Data Engineer II at Alphataraxia in Washington, DC

Company

Alphataraxia Management (ATX) is a fast-growing quantitative investment management group with offices in both Washington, DC and Downtown Los Angeles, CA. We specialize in wholesale electricity markets, where extreme volatility is the norm and the marketplace is constantly evolving, presenting new opportunities for growth and insight. We are currently one of the top participants in the power markets and are looking for hard-working candidates with genuine enthusiasm for solving complex problems to join our collaborative and high-caliber team. Here’s a little bit more about us:

• We love to explain how things work both fundamentally and quantitatively.
• We build all our own proprietary tools, enabling us to prototype, iterate quickly, and pivot when necessary.
• We automate as many redundant processes as possible to maximize time spent on analysis, moving with minimal bureaucracy and a high level of ownership.
• We take immense pride in our company values—you can learn more about them here.

Job Description

The Data Engineer II will play an important role in expanding our data engineering capabilities. Your primary responsibility will be to build and maintain the data pipelines and supporting infrastructure that power our business. As a Data Engineer II, you will be instrumental in developing and maintaining these systems, ensuring the seamless flow and integrity of critical data to support informed decision-making and transactions while collaborating with stakeholders across the business. We are looking for an engineer with a strong sense of ownership and a growth mindset.

Responsibilities

• Build out proprietary systems that are the backbone of our business in trading speculative wholesale power contracts
• Own and maintain data pipelines to ingest and deliver data from various sources into our databases using ELT/ETL patterns
• Define downstream business marts used as critical inputs into investment decisions
• Embed validation, lineage, and anomaly detection into data pipelines
• Implement data management policies across pipelines and datasets, including metadata management, retention policies, and access controls
• Partner closely with investment engineers and investment teams to understand data needs, identify gaps, and advise on performance of their processes
• Identify process inefficiencies and proactively create solutions to reduce manual work
• Collaborate with software engineers to design, build, and maintain reliable systems for our data infrastructure
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate development while maintaining full ownership of outcomes

Applicant Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in the data engineering field
• Professional experience using Snowflake
• Professional experience with Dagster and dbt
• Strong coding skills in Python, SQL, and PHP
• Experience with complex data modeling
• An ability to grapple with quantitative concepts and systems, as this role interfaces with largely technical and quantitative peers
• Comfort working both individually as well as collaboratively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to collaborate with stakeholders across the business
• Strong ownership of work to proactively lead improvements for the Data Engineering team
• Comfort with occasional on-call rotation responsibilities

Benefits

We strive to offer best-in-class compensation and benefits alongside an unrivaled work-life balance.

• Competitive annual salary and discretionary performance-based bonus
• 25 paid vacation days + 7 paid federal holidays
• Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance (including HSA option) with no monthly premiums for best-in-class platinum individual plan
• 401k match—100% company matching on the first 4% of deferrals with immediate vesting
• Annual firmwide weeklong summit
• Hybrid remote work environment—most of the year we are in the office Tuesday to Thursday with remote flexibility Monday and Friday
• Flexible remote work months—fully remote option for the month of July and between Thanksgiving and New Years
• Casual environment (informal attire)
• Snacks and unlimited coffee in the office
• Firm sponsored social events including happy hours, lunches, book club, and more!

Application

Please note that we can only extend offers to individuals that are authorized to work in the US; we are unable to sponsor visa applications at this time.

The base salary for this role is $150,000-170,000.

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