As one of the world’s leading asset managers, we are solely dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. If you’re looking for challenging work, smart colleagues, and a global employer with a social conscience, explore your potential at Invesco
The Department
Invesco Technology is a global organization with 1300+ employees working together to serve our business to deliver a superior investment experience. We operate under a OneTech philosophy that guides our attitudes and business decisions and creates a truly collaborative environment. Our people are our priority because working together we can develop the innovative solutions that will propel us to becoming leaders in the asset management space in the digital and data economy.
“The thing I like best about working in IT at Invesco is the people. Every day, I am inspired by who I get to work with, not just in my local office, but around the globe.” – IT Manager, Houston, USA.
Your Role
We’re seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join a fast-paced agile development team using the latest technologies to build portfolio construction and analysis applications. In this position, you will work to envision, design, develop, and deploy cutting-edge capabilities to Invesco Vision. You’ll be expected to have basic investments knowledge to quickly and accurately collect and visualize investment processes. The environment is demanding, and you will be challenged. We expect that you are fluent in all things data, and you also understand the nuances of financial services and our investment capabilities. You’ll be a part of a dynamic, collaborative team that wants to hear your input because you have a sound foundation in technology and investments. The ideal candidate is passionate about speed, quality, automation, and continuous delivery. We’re actively cultivating a culture of innovation and excellence, and while not for everyone, this environment will be challenging and rewarding for the right individual who welcomes dynamism and solving complex problems. Our team is sensitive to an ever-evolving technological landscape where thirst for knowledge and learning is mandatory, and the mastery of new skills and best practices is essential.
You will be responsible for:
- Work on new and innovative portfolio construction and analytics applications along with other experienced developers.
- Identify, ingest, and enrich a diverse set of structured and unstructured big data into datasets for analysis.
- Operate and extend the data research platform to deliver production-quality data on time for analysis.
- Own end-to-end data workflows and develop deep domain expertise to ensure data quality and completeness
- Experiment with new technologies and acquire new skills to find creative solutions to the unique challenges we will encounter along the way
The experience you bring:
- Minimum 10 years of confirmed experience developing data analytics and visualization software and workflows
- Advanced experience with Python and libraries like numpy, pandas, scipy, and matplotlib
- Advanced database programming experience with both SQL (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and noSQL (e.g. MongoDB, Parquet) data stores.
- Advanced experience with Linux server administration, containerized environments (Docker or LXC), git, continuous integration (e.g. Bamboo, Jenkins, Travis-CI, or CircleCI), documentation (e.g. Sphinx), IT security, distributed computing, and parallel computation.
- Intermediate experience working with AWS and its services (EC2, KMS, ElastiCache, EFS, SLB, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, etc.)
- Intermediate experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Plotly, PowerBI, Tableau, Plotly Dash, or RShiny)
- Intermediate to advanced experience with Microsoft Excel
- Basic to intermediate experience with Javascript, HTML, CSS, React.js, and other front-end technologies.
- Basic to intermediate understanding of Equity, Fixed Income, and Derivative instruments
Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:
- Comfortable working with ambiguity (e.g. imperfect data, loosely defined concepts, ideas, or goals) and translating these into more tangible outputs
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Self-motivated. Capable of working with little or no supervision
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Enjoy challenging and thought-provoking work and have a strong desire to learn and progress
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and requests
- Must demonstrate a positive, team-focused attitude
- Ability to react positively under pressure to meet tight deadlines
- Good inter-personal skills combined with willingness to listen
- Structured, disciplined approach to work, with attention to detail
- Flexible – able to meet changing requirements and priorities
- Maintenance of up-to-date knowledge in the appropriate technical areas
- Able to work in a global, multicultural environment
Formal Education: (minimum requirement to perform job duties)
- Masters in Statistics, Computer Science or other similar advanced degrees from a top tier educational institution preferred
- CFA, CPA, CIPM, CAIA, and/or FRM preferred, but not required.
What’s in it for you?
Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:
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Flexible time off and opportunities for a flexible work schedule
- 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with additional supplemental contribution
- Health & wellbeing benefits
- Parental Leave benefits
- Employee stock purchase plan
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.
Invesco’s culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.
Work Experience / Knowledge:
- Minimum 10 years of proven experience developing data analytics and visualization software and workflows.
- Advanced experience with Python and libraries like numpy, pandas, scipy, and matplotlib.
- Advanced database programming experience with both SQL (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and noSQL (e.g. MongoDB, Parquet) data stores.
- Advanced experience with Linux server administration, containerized environments (Docker or LXC), git, continuous integration (e.g. Bamboo, Jenkins, Travis-CI, or CircleCI), documentation (e.g. Sphinx).
- Advanced experience with IT security, distributed computing, and parallel computation.
- Advanced experience working with AWS and its services (EC2, KMS, ElastiCache, EFS, SLB, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, etc.)
- Intermediate experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Plotly, PowerBI, Tableau, Plotly Dash, or RShiny)
- Intermediate to advanced experience with Microsoft Excel.
- Basic to intermediate experience with Javascript, HTML, CSS, React.js, and other front-end technologies.
- Basic to intermediate understanding of Equity, Fixed Income, and Derivative instruments.
Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:
- Comfortable working with ambiguity (e.g. imperfect data, loosely defined concepts, ideas, or goals) and translating these into more tangible outputs.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Self-motivated. Capable of working with little or no supervision.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Enjoy challenging and thought-provoking work and have a strong desire to learn and progress.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and requests.
- Must demonstrate a positive, team-focused attitude
- Ability to react positively under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
- Good inter-personal skills combined with willingness to listen.
- Structured, disciplined approach to work, with attention to detail.
- Flexible – able to meet changing requirements and priorities.
- Maintenance of up-to-date knowledge in the appropriate technical areas.
- Able to work in a global, multicultural environment.
Formal Education: (minimum requirement to perform job duties)
- Masters in Statistics, Computer Science or other similar advanced degrees from a top tier educational institution preferred.
License/Registration/Certification: (minimum requirement to perform job duties)
- CFA, CPA, CIPM, CAIA, and/or FRM preferred, but not required.
Working Conditions:
- Normal office environment with little exposure to noise, dust and temperatures.
- The ability to lift, carry or otherwise move objects of up to 10 pounds is also necessary.
- Normally works a regular schedule of hours, however hours may vary depending upon the project or assignment.
FLSA (US Only): Exempt
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.
Invesco’s culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.
