Data Engineer

New York

Permanent

$200,000 - $500,000 USD a year

Financial Technology

PR/571250_1787685086

We are partnering with a leading quantitative trading and investment firm seeking a Data Engineer to join a front-office team focused on building and maintaining the datasets that power systematic trading, quantitative research, and investment decision-making.

This individual will work directly with traders, researchers, and quantitative developers to onboard new datasets, improve data quality, and develop scalable data infrastructure supporting derivatives and other electronic trading strategies. The role offers significant exposure to market data, investment research workflows, and high-impact trading systems.

Key Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and enhance core trading and market data platforms.
Design and develop scalable data ingestion pipelines for internal and third-party datasets.
Onboard, normalize, enrich, and curate complex financial datasets.
Partner closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and developers to support research and production trading workflows.
Develop data quality, validation, monitoring, and reconciliation frameworks to ensure dataset integrity and accuracy.
Support the creation and maintenance of historical and point-in-time datasets used in quantitative research and strategy development.
Improve accessibility and usability of datasets through APIs, tooling, and metadata management.
Contribute to initiatives involving machine learning, dataset annotation, and AI-driven research workflows.

Required Qualifications

3+ years of experience building and supporting production data pipelines.
Strong Python development skills and experience working within the broader Python data ecosystem.
Experience designing ingestion workflows for large-scale financial or market data environments.
Strong understanding of data quality controls, observability, monitoring, and validation processes.
Experience supporting quantitative research, systematic trading, or investment teams.
Familiarity with historical, point-in-time, and time-series datasets.

Highly Desired Experience

Direct experience working with options, futures, or other derivatives datasets.
Strong understanding of derivatives market structure and associated data models.
Experience with options chains, futures data, volatility surfaces, Greeks, pricing, or related analytics.
Experience working with tick data, order book data, market microstructure, or high-volume trading datasets.
Knowledge of financial data vendors, exchange feeds, and market data onboarding.
Experience supporting trading desks, quantitative researchers, or systematic investment strategies.

FAQs

I have applied for a role, what happens next?

Congratulations, we understand that taking the time to apply is a big step. When you apply, your details go directly to the consultant who is sourcing talent. Due to demand, we may not get back to all applicants that have applied. However, we always keep your resume and details on file so when we see similar roles or see skillsets that drive growth in organizations, we will always reach out to discuss opportunities.

This role doesn’t 100% suit my next professional move, can you help?

Yes. Even if this role isn’t a perfect match, applying allows us to understand your expertise and ambitions, ensuring you're on our radar for the right opportunity when it arises.

We also work in several ways, firstly we advertise our roles available on our site, however, often due to confidentiality we may not post all. We also work with clients who are more focused on skills and understanding what is required to future-proof their business.

That's why we recommend registering your resume so you can be considered for roles that have yet to be created.

Can you help with resume preparation, interviews, and offer negotiation?

Yes, we help with resume and interview preparation. From customized support on how to optimize your resume to interview preparation and compensation negotiations, we advocate for you throughout your next career move.