Chicago trading company

Data Engineer

Chicago, Illinois, United States Full Time

CTC is a cutting-edge proprietary trading firm with a long-term vision and a clear focus on helping the world price and manage risk. Our fun and trusting culture inspires us to solve the industry’s most challenging problems and take calculated risks in a collaborative environment.

We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better.

The Role

As an engineer for Analytics products, you will build and maintain the core data assets that power our Sigma and Dash Dashboards, used by every desk at CTC, from junior traders to executives. Because of this broad user base, the product’s surface area is extensive. By ensuring timely feedback for traders, these products support data-driven decision-making, so it is important to understand the essential metrics traders use.

In this role, you will

  • Be responsible for the quality, reliability, and overall health of our data pipelines.
  • Work closely with Data Scientists, Traders and Quantitative Researchers (QTs) to understand their needs, and how they use our final data products.
  • Detect source data quality issues that lead to incorrect downstream metrics, and partner with data owners to develop tools to proactively surface and resolve these issues.
  • Assist colleagues in transitioning data pipelines and analytics tools to enterprise-wide standards, and improve the process for future adoptions.
  • Collaborate with the broader data organization to improve our overall platform offering and functionality.
  • Map business workflows to ETL jobs to help own the end-to-end data pipelines.
  • Own and continuously improve the Metrics UI and related dashboards.

Qualifications

  • Proficiency in constructing and managing data-processing pipelines.
  • Strong proficiency in SQL and object-oriented languages like Python.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a team environment
  • Hands-on experience with ETL tools (e.g. PySpark) and large-scale, complex data transformations.
  • Experience with lightweight UI or dashboarding frameworks like Dash is a plus.

 

Compensation

The salary range for this role is listed below. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. The discretionary bonus will be dependent upon the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and firm performance. 

Salary Range
$175,000$200,000 USD

Most teams at CTC, with the exception of Trading, follow a hybrid workplace model, subject to change based on business need.

Our Benefits 

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families so we offer outstanding benefits to support you both professionally and personally. These benefits include generous medical coverage, paid parental leave, free breakfast and lunch (plus healthy snacks, of course), wellness reimbursement, quarterly recharge days, and a variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience. 

(Disclaimer: interns and contractors are not eligible for benefits at CTC) 

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At CTC, we aim to cultivate a workplace that celebrates diversity and each person feels included, engaged and empowered. Where each of us feels we belong. We are committed to having a diverse workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. CTC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 

If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us at info@chicagotrading.com. Note that emails sent to this email account for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Information submitted by job applicants may be subject to review and analysis by automated systems, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), as part of the recruitment process. Such systems are utilized to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our hiring procedures. Applicants are advised that any information provided may be evaluated by AI tools to ensure an equitable and thorough assessment.