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On top of this robust foundation, you’ll build and run high-throughput pipelines spanning ultra-low-latency market-data streams to cost-efficient end-of-day workflows. Partner closely with quants, data scientists, and fellow engineers to achieve sub-minute SLAs, shape firm-wide architecture, and mentor peers. We believe diverse backgrounds and voices spark better ideas and more resilient systems, so you’ll join an inclusive culture where every perspective counts.\nWhat you’ll do\nArchitect and operate the platform - 24x7 reliability, IaC-driven deployments, tight cost controls\nBuild and evolve batch and streaming pipelines that ingest billions of market-data events each day\nArchitect high-performance, cost-efficient Lakehouse tables\nExpose curated datasets via robust, versioned APIs consumed by quants and AI agents\nOptimize workflows to meet aggressive SLAs, embedding observability and automated data quality checks end-to-end\nChampion Infrastructure-as-Code with Git-driven CI/CD for every data asset\nMentor junior engineers and enforce best-in-class coding standards\nContinuously refine processes to keep our data ecosystem resilient and lightning-fast\nWhat you’ll bring\n What you need:\n7+ years building production data platforms with Python and SQL\nDeep expertise in big-data architecture: partitioning, sharding, columnar formats\nHands-on with SingleStore/MemSQL, Spark/Flink/EMR and event buses (Kafka/Kinesis)\nProven AWS skills plus Terraform / CloudFormation infrastructure-as-code mastery\nExperience delivering data services for AI/ML workloads and feature pipelines\nExperience building AI/ML feature stores or RAG pipelines\nPerformance-tuning Postgres, SingleStore/MemSQL, or KDB for sub-second queries\nProficient in API design, versioning, and OpenAPI/Swagger documentation\nComfortable collaborating directly with traders, quants, and data scientists\nWe’d love if you had:\nMarket-data domain expertise (tick, options, macro)\nMastery of Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Hudi on S3\nHands-on work with real-time analytics engines such as SingleStore/MemSQL\nSkill with performance profiling tools\nContributions to open-source data tooling or technical talks\nWho we are \n Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.\nOur Culture \n At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas-at all levels-to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. 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