Data Engineer, Proprietary Research

The Data Engineer on the Proprietary Research team will design and build solutions that enable investment professionals to extract insights from large, complex compliance approved structured and unstructured data sets. They will work closely with investment professionals, researchers, and data scientists to design, build, and launch robust end-to-end data pipelines and tools that help extract the most value out of Point72’s data assets. The role requires excellent attention to detail, organization, and project management skills, as well as the ability to collaborate and build relationships across multiple business units within the Firm.

• Develop and support big data processing pipelines including but not limited to ingestion, transformation, and end-customer delivery
• Build out cloud-based infrastructure using distributed techniques for other data engineers / data scientists / researchers
• Be at the forefront of new technology developments with respect to the handling and processing of big data and conduct proof of concepts evaluations of new technologies
• Build and support visualization and exploration capabilities around our big data sets
• Transforming large unstructured, data sets into valuable investment research inputs
• Learning and working with industry-leading cloud-computing technologies
• Speaking with experts both inside and outside the Firm to understand data needs and offerings
• Fast-paced work environments that at times require switching gears to address the needs of the business
• Working as part of a cross-functional team made up of investment, research, and compliance professionals

• Experience or demonstrated interest in big data technologies
• 1-2+ years of experience in Data Engineering or related field
• Strong experience in Python Development
• Experience with Spark or Scala
• Ability to devise novel and innovative solutions to challenges
• Knowledge of/experience with graph databases is a plus
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and project management skills
• Superb business intuition and a solution orientated, methodological approach to problem solving
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across multiple business units within the Firm
• Adherence to the highest ethical standards working closely with the Firm’s Compliance team