Data Engineer

Aix-en-Provence, France

About this role:

ALPHA10X is the AI leader in private markets investments. Our Nostradamus platform analyzes data at scale to shape the knowledge and foresight that generate alpha and impact. The company is a well-funded growth stage startup and aspiring unicorn, rapidly expanding our revenue, customer base, and market presence, while scaling operations, enhancing products, and securing additional funding to further accelerate development. Our team includes prominent business leaders, investors, scholars, and data scientists.

ALPHA10X is looking for a skilled Data Engineer. Reporting to our co-leads, the responsibilities include developing and maintaining our Azure-hosted data systems. You will create data workflows for our knowledge graph, develop and run data transformation services in Databricks and Azure Data Factory, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and define data needs for product and other functional teams. Expect to uphold agile software development best practices, focusing on unit testing, automation, and continuous integration via CI/CD pipeline.

Key responsibilities:

  • ETL Development: Design, develop, and implement robust, efficient, and scalable data pipelines that handles various data formats and shapes, as part of the creation of our knowledge graph.
  • Databases: Knowing the internal working of the most relevant SQL and NoSQL databases, their query languages, as well as distributed computing fundamentals
  • Data Analysis: Being able to preprocess and visualize data to extract actionable insights, both internal and external

What we value:

  • Initiative and curiosity.
  • Low ego because the outcome matters more than who gets the credit.
  • Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, guide, lead, and follow.
  • Unrelenting drive to push the boundaries of AI and data science.

What we are looking for:

Mandatory minimum qualifications

  • Master’s degree in computer science
  • 2+ years of significative experience (internships excluded) in Data Engineering (not Data Science, nor Data Analysis)
  • Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
  • Hard Skills
  • Outstanding programming skills in (PySpark, SQL, Python) and problem solving
  • Large-scale data processing knowledge (Terabytes)
  • Comfortable working with GIT
  • Familiarity with Document databases (CosmosDB, MongoDB), Graph databases (Neo4J) and ELK
  • Hands-on Azure Cloud services experience (Databricks, Azure Data Factory and Azure DevOps)
  • Soft skills
  • Fast learning and continuous improvement attitude
  • Team-work oriented
  • Proactivity
  • Motivation and ambition

Why join us?

  • Innovation: Play a key role in advancing the capabilities of AI in fintech, working with some of the brightest minds in the industry.
  • Leadership: As part of the future shaping team, you will have a direct impact on the company's growth and strategic direction.
  • Growth Opportunities: Join a fast-paced, high-growth startup with significant equity participation and potential for personal and professional advancement.
  • Global Impact: Be part of a team that connects people, capital, and ideas to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges through AI-driven financial solutions.

To apply, please email: hr@alpha10x.com