Python Developer for asset manager

The Astor Group
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Job Details
Skills
- 4+ years of python
- ETL
- familiar with AWS or Dockers
- Financial experience
- NO THIRD PARTIES PLEASE
Summary
- As an Engineer, Investment Technology, you will be working on the application team that builds and supports Separately managed accounts platform.
- The Fixed Income SMA team relies on high-quality data pipelines and internal tooling to support portfolio management, trading, and research workflows. We are adding a Senior Data Engineer to help build and maintain the data layer behind these systems, with a particular focus on reliable ingestion, data modeling, analytical datasets, and practical internal applications.
- This role sits within Investment Technology but will work closely with the SMA quantitative research and engineering team. This role is a chance to help shape the data foundation for a fast-growing front-office platform while working closely with a highly technical investment-facing team. The work is practical, visible, and directly connected to trading, research, and portfolio outcomes.
Responsibilities of the Role:
- Build and maintain data pipelines ingesting from internal systems, market data vendors, and operational databases into analytical and application-facing stores
- Design and manage PostgreSQL and analytical data models that support front-office workflows and quantitative research
- Develop production Python and SQL code for ETL, validation, enrichment, and data quality monitoring
- Build and maintain lightweight internal applications and reporting interfaces, including browser-based tools using JavaScript where helpful
- Support research and analytics workflows involving large financial and time series datasets
- Partner with quantitative developers and investment users to improve data usability, transparency, and operational reliability
Requirements of the Role:
- 4+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or software engineering with a strong data focus
- Strong Python experience required.
- Experience with relational databases; PostgresSql / Snowflake experience is a plus.
- Experience designing and operating ETL pipelines and data models in production
- Familiarity with dbt, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Kafka, Redis, and cloud data infrastructure is preferred
- Experience working with financial, transactional, or time series data is strongly preferred
- Some JavaScript experience for internal tools, dashboards, or data-grid-based interfaces is preferred
- Dice Id: 10112409
- Position Id: 9100221
- Posted 6 hours ago
Company Info
About The Astor Group
Established in 1989, The Astor Group is a search firm based in Midtown, New York City. We specialize in placing professionals in Financial Services, Banks, Hedge Funds, and Fortune 500 Companies. We offer search practices for technology professionals at all levels across various industries.
With a rich history of over 20 years, The Astor Group has honed its expertise in the art of recruitment. We understand that finding the right person for the position is more than just finding a qualified professional. We match sharp, skilled, experienced IT experts, representing diverse skills and specialized training, with our client's corporate culture and specific technical needs, creating a perfect fit for our clients and candidates.


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