Senior Data Engineer - Hedge Fund

Durlston Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 360,000 - 440,000; Full time

Job summary

Durlston Partners, a New York hedge fund, seeks a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to architect and build the data platform supporting research, trading and risk workflows.

You will own scalable batch and streaming pipelines, onboard new datasets, and improve data quality while collaborating with researchers, PMs, and quants to align data tooling with investment needs.

Qualifications

• Strong Python and SQL skills with production data pipeline experience.
• Experience building scalable batch/streaming pipelines for time-series or market data.
• Familiarity with financial datasets and trading/static data is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable batch and streaming data pipelines for market and alternative data.
• Onboard new datasets end-to-end and ensure data quality.
• Collaborate with researchers and PMs to deliver data tooling supporting research and trading.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Kafka

Data pipelines

Job description

Senior Data Engineer - Hedge Fund - New York - Up to $400k TC

Join a leading Hedge Fund where Data Engineering sits at the heart of the investment process.

• Global hedge fund with a consistent record of strong returns
• Heavy investment in technology and data, seen as a real edge
• Lean, senior teams working directly with PMs and quants

A hands-on senior role building the data platform behind research, trading and risk, turning large, messy datasets into reliable data the investment teams use every day.

What you'll be working on

• Building scalable batch and streaming pipelines for market and alternative data
• Onboarding new datasets end to end
• Improving data quality, monitoring and architecture
• Working closely with researchers and PMs on what they need

What they're looking for

• Solid experience building production data pipelines at scale, ideally within a Trading Firm, Hedge Fund, or Investment Bank
• Strong Python and SQL; Spark, Kafka or similar a plus
• Experience with financial or time series data, ideally buy-side or trading

What's on offer

• Up to $400,000 TC
• Real influence over the platform's direction

Particularly relevant for data engineers from hedge funds, prop trading firms or data-heavy tech companies.