Geode Capital Management is actively searching for a full-time Director of Data Engineering to lead our data engineering team, drive data management strategies, and collaborate with application engineering teams. Reporting to the Head of Data, this role requires a strong technical background in data engineering, hands-on cloud experience in AWS, and a solid understanding of application engineering. The ideal candidate will be both a strategic thinker and a hands-on leader, managing a team while ensuring scalable and efficient data solutions.
This is a hybrid work environment opportunity located in Boston, Massachusetts with a weekly in office schedule of Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and remote work availability on Mondays and Fridays.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering a high-performance culture
- Collaborate with Architects to design, and implement scalable data pipelines, data warehouses, and data management solutions
- Ensure best practices in data governance, quality, security, and compliance
- Collaborate with application engineering teams to integrate data solutions with software applications
- Provide technical leadership in cloud-based data engineering, with a strong focus on AWS services
- Oversee data infrastructure, ETL/ELT pipelines, and real-time data processing
- Define and maintain data engineering best practices and standards to ensure high quality, scalable and efficient data solutions
- Evaluate and implement new technologies to optimize data workflows
Skills You Bring:
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role managing teams
- Expertise in data architecture, data modeling, and data management
- Application engineering experience is a must, preferably within the java ecosystem, including frameworks such as Spring Boot
- Strong cloud experience in AWS, including data-related services
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to drive technical initiatives and business outcomes
- Experience in the investment management domain is highly preferred
- Familiarity with data science and machine learning concepts is a strong plus
- The candidate must have strong experience in at least in 2 of 3 the following areas:
- ETL/ELT development using tools like SnapLogic, Informatica, Talend, etc.
- Expertise in cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, etc., for building data warehouses and data lakes
- Master data management, specifically building investment domain data masters
Company Overview:
Founded in 2001, Geode is headquartered in Boston’s financial district, the center of one of the world’s most vibrant finance and technology hubs and employs approximately 180 employees.
Geode is an institutional asset manager providing core beta exposures across a range of equity and niche asset classes, with over $1 trillion in AUM. With a robust infrastructure and experienced investment professionals, Geode offers the scale of a large asset management firm with the benefits of a smaller organization.
Geode is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and support a diversified work environment. Learn more about Geode at www.geodecapital.com/careers.
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Founded in 2001, Geode is headquartered in Boston’s financial district, the center of one of the world’s most vibrant finance and technology hubs and employs approximately 180 employees.
Geode is a systematic asset manager providing core beta exposures across a range of equity and niche asset classes, with over $1 trillion in AUM. With a robust infrastructure and experienced investment professionals, Geode offers the scale of a large asset management firm with the benefits of a smaller organization.
Geode is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and support a diversified work environment.
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Geode enhances the employee experience with a culture of engagement, wellness, diversity, equity and inclusion.
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