Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer – Financial Markets

She Recruits is partnering with a leading financial technology organization seeking a Senior Data Engineer to help build and optimize the data platforms that power investment decisions for financial institutions around the world.

This is an opportunity to work on large-scale financial data platforms while partnering with engineers, product leaders, and financial experts to develop innovative solutions for acquiring, processing, validating, and delivering mission-critical market data.

If you're passionate about Python, data engineering, ETL pipelines, automation, financial markets, and solving complex technical challenges, we'd love to connect with you.

Why You'll Love This Opportunity

• Base salary $110,000–$190,000+
• Annual performance bonus
• Sign-on bonus
• Relocation assistance
• Work with cutting-edge financial data technologies
• Highly collaborative engineering environment
• Opportunity to influence enterprise-scale data platforms
• Excellent career growth and advancement opportunities

Position Highlights

• Design and build scalable financial data platforms
• Develop high-volume ETL pipelines
• Engineer solutions for structured and unstructured financial data
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Data Architecture teams
• Improve automation, monitoring, and data quality
• Contribute to next-generation financial data products used by institutional investors

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize scalable ETL pipelines using Python
• Build automated workflows for ingesting, validating, transforming, and distributing financial market data
• Design data models supporting analytics and reporting
• Improve monitoring, alerting, and data quality processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise data solutions
• Support structured and unstructured data processing
• Identify opportunities to improve automation using Machine Learning and AI
• Drive continuous improvements across financial data operations
• Ensure best practices for data governance, security, and performance

Qualifications

Required

• 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following: Financial Services, FinTech, Financial Market Data, Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Data Management, Data Quality
• Strong Python programming experience in production environments
• Experience building and supporting high-volume ETL pipelines
• Strong SQL skills
• Experience with data modeling and data governance
• Experience processing structured and unstructured data, including: JSON, CSV, HTML, PDF, XBRL
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, or another STEM discipline
• Experience with financial market data or investment data platforms
• Machine Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Database architecture
• Capital markets technology
• Financial exchanges or market data vendors
• CFA designation or progress toward CFA certification

Ideal Background

Successful candidates often come from organizations specializing in:

• Financial Services
• Investment Banking
• Capital Markets
• FinTech
• Market Data Platforms
• Enterprise Data Engineering

Ideal previous titles include:

• Senior Data Engineer
• Data Engineer
• Market Data Engineer
• Financial Data Engineer
• Data Architect
• ETL Developer
• Data Platform Engineer
• Financial Technology Engineer
• Python Developer
• Quantitative Data Engineer

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary: $110,000–$190,000+
• Annual performance bonus
• Sign-on bonus
• Relocation assistance
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Career development and advancement opportunities
• Exposure to cutting-edge financial technology and enterprise data platforms

About Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton offers the perfect blend of innovation, history, and quality of life. Known for its world-renowned academic community and thriving technology and financial sectors, the area provides easy access to both New York City and Philadelphia while offering excellent schools, vibrant neighborhoods, cultural attractions, and an exceptional quality of life.

About She Recruits

She Recruits specializes in connecting exceptional technology professionals with industry-leading organizations across the country. We partner with employers committed to innovation, career growth, and building high-performing teams while helping professionals find opportunities where they can make a lasting impact.

Ready to Learn More?

If you're a Senior Data Engineer with strong Python development skills and experience building enterprise data platforms in Financial Services or FinTech, we'd love to connect.

Apply today to learn more about this exciting opportunity in Princeton, New Jersey.