Data Engineer
NinjaTrader is an investor-backed, growth-stage FinTech company with an award-winning platform and over 1 million users. We are building products and services which empower active traders to easily analyze and react to data from the world's leading financial markets. Located in Chicago, our unique employee-centric company culture is one that our team finds inviting, comfortable and fun. Please visit www.ninjatrader.com to learn more about our business.
About You:
Your data-driven mindset and ability to use large data sets enables NinjaTrader to serve customers better, identify new opportunities, and improve processes. As an accomplished data engineer reporting to the Data & Analytics Director, this is a terrific opportunity to join a fast-growing, revolutionary company and be part of our growing Data & Analytics team.
As a Data Engineer, your primary responsibility is to remain a step ahead of your fellow team members. You will support them by providing the tools and infrastructure needed to deliver deployable solutions to business problems. This is more than just building and maintaining data warehouse and ETL pipelines; this is about using your creativity and unique skillset to drive best-in-class analytic solutions. This job is remote-friendly.
In this role, you will:
- Design, develop, and maintain data architecture and pipelines
- Develop and deliver scalable unit-tested data assets and products that empower analysts and drive business workflows
- Evaluate and continuously improve existing data products and solutions
- Work with engineers and product managers to analyze edge cases and plan for architectural scalability
- Manage the deployment of multiple data solutions such as business dashboards and machine learning models
- Be a staunch advocate for best-in-class data development and design
- Participate in design and code reviews with meaningful comments
- Participate in the team's Agile process
- Be a collaborative, helpful, and curious team member
Key Position Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- 3 Years of experience with ETL, SQL, PowerBI, Tableau, or similar technologies
- Understanding of data warehousing technologies and event-driven architectures
- Experience working in a fast-paced Agile development environment
- Ability to work autonomously while interacting with multiple business teams and stakeholders
- Experience delivering solutions on Cloud Datawarehouse platforms like Bigdata, RedShift, or Snowflake
- Hands-on experience with Python/R
Bonus Points For:
- Experience with Java or other backend technologies is a plus
- Experience in fintech is a plus
- Passion for futures, derivatives and trading technologies is a strong plus
Our Core Benefits Include:
- 15 days PTO per year
- 7 paid holidays annually
- 401k with Company Match
- Health, Vision, Dental Coverage
- Life and Disability Insurance covered 100% by NinjaTrader
- And more!
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
