The RoleYou'll join the engineering team behind Beacon, Clearwater's front office platform used by investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, and insurance companies. Your work sits at the intersection of financial data and production software — ingesting market data, processing trades, and building the infrastructure that gives portfolio managers and traders real-time visibility into their positions.This is not a quant role, but you'll work closely with people who speak the language of markets. You should be comfortable learning the domain.What You'll BuildMarket data ingestion pipelines, connecting to third-party vendors (Bloomberg, Refinitiv) and normalizing pricing, reference, and corporate action dataTrade ingestion systems, including high-frequency trade processing and reconciliationTime series frameworks for storing and querying financial data efficientlyETL and data pipelines that move and transform investment data reliably at scaleIntegrations with third-party financial platforms and internal Beacon framework featuresMust HavesPython proficiency, production-grade Python, not just scriptsFinance domain exposure, you've worked with financial instruments (equities, fixed income, derivatives, FX) in a professional context.
Banking, fintech, asset management, or financial data all count.SQL fluency, comfortable writing complex queries and understanding query performanceData pipeline experience, you've built or maintained ETL/ELT workflows in production CS fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, system design basicsNice to HavesExperience with Kafka, Redis, or other streaming/messaging systemsFamiliarity with market data vendors or financial data formats (FIX, FPML, Bloomberg API)Cloud experience, AWS or Azure in a data engineering contextNoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB) alongside relationalPrior experience at a bank, hedge fund, asset manager, or fintechTech StackPython SQL Kafka AWS / Azure Redis REST APIs Bloomberg / Refinitiv FIX ProtocolSalary Range$137,770.00 - $178,250.00This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.
For this role, benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), PTO, parental leave, and medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits. Clearwater Analytics 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, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.