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Data Developer

DRW
🇨🇦MontréalMediorFull-timePosted March 23, 2026

About the Role

Join DRW's AI and Multi Asset Systematic Strategies team as a Data Developer. You'll design and build data pipelines for RAG systems, manage structured and unstructured data ingestion into centralized data lakes, and architect scalable solutions for AI and ML workloads. This role involves optimizing embedding workflows, developing data processing pipelines for model training and inference, and collaborating with ML engineers to enhance retrieval quality and system performance across the firm.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field
  • 2-5 years building data systems and pipelines in production environments
  • Strong experience with RAG architectures, including vector databases (Milvus, ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate, or Qdrant)
  • Proficiency in Python with experience using DAG-based orchestration platforms (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or similar)
  • Hands-on experience with embedding models and semantic search systems
  • Experience with distributed data processing frameworks (Apache Spark, Ray, or Dask)
  • Understanding of LLM inference optimization techniques and prompt engineering
  • Familiarity with Docker, containerization, and orchestration platforms
  • Strong grasp of data engineering best practices including data modeling, ETL/ELT patterns, and data quality