Data Engineer, Cumberland/FICCO
About the Team
The DRW Cumberland & FICC Options Data Engineering team is essential to developing valuable datasets and scalable data infrastructure critical to our trading operations. We work closely with traders, researchers, and other engineering teams to ensure seamless data flow and accessibility, supporting data-driven decision-making. Our systems are designed to handle large volumes of data, maintain quality and integrity, and provide robust APIs for fast, ergonomic data retrieval.
About the Role
- Build, maintain, and manage core trading datasets
- Implement data quality and control processes
- Incorporate new data from both internally derived and vendor systems
- Collaborate with research teams to apply novel ideas to historic data sets
- Create AI sympathetic annotations to new and existing data sets
Qualifications
- 3+ years of demonstrated experience designing and implementing ingestion pipelines
- Foundational understanding of the Python data science ecosystem
- Strong understanding of option and future products and their respective data requirements
- Strong understanding of financial point-in-time and time-series data and analysis
- An understanding of the financial data vendor landscape and product offerings
- Proven expertise in developing data quality control processes to detect gaps or inaccuracies
- Experience with monitoring, observability, and alerting systems for data pipelines
- Proven ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment and handle trading environment demands
Pay
The annual base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
Benefits
DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.