Data Engineer (Consultant)
Company Description
MarketAxess operates a leading trading platform that enables fixed-income market participants to efficiently trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments using MarketAxess' patented trading technology. Over 1,800 institutional investors and broker-dealer firms are active users of the MarketAxess trading platform. MarketAxess also offers a number of trading-related products and services, including: market data to assist Customers with trading decisions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; technology services to optimize trading environments; and execution services for exchange-traded fund managers and other Customers. Through its Trax® division, MarketAxess also offers a range of pre- and post-trade services, including trade matching, regulatory transaction reporting and market and reference data, across a range of fixed-income products.
MarketAxess maintains its headquarters in New York and has offices in London, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Amsterdam, São Paulo, Singapore, and Hong Kong. MarketAxess is an independent, publicly traded company (NASDAQ:MKTX Click Here). There is a lot more to learn about us and working at our company! Please read more about us at www.marketaxess.com.
Job Description
This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic senior engineer to join the MarketAxess development team working in a fast-paced environment. S/he will be part of the team working on company’s architectural modernization effort, building data platform for analytical processing, as well as transaction processing. We are seeking skilled technologists who have strong technical skills as well as the leadership characteristics required to guide others from a technical perspective. This position will require that the candidate work together not only with other technologists but also with business colleagues.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and scale infrastructure in AWS and analytics applications using big data and machine learning technologies in AWS
- Participate in setting the standards for cloud based initiatives
- Present technical designs of work performed to the various groups (including Development, QA, BA and the business)
What You Bring to the Table
- 2+ years of working experience on AWS big data products, such as EMR/Spark
- Have experience working with terabytes of data and must understand the challenges of transforming and enriching large datasets
- Experience with tools to measure data ingestion quality
- Experience with tools in AWS to monitor and support cloud based solutions, such as Datadog
- Excellent programming skills, such Java and Python
- Experience in infrastructure as code technologies, such as Terraform, Helm Charts and CloundFormation
- Agile development
- Expert in Docker and Kubernetes in AWS
- Web development using HTML5, JavaScript
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Organizational and problem resolution skills
- The profile of a team-player who forms strong relationships with colleagues and has good interpersonal skills
- Ability to deal with changing priorities
Additional Information
Benefits and Perks
In addition to working on cutting edge technology and in our culture of innovation, collaboration, and openness, we offer:
- Work in our brand new offices at 55 Hudson Yards on the west side of Manhattan
- Free snacks and coffee as well as occasional lunches and after-work drinks
- Casual dress-code
- Healthcare options
- 401(k) match
- Training and tuition assistance
- Other perks include generous time-off policies, stipends for gym memberships and similar, and access to on-site healthcare
MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal and state law.