Senior Data Engineer

Job Description:

Description

The Anti-Money Laundering & Sanctions Analytics team within Fidelity’s Enterprise Compliance group is responsible for the design, development, and optimization of Fidelity's detection and sanctions models. We partner with colleagues across Fidelity Legal, Risk & Compliance ('FLRC') to build software and data solutions that support Fidelity’s Financial Crimes Compliance programs.

We’re seeking a passionate Senior Data Engineer to assist with the ongoing transformation of the firm’s Financial Crimes Compliance program. If you’re passionate about data science engagements and working with data to help fight financial crime, then this is an excellent opportunity for you!

The Team

Our team has broad responsibility for Fidelity Investments transaction monitoring and sanctions systems across multiple business units. Coverage areas include: Cryptocurrency Trading and Blockchain Forensics, Insider Trading, Terrorist Financing, International Money Movement, Global Sanctions & Anti-Corruption, Elder Financial Exploitation, Negative Media screening, Market Manipulation, Securities Fraud, Low-Priced Securities, etc. Our team uses machine learning principles and emerging technologies while constantly striving to improve Fidelity’s surveillance and screening capabilities.

The Purpose of Your Role

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will own the development of data pipelines that support next generation surveillance solutions on a wide range of AML typologies. This includes building new features to improve machine learning models, rewriting legacy models, and support the data preparation for our reporting efforts.

The Responsibilities of this role

• Develop features in Snowflake using SQL, DBT and Python that support the team’s work on identifying suspicious transactions and customers
• Support the development of experimental AI/machine learning algorithms into scalable, robust production-ready processes
• Help drive the future direction of the team’s technological initiatives
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and training to other team members through code reviews, collaboration, and educational presentations
• Define and educate others about software development process standard methodologies
• Explore new technologies, emerging trends and determine their applicability to the team’s use cases; orchestrate the adoption of such technologies and trends where appropriate

The Expertise You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical expertise
• Excellent proficiency in SQL
• Expertise in querying relational databases, e.g. Oracle, Snowflake and non-relational databases, e.g. MongoDB, kDB
• Strong proficiency in Python or another object-oriented programming language with a desire to use Python.
• Familiarity with a distributed system such as Snowflake or Hadoop
• Experience in the software development cycle from design to implementation to testing, CI/CD, version control management/git, documentation, etc.
• Experience working with dbt (data build tool) is nice to have
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts

Behavioral Attributes

• You’re committed to supporting other data engineers and data scientists and enjoy guiding others as they mature their own data engineering skills
• You adhere to and enforce engineering best-practices (Git, documentation, test automation)
• Love of technology — following trends and trying them in small scale to see how they work
• An eye for detail and commitment to quality and high standards
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

The Value You Deliver

• Protect Fidelity’s customers and brand by identifying bad actors or victims on the platform
• Bring on the latest implementations of emerging technologies into Fidelity’s AML Program
• Detect suspicious activity occurring on Fidelity’s platform
• Support Fidelity’s new business initiatives, e.g. Fidelity Digital Assets
• Help develop your teammates by sharing your experience, expertise and perspective

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work in 2022. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Many of our associates are continuing to work remotely temporarily due to COVID-19. When Fidelity employees eventually return to the office, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what we’re calling Dynamic Working.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Leave of Absence/Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations @fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.