Data Engineer
Jump Trading2 months ago
Base Salary
$200k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build scalable, centralized, validated representations of vendor and proprietary datasets for internal consumers.
- Review vendor documentation and liaise with external vendors to understand and improve incoming data.
- Analyze data behavior and implement controls to identify and resolve issues during daily processing.
- Own and evolve the firm’s instrument and security master across asset classes.
- Design and maintain models for core reference, fundamental, market, index, and exchange datasets.
- Partner with quantitative researchers and traders to deliver data optimized for research and trading workflows.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship on data quality, testing, and system design.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of software engineering experience with strong Python proficiency.
- At least 5 years working on reference data or security master systems in an engineering capacity.
- Familiarity with identifiers, corporate actions, exchange and venue data, and calendar data used in security masters.
- Strong understanding of fundamental and market datasets, including index and exchange data.
- Understanding of data modeling in modern quantitative or proprietary trading firms.
- Strong unit-testing and test-driven coding practices.
- Experience with data storage formats, filesystems, and event queues is preferred.
- Hands-on experience working in a Linux environment.
- Experience in high-frequency trading or similar proprietary trading firms is a strong plus.
- Strong written and verbal communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with willingness to develop additional technical skills.
Benefits
- Private medical, vision, and dental insurance.
- Travel medical insurance.
- Group pension scheme, retirement plan with employer match, and group life assurance and income protection schemes.
- Paid parental leave, paid vacation, and paid holidays.
- Parking and commuter benefits.
- HSA, FSA, dependent care, voluntary life and AD&D insurance options.
- Wellness programs and discretionary bonus eligibility.
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a privately held quantitative and high-frequency trading firm that designs low-latency systems and models to trade global markets across asset classes, including equities, futures, options, and cryptocurrencies. It trades its own capital rather than selling software or services, and operates from Chicago with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia; the firm was founded in 1999. Affiliates include Jump Crypto for digital assets and the venture arm Jump Capital.