Senior Data Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable ingestion pipelines for market, reference, tick, and alternative data from a diverse set of external vendors.
• Own the normalization, validation, storage, and lifecycle management of research datasets, ensuring data is accurate, consistent, and readily accessible for quantitative research and simulation.
• Develop and optimize Python- and SQL-based data processing workflows supporting multiple asset classes, including equities, options, futures, fixed income, ETFs, and FX.
• Possess strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively alongside researchers and engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• 5+ years of data engineering experience within a systematic trading, quantitative research, hedge fund, or financial technology environment.
• Python and SQL development experience in building large-scale data ingestion and ETL pipelines.
• Strong Linux experience, including scripting, automation, and operating production data processing systems.
• Deep knowledge of financial data across multiple asset classes, including equities, options, futures, fixed income, ETFs, FX, and alternative datasets.
• Experience working with market data, tick data, reference data, and vendor data feeds, including normalization, validation, and quality control.
• Familiarity with modern data storage formats and technologies such as Parquet, Arrow, object storage, and columnar databases.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively alongside researchers and engineering teams.

Skills

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively alongside researchers and engineering teams.

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus bonus based on individual and company performance.
• Collaborative, casual, and friendly work environment.
• PPO health, dental, and vision insurance premiums fully covered for you and your dependents.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Weekly company meals.

Pay

• The base salary range is $150,000-$200,000, depending on the candidate's educational and professional background.

Schedule

• This position is classified as overtime-exempt.

Company

• Trexquant is an Equal Opportunity Employer.