iCapital is powering the world’s alternative investment marketplace. Our financial technology platform has transformed how advisors, wealth management firms, asset managers, and banks evaluate and recommend bespoke public and private market strategies for their high-net-worth clients. iCapital services approximately $176 billion in global client assets invested in 1,433 funds, as of December 2023.
iCapital has been named to the Forbes Fintech 50 for six consecutive years (2018-2023); a three-time selection by Forbes to its list of Best Startup Employers (2021-2023); and a three-time winner of MMI/Barron’s Solutions Provider award (See link below).
We are looking for outstanding Data Engineers to join our Lisbon-based team who can help build the infrastructure to make data a central part of iCapital. Data driven decisions are very critical for iCapital, as a result, we are looking for engineers that will not only be able to use the data but also understand it and help make actionable decisions. Data Engineers quickly grasp complex and fluid business problems and solve them with robust and creative analyses after having built highly-performant and highly scalable infrastructure to warehouse the data. If you love using the latest technologies, working on creative software projects, and/or thinking about innovative new business plans in your spare time, read on.
How You Will Fulfill Your Potential
Leverage open-source technologies and cloud solutions to build elegant features that iCapital platform users love
Develop and automate large scale, high-performance data platform infrastructure to drive iCapital business growth and enable data-driven organization
Design and develop reusable components and frameworks for ingestion, cleansing, and data quality
Streamline the ingestion of raw data from various sources into our Data Lake and Data Warehouse
Design data models for optimal storage and retrieval that represent the product entities and meet business requirements
Coordinate closely with sales and product development teams daily to push iCapital’s FinTech strategy and improve the overall profitability of our business
What We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics or other quantitative area or related field
1–4 years of experience with open-source technologies or object-oriented/functional programming, strong ability to write easy-to-scale, high-quality code
Experienced in at least 1 numeric research framework (python/pandas, R/Splus, Octave/Matlab)
Familiarity with OLAP (Redshift, Snowflake) and OLTP (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) databases.
Familiarity with various database designs (Relational, Columnar, NoSQL)
Some background in probability/statistics
Detail-oriented, ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment
Ability to work independently while also being a strong team player
Excellent written and verbal communication
Passionate about programming and cutting-edge technologies
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s in Computer Science, Data Science or related field
Professional experience with Python and JVM based languages such as Scala, Java, and Kotlin
Experience building data-pipelines, data-lakes and data warehouses.
Good knowledge of financial markets and financial instruments
Experience with AWS solutions such as Lambda, S3, Kinesis, ElastiCache
Familiarity with AWS and infrastructure-as-code (terraform or cloud formation)
Familiarity with the use and restrictions of PII data for analysis, research, development, and testing
Full-time or internship experience as a data engineer in the financial technology industry is a plus
iCapital offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a competitive total compensation program consisting of salary, equity for all full-time employees, annual performance bonus, and an employer matched retirement plan; generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling; unlimited paid time off (PTO) and parental leave.
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