Senior Python Engineer

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Job Description:

About Dimensional:  

Dimensional was built around a set of ideas bigger than the firm itself. With a confidence in markets, deep connections to the academic community, and a focus on implementation, we go where the science leads, and continue to pursue new insights, both large and small, that can benefit our clients.  

The Technology Department at Dimensional leverages the rapidly evolving state of the art to engineer the platforms that power the innovative, research-driven financial and technical products to improve our client’s financial lives.   

As a Senior Python Engineer within the Data Distribution team you will participate in the management of Dimensional’s enterprise investment data warehouse which supports Research, Portfolio management, Trading, and Analytic functions.   You will have the opportunity to understand our client's needs, collaborate on the design of solutions, and work with emerging data engineering tools and best practices. In this role, you will design, develop, document, and test multiple application services focusing on building scalable data platform and services. You will also expand and optimize our data and data pipeline architecture. A successful candidate will demonstrate strong technical and analytical ability across multiple tech stacks as well as bring passion for optimizing and building data applications from the ground up. 

You may be a fit for this role if you:  

• Are open-minded, curious, and resourceful.  

• Lead with vision and purpose to bring about transformational change.  

• Are passionate about/stay current with modern technologies/solutions.  

• Solve problems systematically and transparently.  

• Share ideas, solicit/integrate feedback, design and solve collaboratively.  

• Demonstrate engineering and security mindsets.  

What you might work on:  

• Build and deliver investment data