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Senior Quantitative Data Engineer

AI summary of the role

Senior Data Engineer at Schonfeld, a multi-strategy hedge fund, to architect and operate next-generation data platforms powering research, systematic trading, AI, and risk analytics.

What you’ll do

  • Architect and operate the platform with 24x7 reliability, IaC-driven deployments, and tight cost controls
  • Build and evolve batch and streaming pipelines that ingest billions of market-data events each day
  • Architect high-performance, cost-efficient Lakehouse tables
  • Expose curated datasets via robust, versioned APIs consumed by quants and AI agents

What you’ll bring

  • 7+ years building production data platforms with Python and SQL
  • Deep expertise in big-data architecture: partitioning, sharding, columnar formats
  • Hands-on with SingleStore/MemSQL, Spark/Flink/EMR and event buses (Kafka/Kinesis)
  • Proven AWS skills plus Terraform / CloudFormation infrastructure-as-code mastery

Technologies

Python · SQL · SingleStore · MemSQL · Spark · Flink · EMR · Kafka · Kinesis · AWS · Terraform · CloudFormation

About Schonfeld Strategic Advisors

Multi-strategy hedge fund managing $19B+ for institutions globally across quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading, and discretionary macro strategies.

Private Late · 1000–2000 people

Source and classification

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The Role As the driving force behind Schonfeld’s next-generation data platforms, you will architect, operate, and continually refine underlying platform that empowers research, systematic trading, AI and risk analytics. On top of this robust foundation, you’ll build and run high-throughput pipelines spanning ultra-low-latency market-data streams to cost-efficient end-of-day workflows. Partner closely with quants, data scientists, and fellow engineers to achieve sub-minute SLAs, shape firm-wide architecture, and mentor peers. We believe diverse backgrounds and voices spark better ideas and more resilient systems, so you’ll join an inclusive culture where every perspective counts. What you’ll do Architect and operate the platform – 24x7 reliability, IaC-driven deployments, tight cost controls Build and evolve batch and streaming pipelines that ingest billions of market-data events
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The Role As the driving force behind Schonfeld’s next-generation data platforms, you will architect, operate, and continually refine underlying platform that empowers research, systematic trading, AI and risk analytics. On top of this robust foundation, you’ll build and run high-throughput pipelines spanning ultra-low-latency market-data streams to cost-efficient end-of-day workflows. Partner closely with quants, data scientists, and fellow engineers to achieve sub-minute SLAs, shape firm-wide architecture, and mentor peers. We believe diverse backgrounds and voices spark better ideas and more resilient systems, so you’ll join an inclusive culture where every perspective counts. What you’ll do Architect and operate the platform – 24x7 reliability, IaC-driven deployments, tight cost controls Build and evolve batch and streaming pipelines that ingest billions of market-data events each day Architect high-performance, cost-efficient Lakehouse tables Expose curated datasets via robust, versioned APIs consumed by quants and AI agents Optimize workflows to meet aggressive SLAs, embedding observability and automated data quality checks end-to-end Champion Infrastructure-as-Code with Git-driven CI/CD for every data asset Mentor junior engineers and enforce best-in-class coding standards Continuously refine processes to keep our data ecosystem resilient and lightning-fast Wha [... source excerpt omitted ...] n such as a performance bonus and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as skills, qualifications, and experience. #LI-TJ1

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