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Senior Data Engineer

SIGPosted Jul 6, 2026
Philadelphia (USA)
Prop TradingDataMid-Senior

About this role

Overview

We are hiring a Data Engineer to join our Data Technologies team. This team partners with middle-and back-office application teams to design, build, and support next-generation data platforms and pipelines that ingest, process, and transform large-scale data into business-ready datasets. We are looking for an experienced data engineer who is passionate about modern data architectures, distributed data processing, and scalable analytics platforms.

In this role, you will:

  • Design, develop, and support scalable data pipelines and data products for middle- and back-office systems
  • Architect and implement modern data platform solutions
  • Build and optimize large-scale batch and streaming data processing workflows
  • Collaborate with application teams to model, transform, and deliver data solutions that meet business requirements
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data processing environments to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or large-scale distributed data processing
  • Strong experience with modern data engineering technologies such as Spark, Databricks, Trino, Iceberg, Snowflake, Parquet, Apache Arrow, Polars, and/or Kafka
  • Strong Python development skills required
  • Experience designing and optimizing high-volume data pipelines and data processing frameworks
  • Experience with query optimization and performance tuning in large-scale analytical environments
  • Experience with on-premises data platforms preferred
  • Industry experience within capital markets or financial services is required
  • Domain knowledge particularly Operations and/or Compliance, is highly preferred
  • Ability and flexibility to provide occasional off-hours/weekend support

 

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