Data Specialist

Jane Street; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in New York is seeking a Data Specialist to enhance and maintain critical data for trading operations. You will collaborate with engineers, traders, and operations to analyze and validate large datasets, interface with exchanges, and help improve software solutions. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical skills, SQL experience, and a keen attention to detail. A finance background is not mandatory, but analytical proficiency is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong data analysis, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Programming experience in any relevant language.
• Experience using SQL and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, onboard, validate, and produce large data sets.
• Collaborate with software developers, traders, and operations professionals.
• Interface with exchanges and data vendors to resolve critical issues.

Skills

Data analysis

Debugging

Troubleshooting

SQL

Interpersonal communication

Job description

We're looking for a Data Specialist to help us understand, improve, and maintain the data that fuels our trading. You'll be embedded in an engineering team and will work closely with software developers, traders, and operations professionals across the firm.

Meeting the needs of these groups involves diverse types of work including analyzing, onboarding, validating, and producing large data sets from many different sources. You'll collaborate closely with your direct team and trading desks to understand requirements and improve our software. In this role, you will interface directly with exchanges and data vendors to raise, track, and resolve issues critical to our trading, as well as develop deep domain knowledge to help interpret and consume our data, driving business growth in new areas.

About You

• Strong data analysis, debugging, and troubleshooting skills
• Programming experience in anychelle language
• Experience using SQL and relational databases
• Responsible, organized, with great attention to detail
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
• Operations, support, and/or project coordination experience is a plus

While prior experience with financial data would be nice, we don’t expect you to have a finance background.