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# Derived Data Engineer

- **Company:** Jump Trading
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Unit Testing, C++ (Programming Language), Linux, File Systems, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Rust (Programming Language), Data Storage Technologies
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/8bfd05f9-8cf4-4a50-9b6b-148a7714ca23

## About the Role

* 7+ years of software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Python, Rust, and C++
 * 5+ years calculating derived data, or working on a team that consumes it
 * Direct experience calculating bars and residuals from market data (ideally from streaming, colocated market data)
 * Good understanding of trading and research, and how trading teams work with analytical research
 * Strong unit-testing / test-driven coding style
 * Experience working with various data storage formats, filesystems, and event queues preferred
 * Hands-on experience working within a Linux environment
 * Willingness to diversify and master other technical skills on the job
 * Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
 * Strong communication skills, with the ability to document technical solutions and calculations in non-technical terms

## Description

The ideal candidate will be able to dig into the technical details and work with end-users to understand their needs and implement streamlined solutions to deliver results. We are looking for individuals who are instinctively curious self-starters, demonstrating the ability to independently drive tasks and projects to completion in a team environment.

 * Working with a variety of datasets, provide a scalable, centralized, validated representation of data for consumers to utilize.
 * Review and understand various datasets leveraging vendor documentation, liaising with external vendors as needed to better understand data.
 * Design, build, and maintain systems that calculate bars and residuals from market data, including streaming data captured in colocated environments.
 * Extend the derived-data platform to additional analytics such as curves, volatility surfaces, and greeks.
 * Work closely with trading and research teams to understand how they use derived analytics and deliver calculations that fit their workflows.
 * Document technical solutions and calculations clearly, translating complex methodology for less financially savvy stakeholders terms non-technical stakeholders can act on.


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