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Data Engineer - Infrastructure

An established electronic market maker · Chicago, United States · first seen 2 months ago

Compensation
Pay not published
Location
Chicago, United States
Seniority
Not stated

What is the Data Engineer - Infrastructure role in Chicago, United States?

An established electronic market maker is hiring a Data Engineer - Infrastructure in Chicago, United States. It is an experienced data engineer role, and the advert asks for distributed systems, Java, Linux and machine learning.

Pay

Pay not published

Not stated by the employer and no benchmark held

Location

Chicago, United States

Function

Data Engineer

Education

Not stated

Status

Open

Ref KQ-69FC8F

First seen

2 months ago

Verified today

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About the employer

This vacancy is with an established electronic market maker. We hold the employer's identity confidential until we have spoken with you about the role, so the advert below is written by our research team from the facts stated in the live posting - never copied from it. This role was advertised publicly by the employer. It is not a confidential search mandate; those are handled directly and are never listed.

What you would do

  • ·Sits in the Systems & Infrastructure team.
  • ·Is classified as an data engineer role from its title and team.
  • ·Works with distributed systems, Java, Linux, machine learning and Python, as named in the posting.

What they are asking for

  • ·At least 5 years of experience.
  • ·Practical experience with distributed systems, Java, Linux, machine learning and Python.

Skills in this advert

Distributed systemsJavaLinuxMachine learningPython

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