven success designing scalable storage systems (columnar DBs, time-series stores, data lakes, object storage).
- Strong Python skills and experience with Parquet, Arrow, Spark, SQL/NoSQL, and distributed file systems.
- Expertise in time-series financial data modeling across multiple vendors and asset classes.
- Experience building data interfaces or APIs for researchers or quantitative analysts.
- Bonus: experience with cloud architectures (AWS/GCP/Azure) and modern data governance.