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Two Sigma is a financial sciences company, combining data analysis, invention, and rigorous inquiry to help solve the toughest challenges in investment management, insurance technology, securities, private equity, and venture capital.

Our team of scientists, technologists, and academics looks beyond the traditional to develop creative solutions to some of the world’s most complex economic problems.
The Database Engineering team operates the most critical database systems which are integrated tightly with Two Sigma’s highly parallel research environment and core live trading systems. We are also developing new database services and solutions to further scale our research platform and growing our database offerings by adopting cloud native database platforms. The challenge, complexity, and impact of this team will grow substantially as we scale our research and trading systems to remain at the forefront of an industry where latencies are approaching zero and the depth and breadth of relevant data sources is growing exponentially.

You will take on the following responsibilities:
  • Provide production support for the TS critical applications running on PostgreSQL to ensure ongoing health and fast recovery in the event of a failure
  • Provide consultation for user adoption, application optimization, and usage best practices
  • Design and build software to integrate modern database solutions with Two Sigma’s data ecosystem (Storage backend, development toolings, etc)
  • Research and evaluate new database technologies or tools, adopt them to improve Two Sigma’s database infrastructure’s manageability, scalability and productivity
  • Design and implement software components & services to enable seamless user adoption of cloud database services. This includes but is not limited to: tooling for data replication/migration, database backup and recovery, mainstreaming observability and monitoring, and automation for provisioning and upgrade

You should possess the following qualifications:
  • Minimum 7 years of experience required; 7-15 years of experience preferred within the database domain
  • BS degree in Computer Science or relevant technical subject area
  • Expertise working with PostgreSQL databases
  • Hands-on experience working with a Public Cloud Platform & running databases in the Cloud
  • Hands-on experience with database design, application integration, and performance tuning
  • Strong software engineering skills - designing, developing, testing and troubleshooting code in one and/or more of the following programming languages: Python, Java, or PowerShell
  • Experience in designing and leading system automation and integration related work
  • Good understanding of operating systems (Linux & Windows), network fundamentals, and system performance

You will enjoy the following benefits:
  • Core Benefits: Fully paid medical and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents, competitive 401k match, employer-paid life & disability insurance
  • Perks: Onsite gyms with laundry service, wellness activities, casual dress, snacks, game rooms
  • Learning: Tuition reimbursement, conference and training sponsorship
  • Time Off: Generous vacation and unlimited sick days, competitive paid caregiver leaves
  • Hybrid Work Policy: Flexible in-office days with budget for home office setup
The base pay for this role will be between $165,000 and $325,000. This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation and benefits, such as a discretionary bonus, health, dental and other wellness plans and 401(k) contributions. Discretionary bonus can be a significant portion of total compensation. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Two Sigma is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

If you believe you need an accommodation, please visit our website for additional information.