Data Engineer Iex Group, Inc.
New York, NY

Job Description

If you're someone who is passionate about data, seeks out complex data problems, and wants to help build a new and exciting platform, you should consider joining our team as a Data Engineer. IEX is building a big data platform to tackle specialized data problems with high-performance cloud technology to help achieve our mission of creating fairer financial markets. We're currently looking for a strong Data Engineer who can develop creative and scalable solutions to marshal unstructured data. This person will have the opportunity to play a key role on a brand new venture and work directly with the traders at the world's largest hedge funds and asset managers.

If you're up for working in a fast-paced environment and with a small and highly-collaborative FinTech team changing Wall Street for the better - join us!

About you:

* Self-starter with the capability of executing on projects independently
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
* Collaborative team player
* Strong communication skills to distill clear ideas to traders and non-technical audiences

What you'll do:

* Work with complex financial data sets
* Design flexible applications to normalize unstructured data
* Validate data accuracy and map content to a proprietary database
* Work closely with our tech and analytics teams to solve new data problems
* Conduct self-directed research to enhance product capabilities and generate new content and ideas for traders

Your background:

* Programming and database experience
* Demonstrated ability to efficiently manipulate large data sets
* Experience as a data engineer
* Experience normalizing complex data sets at scale
* Nice to haves
* PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics
* Python, numpy, and pandas programming experience
* Understanding of financial products and equities