About the Role
The Data Strategist role is an important contributor to the Unified Platform Data Management team, working to grow our research data platform. Candidates should demonstrate the expertise to identify and link data solutions to business needs. They will have strong domain knowledge, solid organizational skills and the ability to communicate with stakeholders throughout DRW’s global footprint.
Responsibilities
- Develop data requirements and provide recommendations to front office traders and researchers, working closely with collaborators including data analysts and engineers.
- Drive curations of our catalog of data sets to ensure broad discoverability within the platform.
- Drive evaluation and integration of new datasets, managing the data onboarding lifecycle for our platform.
- Collaborate with data engineers and Contract Management team to track and communicate progress and priorities with key user groups.
- Build relationships with front office users to promote data platform offerings and growth.
- Employ data analysis skills to ensure new sets provide maximum business value and meet requirements for completeness, accessibility and interoperability.
- Ensure all stakeholders have appropriate access to datasets to power their trading strategy ideation.
- Collaborate on continuous improvement of access management processes and tools.
- Engage with external vendors to keep DRW informed of new offerings and trends.
Requirements
- Knowledge of modern financial markets and instruments, research data sets and platforms.
- 5+ years working with front office stakeholders, including traders and researchers to fulfil their data needs.
- Experience performing data analysis in SQL and Python using common libraries like pandas.
- Experience using cloud-based tools like AWS S3 or Snowflake.
- Strong organizational and relationship management skills.
Skills
- SQL
- Python
- pandas
- AWS S3
- Snowflake
Location
- Chicago
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $125,000 to $175,000
Benefits
- Group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance
- 401k (with discretionary employer match)
- Short and long-term disability
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Health savings accounts
- Flexible spending accounts
- Annual discretionary bonus
About the Company
- DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.
- We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
- Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets.
- We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
- We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds.
- The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it.
- DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
Equal Opportunity
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