Job Description

Job Title: AVP – Data Engineer

Location: Bangalore, India

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Assistant Vice President (AVP) to join our Asset management Data Engineering team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-scale data solutions that manage market data, security master data, trade data, position data, and investment analytics workloads across the Asset Management landscape. The role requires strong technical expertise across data engineering, cloud data platforms like Snowflake and production support, combined with a solid understanding of financial instruments and investment management processes. The individual will collaborate with portfolio management, investment operations, risk, compliance, and technology teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and high-performance data solutions.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy,

Best in class leave policy.
Gender neutral parental leaves
100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
Accident and Term life Insurance
Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines for market, trade, position, and reference data processing.
Develop complex PL/SQL programs, database procedures, and performance tuning solutions.
Build and maintain Python-based data integration and transformation frameworks.
Develop Shell and/or Perl scripts to support automation, operational controls, and platform maintenance.
Design ETL/ELT processes supporting large-scale financial data platforms.
Facilitate ingestion via data shares and transformation of data into Snowflake-based data environments.
Integrate data from external market data vendors, custodians, brokers, and internal applications.
Design and support Kafka-based event-driven integration solutions.
Implement data quality, reconciliation, and monitoring controls across critical data flows.
Support enterprise scheduling using Control-M and/or AutoSys.
Drive improvements in scalability, resilience, observability, and operational efficiency.
Provide L3 support for critical production applications and data services.
Lead root cause analysis and problem management activities.
Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements relating to financial data.
Ensure adherence to SDLC, release management, change management, and operational controls.
Participate in disaster recovery, resilience, and operational readiness activities.
Partner with business stakeholders across Investment Management, Operations, Risk, and Compliance.
Support strategic data platform modernization initiatives and cloud transformation programs.
Contribute to technical roadmaps and architecture decisions.

Your skills and experience

Mandatory Skills

Technical Skills

Strong PL/SQL development and database performance tuning experience.
Advanced Python programming skills. (Data ingestion, validation and recon, automation and enrichment)
Strong Shell Scripting and/or Perl Scripting experience.
Experience with Snowflake Data Cloud and data shares.
Strong knowledge of ETL, data integration, and data processing frameworks.
Experience with enterprise scheduling tools such as Control-M or AutoSys.
Experience working with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
Strong SQL and relational database expertise.
Experience supporting mission-critical production environments.

Asset Management Domain Knowledge

Good understanding of the Asset Management industry.
Experience with:
Equities
Fixed Income
Derivatives
Mutual Funds / ETFs
Alternative Investments (desirable)
Hands-on experience with:
Trade Data
Position Data
Security Master Data
Market Data Feeds
Investment Reference Data

Good to Have

Microservices development experience.
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
Understanding of distributed application architectures.
Knowledge of modern data platform technologies and streaming architectures.

Experience

8-12 years of technology experience.
5+ years in Financial Services, Asset Management, or Capital Markets.
Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise-scale data engineering solutions.
Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.
Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

Training and development to help you excel in your career.
Coaching and support from experts in your team.
A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information: https://www.db.com/company/company.html

Als DWS setzen wir uns für die Schaffung eines vielfältigen und integrativen Arbeitsplatzes ein. Einen Arbeitsplatz, an dem Dialog und unterschiedliche Perspektiven wertgeschätzt werden und eine faire Behandlung auf Basis einer Leistungskultur sichergestellt ist. Der Mehrwert, den wir für unsere Kunden und Investoren schaffen, basiert auf unserer Fähigkeit, verschiedene Perspektiven aus der ganzen Welt und mit unterschiedlichen Hintergründen zusammenzubringen. Wir haben die Erfahrung gemacht, dass Teams bessere Leistungen erbringen und bessere Ergebnisse erzielen, wenn sie in der Lage sind, eine Vielzahl von Perspektiven einzubeziehen. Wir nennen das #ConnectingTheDots.

Seit über 150 Jahren wird unser Anspruch, die Globale Hausbank für unsere Kunden zu sein, von unseren Mitarbeitern vorangetrieben – in rund 60 Ländern und mit mehr als 150 Nationalitäten. Ihr tiefes Verständnis, ihre Erfahrungen, ihr Fachwissen und ihre Leidenschaft helfen unseren Kunden, sich in einer zunehmend komplexen Welt zurechtzufinden – sei es in unserer Unternehmensbank, unserer Privatkundenbank, unserer Investmentbank oder in unserem Asset Management (DWS). Gemeinsam können wir für unsere Kunden im In- und Ausland Großes bewirken und ihren dauerhaften Erfolg und ihre finanzielle Sicherheit sicherstellen.

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AVP – Data Engineer