Data Engineer - job 1 of 2

Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. This wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated efforts of our technology teams who utilize and perfect our innovative technology solutions. 

Our Intel focus is to deliver high-quality technology solutions to our core and affiliated groups. We strive to understand and support end-user needs, leverage data to gauge effectiveness, and advance our trading infrastructure by stabilizing all departments. The Business Intelligence team strives to ensure that

properly curated data is in the hands of the people who need it. They deliver the data and tools Belvedere

needs to perform complex analytics and make data driven decisions. We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success. 

Belvedere Trading is looking for a proven Data Engineer that is passionate about data integrity and can help take our analytical capabilities to the next level. This role will be instrumental in ensuring the availability, breadth, and reliability of data that uses to continuously make better technical and trading decisions. This position will have the opportunity to actively take part in key decisions as we continue to advance our analytical capabilities. 

Our Data Engineers are responsible for data services including ETL pipeline implementation, data warehouse architecture, data quality automation, and integration. 

You will help solve some of the hardest problems in a team environment and incrementally adapt to changes in technologies, and business requirements. You will work on our platform to help ensure that our data quality is flawless. You will get the chance to work with a passionate team of engineers to solve challenging problems and ensure that we can deliver the best data to our traders that drive business insight.  

What you'll do

• Design, build, maintain, and enhance analytical data models/structures in support of Belvedere’s analytical needs 
• Establish and ensure reliable flow and integration of data from internally and externally sourced data 
• Ensure reliable availability, integrity, and quality of data through automation 
• Partner with multiple stakeholders to deliver end-to-end analytics solutions 
• Collaborate with multiple cross-functional engineering teams to identify and address data gaps or inconsistencies 
• Setup analytical infrastructure to facilitate visualization of datasets 
• Determine reporting needs and integrate with business intelligence visualization tools 
• Research, evaluate, and recommend technical solutions for data collection, processing, and reporting 
• Create custom tooling, as necessary, to simplify the efforts of both the Business Intelligence team and end-users 

What you'll need

• Experience designing and developing big data warehouses and ETL pipelines 
• Proven knowledge of SQL and Python 
• Solid understanding and background building data structures and leveraging data stores optimized for analytical purposes 
• Proficiency and relevant experience with ETL and stream processing toolsets 
• Demonstrated ability to navigate and integrate data across multiple data platforms including RDBMS, NoSQL, and Time Series 
• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills 
• Experience in Financial Services or Proprietary trading preferred 
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field 

Women and underrepresented groups frequently apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications.

We encourage you to break that mold and apply. No candidate is perfect; all have a lot to offer. We welcome your application.

Core Values

The secret to our award-winning culture is our Core Values: Team Belvedere, Me In Team, Own It, Iterative Innovation, and Passionate Discourse. We live and breathe these values every day.

Our Stance

Belvedere is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a non-discriminatory employment environment for its employees. Discrimination against employees and applicants due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, military, and veteran status is prohibited. Belvedere encourages initiatives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. Belvedere is committed to providing a positive environment in which team members are treated with respect, dignity, and courtesy. Our firm believes in a dynamic culture of inclusion and diversity, where people thrive on individual and organizational characteristics, values, experiences, and backgrounds.

Please note that Belvedere Trading does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of Team Belvedere. No phone calls, please.

Any questions regarding the virtual recruiting process, please reach out to recruiting@belvederetrading.com.

Work Schedule: Regular and reliable attendance during standard business hours

Amount of Travel Required: None

Sponsorship: Not available for this position