IEX is seeking a skilled Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain data solutions that support their options exchange, ensuring high-volume market data is efficiently ingested, transformed, and made available for downstream systems.
Requirements
- Proficiency with KDB+/Q is required.
- Strong knowledge of Linux environments (must have).
- Python is preferred for scripting and automation.
- Familiarity with Java and C++ is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain databases to ingest and manage data for the options exchange.
- Develop and optimize ETL processes (extract, transform, load), with a focus on data cleaning and reliability.
- Work closely with stakeholders to integrate and process diverse datasets related to market data.
- Ensure system performance, scalability, and reliability in a Linux-based environment.
- Collaborate with engineering and trading teams to deliver high-quality data solutions.
- Contribute to ongoing improvements in data architecture and pipeline efficiency.
Other
- Strong experience in data engineering with exposure to financial services and market data.
- Hands-on experience with ETL processes and data pipeline development.
- Options market experience is a nice to have, but not required.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and comfortable working both independently and collaboratively.
- The starting annual base pay is between $175,000 and $225,000 for this NY-based position.
