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Data Engineer
Location
US-CA-Pasadena
US-CA-Pasadena
| Category | Information Technology |
Job Description
Your skills will shape our future
Western Asset Management’s proprietary trading and compliance systems drive the firm’s almost $400B of client investment portfolios. Nearly every aspect of our global fixed-income investment management process is touched by these applications which put your software engineering capabilities at center stage of the future of our firm. Our current effort to cloud-modernize sections of these applications provides great opportunities to significantly learn, grow, and contribute to your career and Western’s success.
We are looking for exceptional engineers to build out our next generation trading and compliance system in the Cloud using best engineering practices. If you are passionate about solving complex problems with direct impact to the $400B business, come and join our team. You will collaborate with other cross functional engineering teams to deliver world class systems. You will need strong communication skill, have the drive to learn new technology and investment management business.
What you will do:
Technical Focus:
- Act as SME troubleshooting system issues and bug resolution. Performs problem definition and problem resolution activities
- Developing and maintaining datasets
- Improving data quality and efficiency
- Collaborate with business partners to perform data validation and ensure data integrity.
- Define and execute test cases on the supported systems.
Design, document and develops code for data applications in accordance with industry best practices and specific internal procedures and standards
Business Focus:
- Partners with Business to develop solutions aligned to the vision and strategic goals of the product; plays a leading role in complex solutions. Understands complex business processes, workflow and information flow between systems and across domains
- Develop strong understanding of the business needs to identify opportunities for enhancements and new features, assess and document risks of various solutions and prioritize client requirements.
- Anticipates stakeholder needs and manages expectations
Team Focus:
- Makes decisions to maximize the value of the product and the work of the development team
- Oversees the development stages by working with the team to plan, execute and review the work in each stage
- Provide functional expertise to agile teams during development, implementation, testing of complex projects.
What you need to have:
- Undergraduate degree in related field. Experience may offset academic requirements.
- Experience Development in database technologies and scripting languages required; Python, ShellScripting, Snowflake, Oracle and Sybase, etc.
- Experience with AWS or similar cloud technologies. Experience with SingleStore and Denodo
- Experience with Abinitio, Matillion, Informatica or similar ETL tools.
- Experience with streaming technologies like Kafka.
- Experience with distributed software architecture and experience with Spark, Databricks or any similar technologies.
- Demonstrated experience in analysis, design and development of software applications in a dynamic business environment
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work as member of a team
- 5 – 7 years of System Development experience
- Experience in a fixed income asset management company
Expected base salary for the role will generally be between $150,000 and $200,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include other forms of compensation such as, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
About Western Asset
At Western Asset we’re saying hello to the future. Committed to being the leading fixed-income investment management firm in the world, we’re investing in new technologies, methodologies and markets. We’re also investing in our people. Our business is guided by a belief in doing the right thing: that if we treat our clients and colleagues with fairness and respect, success will follow. We’re building on our reputation and resources with an entrepreneurial approach that drives innovation. Every day is an opportunity for us to get better by making the most of the possibilities that our people and ideas can bring.
We believe a diverse and cohesive workforce promotes the formation of different ideas and viewpoints, enhances independent thinking, and helps create a work environment where the best ideas are identified and implemented. We are committed to unlocking the power of diversity through an inclusive environment that affords everyone the opportunity to develop individually, advance professionally and participate fully in the Firm’s success.
Our Commitment to Diversity
We believe a diverse and cohesive workforce promotes the formation of different ideas and viewpoints, enhances independent thinking, and helps create a work environment where the best ideas are identified and implemented. We are committed to unlocking the power of diversity through an inclusive environment that affords everyone the opportunity to develop individually, advance professionally and participate fully in the Firm’s success.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) Western Asset Management is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition (including pregnancy and related conditions), physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, and/or any other characteristic protected by law.
