Senior Software Engineer — Data Platform
Nasdaq•Atlanta, GA
•Hybrid
About The Position
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Data Platform team. In this role, you'll help build the systems that turn complex, multi-modal content into trusted, governed data that powers decisions and AI experiences across Nasdaq. You'll fit right in if you're a hands-on engineer who loves designing scalable workflows, working across teams, and seeing your code make an impact in production.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of experience in software or data engineering, with a track record of building and operating production data pipelines.
- Strong skills in Python and SQL, with comfort using Bash and Linux tooling.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks and AWS services like S3, EC2, ECS, or EKS
- Familiarity with at least one distributed compute framework (Spark, Databricks), workflow orchestration, or event streaming technology (Kafka).
Nice To Haves
- Experience building multi-agent workflows with AI tools, including routing, evaluation, and guardrails.
- Familiarity with LLM-powered enrichment, embeddings, vector stores, and quality evaluation techniques.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement data connectors that acquire content from diverse sources, with robust authentication, error handling, and monitoring.
- Build smart extraction workflows that parse documents, segment content for search and matching, and enrich data with measurable quality metrics.
- Create and evaluate entity-resolution pipelines that match records accurately and provide transparent explanations for data stewards.
- Develop data transformation and mapping tools that help teams apply changes safely, with version control and impact analysis.
- Assemble high-quality golden records with full lineage, history tracking, and automated quality checks.
Benefits
- 401(k) program with 6% employer match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount
- Student loan repayment program up to $10k
- Company paid life and disability plans
- Generous paid time off
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
- Health spending account with employer contribution
- Paid flex days to support mental wellbeing
- Gym membership discounts
- Paid parental leave
- Fertility benefits
- Paid bereavement leave
- Company gift matching program
- Employee resource groups
- Paid volunteer days
- Education Assistance Program
- Robust job skills training and Professional development opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
