Developer, Data Science

Intercontinental Exchange; Montgomery (AL); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is seeking a Senior Developer to join a team building analytics workflows for mortgage and market microstructure data. The role covers requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, and production support, with a focus on data processing, databases, and scripting.

The ideal candidate has strong programming skills (Python, Java, SQL) and experience with Spark SQL, Parquet, and cloud tools.

Qualifications

• Advanced or basic degree in a quantitative field such as CS, EE, Information sciences, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, or related.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and propose technical solutions within cost, time, and quality constraints.
• Convert data formats for analytics suitability.
• Create experimental frameworks to collect data and automate data collection.
• Remove corrupted data and fix coding errors.
• Search large data sets for meaningful information.
• Create reports and presentations for business use cases.
• Apply statistical tools to identify patterns and trends in data sets.
• Develop and maintain data systems and organize data in readable formats.
• Collaborate with project managers to estimate tasks and deliverables.
• Write unit tests and ensure best practices in software development.
• Collaborate with QA and other developers for full-cycle testing.
• Continuously improve system performance and propose better solutions.
• Interact with business/ops to solve design and operational challenges.
• Brainstorm ML/AI/NLP innovations for quantitative analysis and surveillance.
• Prototype new algorithms and write code for ML/AI/NLP/LLM solutions.

Skills

Python

Java

R

MATLAB

Scala

SQL

Spark SQL

Parquet

Git

AWK/bash

AWS

GPU programming

ML/AI concepts

Education

PhD or MS/BS in a quantitative field

Tools

Alteryx

Tableau

PowerBI

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

Overview

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) presents an opportunity for a full-time Senior developer to join a team responsible for development of data analytics workflows. The Senior Developer will have experience in all phases of software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering, to design, coding, unit testing, debugging, and supporting in production. The candidate will be part of a newly formed highly visible team, key to ICE’s long-term strategy to better analyze mortgage data and market microstructure data to understand market behavior in a more meaningful way. The ideal candidate should be knowledgeable in data processing, database systems and scripting languages. This position requires technical proficiency/problem solving as well as an eager attitude, professionalism, and solid communication skills. Strong written and oral communication is required as the applicant will frequently be interacting with different teams across ICE to achieve business goals.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and propose technical solutions in delivering projects within expected parameters of cost, time, and quality.
• Data format conversion to make it more appropriate for analysis.
• Create experimental and new frameworks to collect data as well as build tools to automate data collection.
• Remove corrupted data and fixing coding errors and related problems.
• Search through large sets of data for meaningful information.
• Creating reports and presentations for business use cases.
• Use statistical tools to identify, analyze, and interpret patterns and trends in complex data sets that could be helpful for the diagnosis and prediction.
• Develop and maintain databases, data systems – reorganizing data in a readable format.
• Work with project managers to compile a work breakdown structure of tasks for a given deliverable and provide realistic estimates for completing the assignment.
• Develop and unit test all functions created or modified according to software development best practices.
• Collaborate with other Developers and QA Engineers to execute full cycle integration, functional and regression testing.
• Continuously improve the system performance and propose better solutions.
• Effectively interact with business and operations for solving design and operational challenges.
• Brainstorm identifying ML/AI/NLP innovations to apply in quantitative analysis on market microstructure and in surveillance to help in advance automation, knowledge discovery, decision-making and insights.
• Implement and prototype new algorithms and write code for novel ML/AI/NLP/LLM solutions.

Knowledge and Experience

• Advanced or basic degree (PhD with few years’ experience, or MS / BS with many years’ experience) in a quantitative field such as CS, EE, Information sciences, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, or related, with focus on data-driven statistical analysis & modelling.
• Strong, proven programming skills in Python, Java, R, MATLAB, or Scala.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and Python libraries used for data science.
• Experience in Spark SQL and PARQUET.
• Experience in data visualization and business analytics tools like Alteryx, Tableau and Microsoft PowerBI is a plus.
• Experience in Databricks/Snowflake is a plus.
• Experience in scripting languages like AWK/bash shell scripting is beneficial.
• Experience working in Agile teams comprised of 5-8 cross-skilled engineers.
• Solid understanding of version control tools (ideally Git).
• Experience applying data-driven statistical analysis and modeling to financial market data.
• Experienced in writing complex programs and implementing custom algorithms.
• Expertise in tailoring open-source frameworks to specific needs by writing custom code that integrates seamlessly.
• Experience in data management, data analytics middleware, platforms and infrastructure, cloud and fog computing are a plus.
• Additional experience with GPU programming for training deep learning models, and cloud environments such as AWS is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) to explain complex algorithms, solutions to stakeholders across multiple disciplines, and ability to work in a diverse team.
• Experience in an applied R&D environment, working in an agile and innovation-lab culture.

Schedule

This role offers work from home flexibility of 1 day per week.

Base Salary Range for New York Candidates

The expected base salary for this role is between $135,000 - $190,000 USD. The base salary range does not include Intercontinental Exchange’s incentive compensation. While we provide this range as general guidance, at ICE we compensate employees based on the skillset and experience of the individual.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affir‑mative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability or veteran status, or other protected status.