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As our global firm grows, we continue to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking.\nIn our collegial environment that’s marked by low turnover and high energy, you’ll be inspired to grow and thrive. Here, you will be encouraged to build on your strengths and acquire new skills and experiences.\nWe are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees. Understanding and valuing these differences optimizes the potential of both the individual and the firm.\nHarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer.\nThis position will be a hybrid work arrangement. You will receive 18 remote workdays per quarter to use at your discretion, subject to manager approval. For example, you may choose to work in the office 4 days per week and take one remote day weekly (typically 13 weeks per quarter), leaving 5 additional remote days to be used as needed.\nAbout Investment Data and Analytics\nOur organization’s mission is to build technology that lets the firm systematize and scale its understanding of private markets and management of our funds. Our team works side-by-side with investors and quantitative researchers to innovate technology-driven investment processes; solve broad industry problems ranging from AI driven digitization of unstructured data to systematic monitoring of private equity portfolios.\nThe Associate role combines hands-on engineering execution with the opportunity to build deep expertise in private markets data. Working under the guidance of senior engineers, you will develop, test, and operate the pipelines and datasets our investment and research teams rely on - taking on progressively more complex ownership as your technical and domain judgment grows.\nWhat you will do:\nData engineering - build, test, and deploy pipelines and transformations across financial/economic datasets using modern data stacks. \nInfrastructure/platform engineering - run and monitor production data workflows, troubleshoot failures, and implement alerting, logging, and automated testing within CI/CD. \nData Quality - develop validation and reconciliation checks, monitor pipeline health through KPIs, and own root-cause analysis for data issues. \nCollaboration - partner with data engineering, DevOps, application, and investment teams to clarify requirements and deliver well-documented solutions. \nAnd ... Problem solving - perform deep data analysis to support investment model research and identify manual processes worth automating. \nWhat you bring:\nDemonstrated ability in data engineering and analysis, including data-centric testing and deployment of FinTech applications. \nProficiency in SQL (MSSQL or equivalent RDBMS) and Python, with experience building ETL pipelines for large datasets. \nExperience with DBT and Azure Data Factory and Pipelines; exposure to Snowflake, MS Synapse, or Power BI a plus. \nStrong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with outstanding attention to detail, a genuine interest in financial markets, and comfort working in a scrum/agile SDLC environment. \nEducation Preferred\nBachelor of Science (B.S) or equivalent in Computer Science \nMaster of Science (M.S) or equivalent in Computer Science \nExperience\n3-5 Years of Data Engineering or Data Operations experience preferred \nExposure to private equity or investment management data, partnering with product, application, and operations teams \nBase Salary Range\n$155,000.00 - $165,000.00\nThis USD base salary range represents only one component of total compensation for this role and is provided in accordance with local requirements. 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