Sr. Data Engineer
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Disclaimer: Please be advised that the most accurate and up-to-date information about our open rolesincluding job descriptions compensation and benefitscan only be guaranteed on our official job board. For the latest listings and details please visit: US ON OUR MISSION TO BECOME THE #1 RETAIL TRADING PLATFORM IN THE WORLD
Welcome to the dynamic world of NinjaTrader! As an industry-leading trading platform and futures broker were on a mission to empower traders to take control of their financial destiny. How do we do it We provide cutting-edge products and services that enhance the trading journey. Whether a seasoned pro or just starting out NinjaTrader equips traders with award-winning software and brokerage services to navigate the worlds leading financial markets with confidence.
Our growth story is nothing short of exhilarating. Over the last 20 years NinjaTrader has been dedicated to understanding and supporting traders on their journey toward trading the last five years alone our user base has grown by 400% to over 1.9 million users and we have become the number one rated futures brokerage worldwide.
But were not stopping there. Were constantly evolving pushing boundaries and modernizing the futures industry. Our commitment to innovation means users will always have access to dynamic tools real-time support and a community of like-minded traders.
So why work at NinjaTrader Here youre not just part of a team; youre part of a movement. We empower employees to reach new heights in their careers by providing a dynamic culture focused on social connection professional development and employee recognition initiatives. Sounds too good to be trueTake it from our employees.
Join us as we redefine whats possible in trading advocate for our customers and continue our journey toward becoming the worlds top retail-focused trading platform in the world.
What youll do:
Your data-driven mindset and ability to use large data sets enable NinjaTrader to serve customers better identify new opportunities and improve processes. As an accomplished data engineer joining the Data & AI team this is a terrific opportunity to become part of a fast-growing revolutionary fintech company shaping the future of retail futures trading.
At NinjaTrader youll play a key role in designing and operationalizing the modern data platform that powers our analytics trading tools and AI initiatives. This role is remote-friendly and reports to the Sr. Engineering Manager Data Engineering and Analytics.
As a Sr. Data Engineer your primary responsibility is to stay one step ahead of your fellow team members by providing the platform tools and infrastructure they need to deliver deployable solutions to real-world business problems. This goes beyond maintaining pipelines its about delivering best-in-class data architecture scalable workflows and real-time solutions that power trading product development and machine learning.
In this role you will:
- Design build and maintain robust data pipelines for both batch and real-time streaming use cases
- Integrate complex financial APIs and third-party data sources into internal systems
- Collaborate with analytics product and ML engineers to develop and deploy reliable data products
- Optimize ETL workflows for performance scalability and fault tolerance
- Build and support event-driven architectures and scalable platform components
- Contribute to the orchestration and automation of workflows (e.g. Airflow dbt)
- Work on feature pipelines and model-ready data to support ML engineers
- Promote high standards in code quality testing and platform observability
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and foster a collaborative growth-oriented team culture
What youll need:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field
- 5 years of experience in data engineering platform engineering or backend development
- Strong skills in SQL and Python for building and testing data solutions
- Experience with streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka Kinesis Spark Streaming)
- Familiarity with event-driven and service-oriented architecture
- Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake Redshift BigQuery)
- Proficiency with workflow orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow dbt Prefect)
- Comfort working both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced Agile environment
Bonus points for:
- Experience with BI tools like Power BI or Tableau
- Exposure to ML pipelines feature engineering or experimentation platforms (e.g. Weights & Biases)
- Experience in fintech trading or derivatives
Compensation:
The base salary for this role will be $160000.00 addition this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 12%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).
Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package offered by NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader offers a 401K plan through ADP under which the company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions. Annual paid time off allowance accrues at a rate of 18 days per year (some positions may qualify for more) plus seven paid holidays.
Location:
This role is based in Chicago IL. *There may be remote flexibility for exceptional candidates in the following states: California Colorado Florida Illinois Indiana Minnesota New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon South Carolina Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin New Jersey Pennsylvania.
Hybrid:
For Chicago-based employees we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through Thursday with remote work on Mondays and addition to these weekly remote days we offer: 20 additional flex remote days annually
Our Core Benefits Include:
- Generous PTO
- 7 Paid Holidays Annually 5 Conditional Holidays Annually
- 1 Service Day Annually
- 401k with 3.5% Company Match
- Paid Parental Bonding Leave
- Health Vision Dental Coverage
- Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
