Data Architect/ Sr. Database Specialist

Job Title: DATA Architect

Location: Jersey City, NJ

 This role will be for a Senior Database Specialist with prior experience working on NoSQL

databases including Mongo. Candidate will serve as a technical architect reviewing all the

database design decisions as we look to build next generation Portfolio

 Management platform. This role will have end to end accountability during design,

development, unit testing, supporting multiple test phases, deployment and also ownership of

the databases after releasing to production.

 Key Responsibilities As a Senior Database specifical, you will play a pivotal role in driving and

shaping Pershing X – Trading and Rebalancing’ data strategy as we start on exciting initiatives to

build a highly scalable and incredibly resilient Portfolio Management system in Pershing X space.

Working closely with

the team and your peers, will be responsible for

• The Design and Delivery of data solutions using Mongo, with an emphasis on quality automation

and continuous integration.

• Supporting the development and implementation of a data strategy that enables current and

future data processing, analytics and reporting requirements in alignment with the overall

Pershing X’ data strategy and priorities.

• Contributing to the development and implementation of appropriate practices, standards,

governance and risk management processes for data delivery

Evaluation of different architectural and software solutions, understanding trade-offs and

designing, delivering appropriate solutions. In the business-facing role, you will be working in a

fast-paced environment and should be able to share ideas and fresh perspective based on your

prior experience(s) Working to collaborate with peers and contribute to new technology

discussions.

• Building strong relationships with business stakeholders, collaborate on requirements,

relationships and ensuring that the technology deliveries are aligned with business goals and

strategy.

• Writing reusable, testable and efficient code besides coming up with best practices for

information security and data protection.

 Job Specific CompetenciesTechnical Skills/System Knowledge( and associated skill level)

 Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work

experience required

 A Minimum of 8 years of experience in software development required; Good understanding of

financial markets with prior experience in building, supporting front[1]office trading systems is a

plus.

 Minimum 5 years of experience around building highly scalable systems using MongoDB.

• Demonstrable experience building data pipelines in Python.

• Experience building on the Public Cloud (preferably Azure or AWS)

• Experience using cloud based PaaS data platforms such as Snowflake and Databricks.

• Experience with modern opensource ETL/ELT and orchestration tools such as Airbyte or Airflow.

• Experience with data modelling for both operational and analytical datastores

• Experience with data lake concepts and strong understanding of data design patterns

culminating into microservices development.

• Experience in developing Data Pipelines to support near-real-time and event-driven messaging

and data processing.

• Expertise in Agile development

• Experience in handling high volume data processing through concurrency and multi[1]threading

techniques to build scalable, performant and resilient applications.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with data engineers, business users, project managers and other

engineers to achieve elegant solutions.