Jobs · Information Technology · Illinois

Sr. Data Engineer (UP)

OP Recruiting · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
Information Technology$200k–$250k/yrFull-time

Responsibilities

  • Arcitect, construct, and maintain scalable data pipelines and centralized platform architecture supporting enterprise-wide analytics and quantitative trading workflows.
  • Evaluate, ingest, and operationalize external vendor data feeds in close collaboration with domain experts and quantitative analysts.
  • Implement robust data governance frameworks, including access control, lineage, schema management, usage tracking, and automated quality metrics.
  • Oversee operational stability of ingestion pipelines, managing schema updates, data backfills, dead-letter queue resolution, and rotating on-call support.
  • Build automated monitoring and validation tools to preemptively detect and resolve data anomalies across batch and streaming pipelines.
  • Drive continuous improvement of internal tooling and self-service capabilities to accelerate data discovery and integration for end users.

Requirements

  • (Must-Have) 7+ years of dedicated experience building enterprise-grade data platforms and pipeline infrastructure.
  • Expert-level mastery of SQL along with production-grade proficiency in either Python or Java.
  • Demonstrated expertise in modern data modeling paradigms and architecture trade-offs.
  • Hands-on experience orchestrating complex workflows using systems such as Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or Kubernetes/Argo Workflows.
  • Proven experience with modern storage systems and file formats (e.g., Delta Lake, Iceberg, Parquet, S3, ClickHouse, Cassandra, or relational databases).
  • Track record of executing non-trivial data platform migrations and managing operational recovery processes (batch reprocessing, backfills, queue monitoring).
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced trading/financial environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with distributed compute and streaming frameworks (e.g., Flink, Spark, Polars, Dask, Kafka).
  • Experience handling binary serialization standards such as Avro, Arrow, Protobuf/gRPC, or Thrift.
  • Background in financial markets, market data ingestion, or high-throughput analytics platforms.

Pay

Base Salary Range: $200,000 – $250,000 per year (commensurate with experience and skill set).

Schedule

Hybrid work arrangement available.

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