skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

Principal Quant Data Engineer

skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Jersey City • New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $107,000 - $216,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudETLOraclePythonSQL

About the role

  • Lead the design and development of Oracle PL/SQL database processes, procedures, and packages to support investment risk analytics
  • Architect scalable and efficient database solutions for high-volume, time-sensitive risk data
  • Collaborate with risk managers, quantitative analysts, and engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver robust data solutions
  • Own performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting of production database issues
  • Ensure data integrity, quality, and governance across systems
  • Drive modernization efforts, including migration from legacy systems and adoption of best practices
  • Define and enforce database development standards and documentation
  • Act as a strategic partner in planning long-term data architecture and infrastructure initiatives
  • Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development
  • Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and level two production support
  • Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior developers

Requirements

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience in Oracle PL/SQL development and database engineering
  • Proven expertise in designing and implementing complex database solutions in a production environment
  • Strong understanding of relational database design, indexing strategies, and performance optimization
  • Experience working with investment risk systems or financial data is highly preferred
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and work independently
  • Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with data modeling and ETL frameworks
  • Exposure to Python or other scripting languages for data integration
  • Knowledge of cloud-based database solutions (e.g., AWS RDS, Snowflake) is a plus
  • Understanding of financial instruments, risk models, or portfolio analytics is beneficial
Benefits
  • comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
  • market-leading retirement
  • generous paid time off and parental leave
  • charitable giving employee match program
  • educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
Oracle PL/SQLdatabase engineeringdatabase designperformance optimizationdata modelingETL frameworksscripting languagescloud-based database solutionsquery optimizationdata governance
Soft skills
communication skillsstakeholder managementleadershipcross-functional collaborationmentorshiptechnical guidanceindependent workproblem-solvingteam collaborationquality assurance