Commodities Data Engineer & Research Associate

Bridgewater Associates, LP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgewater Associates in New York City is seeking a Research Associate, Commodities Data Engineer to own end-to-end data pipelines, vendor data quality, and the research dataset lifecycle that informs trading decisions. You will build scalable data infrastructure, transform market data into derived indicators, and partner with investors to ensure data is production-ready across the Asia Commodities desk.

This role offers close exposure to senior PMs, with opportunities to shape how data drives

Qualifications

• Experience in data engineering, data science, or analytics within commodities markets.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL; production-quality code.
• Familiarity with modern data platforms such as Snowflake or cloud data warehouses.
• Solid foundation in statistics, especially time-series and cross-sectional analysis.
• Mandarin proficiency strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Source and maintain vendor data feeds and resolve data quality issues.
• Transform market data into derived constructs like curves, spreads, and indicators.
• Build data infrastructure from raw inventory and production data to balance-ready inputs.
• Develop dashboards and monitoring tools for data health and market conditions.
• Collaborate with investors and developers to ensure data is research-ready and reproducible.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines for commodities strategies.
• Analyze data distributions, coverage gaps, and structural breaks.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipeline design

Time-series analysis

Statistics

Mandarin

Tools

Snowflake

Scala

Job description

Bridgewater Associates in New York City is seeking a Research Associate, Commodities Data Engineer to own end-to-end data pipelines, vendor data quality, and the research dataset lifecycle that informs trading decisions. You will build scalable data infrastructure, transform market data into derived indicators, and partner with investors to ensure data is production-ready across the Asia Commodities desk.

This role offers close exposure to senior PMs, with opportunities to shape how data drives