Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Department: Operations-Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: New York

Compensation: $70,000 - $100,000 / year

Description

Our CompanyPrivate investments such as venture capital, hedge funds, and private equity, make up roughly 25% of the entire investments universe. Traditionally, investors, family offices, and managers track hundreds of investments in complicated spreadsheets, file folders, and busy email boxes. Not only is this tedious and time-consuming, but it is rife with opportunity for manual data entry errors, inconsistent reporting, and lost information. Enter, Arch.

Arch is a fintech startup that digitizes and automates portfolio management and document collection for private investments. With Arch, investors can rest assured knowing all of their investment information and data is organized, accurate, and secure.

We are a small company responsible for billions of dollars in investments, and we are looking to hire in all parts of our company as we are quickly growing. As a Data Engineer, you'll write much of the code for processing and organizing data from hundreds of sources in thousands of formats, keeping Arch's data organized as we continue to scale and grow our company.

The role

The Data Engineer role at Arch is a role whose responsibilities are tightly aligned with the efficiency and overall success of the Operations team.

Key Responsibilities

As a Data Engineer, you will be an integral part of our growing Operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Diving into and mastering the many sources and formats of alternative investment data.
• Maintaining, refining, and augmenting Arch data processing pipelines.
• Both applying traditional data ingestion methods and making use of generative AI where relevant.
• Tracking and improving Arch's data quality and processing efficiency.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Reach out to us if you:

• Are proficient in JavaScript or another mainstream programming language
• Know SQL
• Are a quick learner who enjoys partnering with others and solving difficult problems
• Are interested in alternative investments and/or financial services

Bonus points if you:

• Enjoy writing code to process and understand data
• Are familiar with the terms capital calls, IRRs, recallable distributions, or K-1s
• Have taken finance or accounting courses

Some perks of working for Arch include:

• Your work is high impact - Being one of just a few people responsible for the company means you have real responsibility and impact from day one. You'll be involved in discussions that drive the growth and direction of our platform from the very beginning.
• You'll learn a lot about a lot - You get to learn about all aspects of the business and touch every system that's part of the product. Our team has helped bring previous companies from early stages to success and has intimate knowledge of the industry and we can quickly bring you up to speed.
• Low bureaucracy - We may be small, but that means we're nimble and can move quickly. New changes are being added to our platform every day, and we're always looking for ways to do things better. We move fast and if a feature or process doesn't make sense or could be more efficient, you always have the power to make it better.
• Team community and camaraderie - We are a small team, and we have enormous trust in each other and always do what we can do to support one another. We're always ready to step in to help.