Data Engineer

Voloridge Investment Management is an award winning, rapidly growing quantitative investment management firm based in Jupiter, FL. Our quantitative systems are fundamentally dependent on quality data. The Data Engineer must understand the many different and evolving use cases for data at Voloridge and design systems that supply a variety of data sets for advanced analytics.

Summary of Job Functions

• Collaborate effectively with Stakeholders, Project Managers, Software Engineers, Data Architects, Data Analysts, QA Analysts, DBAs and other Data Engineers
• Build and maintain data pipelines based on functional and architectural specifications
• Ensure that data pipelines incorporate best practices related to high performance, fault tolerance, instrumentation, logging and data driven functionality
• Ensure that data pipelines are scalable, maintainable, extensible, and not overly engineered
• Produce and maintain engineering and operational documentation
• Analyze complex data problems and engineer elegant solutions
• Develop and maintain knowledge expertise in current technology stack
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, make relevant recommendations, and participate in technology modernization projects
• Work in an Agile SDLC environment
• Participate in engineering standards and best-practices evolution
• Participate in an 24x7 on-call rotation
• Assist Data Analysts in troubleshoot data issues
• Be able to work daily onsite in our Jupiter, FL office

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building ETL/ELT data pipelines using SQL Server 2017 Enterprise Edition, or newer
• Solid understanding of transactional and dimensional data modeling including normalization, denormalization, star and snowflake schemas
• Strong TSQL performance tuning skills
• Experience writing one-time historical and incremental ETL/ELT data pipelines
• Experience writing ETL/ELT which leverages data change detection technologies, such as SQL Server Change Tracking and/or Change Data Capture
• Solid understanding of traditional Agile SDLC best practices, ceremonies, and tools
• Solid understanding of source control concepts (such as branching, feature branches, pull requests) and tools (such as GitHub, BitBucket, Azure DevOps)
• Experience writing PowerShell
• Experience building data pipelines using third-party external data sources
• Experience working on a team of more than 3 data engineers
• Experience being responsible for the mission critical data solutions
• Strong initiative, collaboration, accountability, impartiality and communication
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, related discipline or equivalent experience

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience writing Python
• Experience using Python libraries such as Polars, Pandas, Numpy, CSV, TraceBack, JSON, PyODBC, TurbODBC, Math
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or other cloud data features
• Experience developing automated regression, code quality, and best practices tests
• Experience working with DevOps functionality such as CI / CD
• Experience working with trading / financial / investment / accounting data
• Experience using productivity tools such as Red Gate and SentryOne
• Experience with open-source database engines such as Clickhouse, ArcticDB, Cassandra and PostGreSQL
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline

 Compensation and Benefits

• Relocation assistance available for the right candidate
• Highly competitive base salary
• Profit sharing bonus
• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401K

 Additional Information

Voloridge Investment Management is an SEC registered investment advisor. A private investment company founded in 2009, our mission is to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns for qualified investors, using advanced proprietary modeling technology, conservative investment tactics and sophisticated risk management.

Voloridge Investment Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.