MFS  Investment Management

Software Engineering Sr. Data Engineer

MFS Investment Management$98K — $141K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline
  • 5+ years of experience in data application design and development
  • 2-4 years of advanced SQL experience
  • Experience with ETL/ELT, data warehouse, and analytics architecture
  • Knowledge of Snowflake and cloud-native databases preferred
  • Hands-on experience with cloud-based platforms like Azure, GCP, or AWS
  • Deep understanding of Agile SDLC, DevOps, and diverse technologies
  • Familiarity with unified data management architecture and event-driven architecture
  • Experience in financial services with knowledge of financial instruments is a plus
  • Strong interpersonal skills for cross-team collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement data pipelines for the Investment Data Management Office
  • Maintain technical documentation for data engineering solutions
  • Develop comprehensive unit tests for data solutions
  • Lead development activities aligned with strategic business requirements
  • Manage ongoing development of data pipelines from various sources
  • Drive continuous improvement of data quality and control
  • Troubleshoot complex systems interactions to identify root causes
  • Partner with cross-functional teams for platform enhancements

Benefits

  • 15% contribution to retirement account separate from 401(k)
  • $100 monthly education assistance up to $10,000 lifetime maximum
  • Tuition reimbursement up to $8,000 annually
  • Access to discounted tutors and college coaches
  • Generous time off including 20 weeks for maternity and 12 weeks for parental leave
  • Choice of medical and dental plans with employer HSA contribution
  • Tax deferred commuter benefits and flexible spending accounts
  • Robust wellness programs including fitness and mental health support
Full Job Description

THE ROLE

In conjunction with the Investment Data Management Office, the Senior Data Engineer contributes to a long-term strategic initiative to unify and harmonize our investment data. This initiative enables enhanced investment decision making, risk management and client reporting for our multi-asset platform by delivering consistent, timely, accurate and user-friendly data to investors, risk teams and clients.

Are you a hands-on and detailed-oriented individual working on the cutting edge of financial instruments, investment data, and analytics? Are you interested in investment data strategies across a wide variety of traditional and alternative asset classes? Are you a thinker who enjoys devising innovative and flexible business solutions to meet emerging business needs?

The MFS Investment Data Management Office is actively searching for a Senior Data Engineer to implement data engineering and analytics solutions. Primary responsibilities include full implementation and maintenance of data ingestion, data maintenance, data validation and data delivery of investment data. We are looking for someone who thrives in an agile, collaborative, team-based environment, working closely with technology peers across MFS, investment professionals and key vendor partners. This position offers the opportunity to shape the future of investment data at MFS.


WHAT YOU WILL DO

  • Design, develop, and implement data pipelines to maintain unified data platform for the Investment Data Management Office (IDMO)
  • Create and maintain detailed technical design and architecture documentation to support development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of data engineering solutions
  • Develop and execute comprehensive unit tests, ensuring thorough test coverage and clear documentation of test cases and results
  • Lead and participate in all development activities, develop and implement solutions to meet business requirements that align with program strategic objectives
  • Responsible for new and on-going development of data pipelines sourcing from internal and external sources
  • Drive continuous improvement of data quality, resiliency, control, efficiency, and monitoring
  • Troubleshooting complex system interactions to find the root cause to problems
  • Partner with platform lead to design, develop, implement and deploy new software components to investment data platform
  • Partner with data architect to evaluate and finalize the unified data model
  • Partner with integration architect to upgrade and integrate data ingestion and data delivery tools with the unified data platform
  • Upgrade and integrate transformation tool, data validation tool and orchestration tools with the unified data platform to implement data engineering, analytical engineering and data maintenance capabilities.
  • Provide support during unexpected outages


WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related disciplines.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in design, development and building data oriented complex applications.
  • Minimum of 2-4 years of hands-on progressive experience from SQL to Advanced SQL.
  • Experience working in data integration (ETL/ELT), data warehouse, data analytics architecture and sound understanding of design principles.
  • Knowledge of and experience with Snowflake and other cloud native databases is highly preferred.
  • Development Experience in Cloud based PAAS platforms like Microsoft Azure, Google GCP or Amazon AWS
  • Deep understanding of Agile SDLC, DevOps and Cloud technologies required, in addition to exposure to multiple, diverse technologies, platforms, and processing environments.
  • Knowledge about various architectures, patterns such as unified data management architecture (UDM), data mesh architecture, event-driven architecture, real-time data flows, non-relational repositories, data virtualization, etc.
  • Experience with building solutions in the financial services domain with an understanding of financial instruments, transactions, and positions, is desired.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead cross-team collaboration and partnerships across a variety of internal and external constituencies.

#LI-SS1

Base Salary Range: $98,500.00 - $141,500.00 This position is eligible for competitive incentive bonus.

At MFS, we believe in fair and transparent compensation. For that reason, we27re including the salary range for this position. This range reflects our good-faith expectation forwhat we27ll pay depending on the candidate27s experience, training and education. In addition to the salary, we also offer significant and competitive incentive compensationbased on both individual and company performance. Other components of our Total Rewards Package include:

  • MFS contributes an amount equal to 15% of your base salary to your retirement account that is separate from the company -sponsored 401(k)

  • Education Assistance: MFS contributes $100 monthly up to $10,000 lifetime maximum directly to loan provider

  • Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement up to $8,000 annually

  • Education Assistance: Access to discounted tutors and college coaches

  • Generous time off and fully paid leaves including 20-weeks for maternity, 12-weeks for parental and caregiver leaves

  • Choice of medical and dental plans and an and an employer contribution into the Health Savings Account

  • Tax deferred commuter benefits & flexible spending accounts (medical & dependent care)

  • Wellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program with a focus on mental health, subsidized fitness benefit via Wellhub (formerly Gympass), where you can workout at gyms, studios and boutique fitness locations near you, join virtual personal training sessions and access a wide variety of well-being apps

Our compensation philosophy is to pay competitively for talent while ensuring equity across employees performing comparable work. We are committed to transparency 2D if you have questions about how we arrived at this range or what additional benefits and bonus opportunities come with the role, we27ll be happy to discuss them

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At MFS, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn27t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply - you might be just the right candidate for this role or others.

MFS is a hybrid work environment (remote/onsite) unless otherwise stated in the job posting.

About MFS Investment Management

MFS Investment Management is an American-based global investment manager, formerly known as Massachusetts Financial Services. Founded in 1924, MFS is one of the oldest asset management companies in the world and has been credited with pioneering the mutual fund. The first mutual fund, the Massachusetts Investors Trust fund, is still in operation today. MFS had $528.4 billion in assets under management as of January 31, 2020.
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