Data Engineer

Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and WeBull, and more than 20 million of our clients' customers. 

Collectively, AFS creates an environment in which companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world. We are based in Dallas, TX and also have offices in Austin, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, and Belfast. 

If you are seeking a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you'll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, and you have the guts to change everything, this is the place for you. 

AFS has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:

• 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards
• 2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company
• 2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards

As a Data Engineer at Apex Fintech Solutions, you are free to explore unique solutions and try fresh ideas that may benefit our financial services and trading businesses, and our investment companies. You’ll collaborate with some of tech’s sharpest minds to solve for the firm’s ever-changing but exciting challenges. Working in tech at AFS means that you’ll always be presented with a variety of new possibilities as you continue to enhance your skills.

Apex product development teams are charged with building the services our clients love and are at the heart of our future product innovations. Apex has begun its transformation from on-premise infrastructure to the Cloud (GCP), and our team is responsible for transforming our products into the next generation clearing platform that will lead our industry for years to come. 

You’ll be responsible for:

• Be a data wizard. Create, manipulate, access, and deliver data in the most efficient ways possible to business users, end-customers, 3rd-party vendors, and application developers
• Work the data.  Create processes to load, transform, and deliver data to business users, end-customers, 3rd party vendors, and application developers.
• Learn the data. Utilize excellent analytical and problem-solving techniques to understand our complex data structures and put the data to work. Participate in all phases of the development process.
• See the data. Build reports, analytics and visualizations to help meet business initiatives and make decisions.

What you can expect:

• Working with a variety of languages/frameworks, such as Java, Go, Python and technologies such as RDBMS
• Attending training to learn about options trading and financial markets
• A highly collaborative environment where everyone is focused on outcomes that build momentum for Apex to reach its goals.
• A culture that values a test-centric approach to software development.
• End-to-end ownership of what you deploy. From documentation to service-level objectives, your team is ultimately responsible for the health of your products.
• Contribute to and benefit from a culture of continuous learning. Access to mentors, generous policies regarding attending industry conferences and book reimbursement, regular lunch-and-learns.
• Encourage innovation by questioning business processes throughout the company
• Mentorship from senior engineers and engineering managers.
• Quarterly 2-day hackathons and bi-weekly Tech Connects.
• An environment committed to using the right tool to get the job done.
• Work that matters.

You’ll gain loads of experience in this role but before you do, you should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a similar field
• 2+ years of data engineering and analysis
• 2+ years of experience in data warehousing and ETL processes
• 1+ years of experience with Python
• Advanced problem-solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent client support skills
• Proficient with version control systems, ideally GitHub
• Ability and willingness to learn new things (languages, tools, frameworks) quickly
• Experience with Cloud Data technologies preferred
• Financial services background preferred
• Experience with the MS SQL Server experience nice to have
• Previous knowledge in financial markets isn’t required, but interest is a plus
• Adaptability: while you enjoy establishing process and standards, you understand the need to be flexible and enjoy trying new things.