Research Data Engineer

1w ago
EuropeSeniorOnsite

Research Data Engineer

1w ago
EuropeSeniorOnsitec++pythonsqldata pipelinesdata modelingmachine learningdistributed data systemstime series

We're looking for a Research Data Engineer to build and operate the data platform that powers the fund’s researchers, AI systems, and trading infrastructure at a technology-first hedge fund in Amsterdam with relocation support.

About the company

  • Our partner is a hedge fund where technology is the core of the business.
  • The company builds trading systems at the intersection of financial markets, AI, and frontier technologies.
  • The fund operates its own AI research lab, has stable long-term funding, and access to experimental hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain scalable pipelines for market, trading, and research data.
  • Build reliable ingestion systems for exchange feeds, execution venues, alternative datasets, and internal data sources.
  • Develop data quality frameworks, validation checks, monitoring, and observability tooling.
  • Create standardized datasets used across quantitative research, machine learning, and production trading systems.
  • Optimize storage and retrieval of large-scale time series data.
  • Work closely with researchers to transform raw data into research-ready features.
  • Partner with engineering teams to ensure consistent data models across research and production environments.
  • Improve metadata management, lineage tracking, and reproducibility of research results.
  • Evaluate and integrate new datasets that may provide trading edge.

Requirements

  • Experience working with market data, order book data, or trading systems.
  • Experience supporting machine learning workflows.
  • Knowledge of quantitative research and backtesting environments.
  • Great software engineering skills in C++ or Python.
  • Experience building production-grade data pipelines and distributed data systems.
  • Deep understanding of data modeling, storage formats, and data lifecycle management.
  • Good SQL skills and practical experience working with large datasets.

Conditions

  • Location: Netherlands (Amsterdam) - relocation support provided.
  • Work at the intersection of trading, AI, and frontier technologies.
  • Opportunity to build systems from scratch.
  • Access to an in-house AI research lab.
  • Use of modern and experimental hardware.

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