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# Data Engineer at tastytrade

- **Company:** tastytrade
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-31
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tastytrade/jobs/6230131004

## Job description

Company Name: tastytrade

Role: Data Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid, 3 days/week)

## About the Role

We’re looking for a Data Engineer to join our Analytics team. You’ll own data pipeline architecture, upskill those around you, and have real influence on how we build our data platform.

You’ll be part of a full stack data team of data scientists, data engineers, and analysts who take full ownership of our data pipelines and feature generation. This is a full-scope role: you’ll design systems, make tech decisions, ship, and iterate. If you have a good idea and can execute it, we’d love to learn from you.

Our team works with Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Tableau, Python, AWS (S3, ECR, EKS), GitHub, ArgoCD, Elementary, and Grafana.

## What You’ll Do

- Design and build scalable data pipelines using dbt, Python, Airflow, and Snowflake to support business processes, such as our executive reporting dashboards
- Own pipeline architecture and performance, and drive strategic initiatives to improve our data platform
- Make architectural decisions, including schema design, tool selection, and trade-offs
- Own data quality and observability, and build the infrastructure that keeps our data right
- Write ELT code using modern data engineering practices, including Git and automated testing and deployments
- Debug production data issues when they break (and they will)
- Process, clean, and validate data from a variety of external sources and internal data pipelines
- Lead ad-hoc analysis using internal and external data sources to help teams understand how customers interact with our products
- Collaborate with upstream data producers (Software Engineering/DevOps) and downstream data consumers (Marketing, Product, and Leadership)
- Contribute to data visualization and reporting efforts in Tableau
- Upskill those around you through code review, design collaboration, and knowledge sharing
- Optimize performance, improve processes, and level up team practices

## Who You Are

- You have 2-5 years of professional data engineering experience
- You have expert SQL skills: you think in queries and optimize ruthlessly
- You have real dbt experience, meaning actual production work and not just exposure
- You write solid Python, with production code rather than scripts
- You have hands-on experience with Airflow (or Prefect/Dagster)
- You have experience with a cloud data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift)
- You understand the data product lifecycle, standards, and practices
- You know your way around data quality functions like cleansing, standardization, parsing, and validation
- You can design systems and lead projects
- You communicate clearly with non-engineers and engineers alike
- You’re proficient with version control (Git/GitHub) and command line interfaces

## Preferred Qualifications

- Kubernetes or infrastructure-as-code experience
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Data quality frameworks (Elementary, Great Expectations, Monte Carlo)
- Financial services background
- Advanced Airflow patterns and custom operators
- Experience with agile development practices and the project lifecycle

Company Perks + Benefits:

- Performance Bonuses
- Stock Purchase Options
- Medical/Vision/Dental Benefits
- 401k Plan
- 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday!)
- 10 Paid Sick Days
- Gym Membership Reimbursement
- Commuter Benefits
- Pet Insurance
- Wellness & Mental Health Programs
- Charitable Donation Matching
- Two Paid Volunteer Days Off
- Daily catered lunch when in the office
- Full kitchen with snacks and beverages
- In-building gym
- Shuttle to/from Metra

Base Salary Range: $130,000-$150,000 The actual salary offered will be based on the candidate's level of experience and qualifications.

Discretionary Performance Bonus: 8-12% of base salary based on individual and company performance.

## About IGNA + tasty

IG North America is home to tastytrade, tastylive & tastyfx—a family of brands built to democratize trading and empower individual investors. Founded in Chicago by the creators of thinkorswim, acquired by London-based IG Group in 2021, we combine startup innovation with the backing of a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof.

From our headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market, our team builds award-winning trading platforms, produces live financial education content daily, and creates technology that makes complex markets accessible. tastytrade is our retail brokerage for self-directed investing and trading, with tastylive providing content to educate our customers. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US. tastycrypto provides self-custody digital wallets for decentralized finance.

We're a lean, collaborative team that values autonomy, pragmatism, and impact. Whether you're building technology, creating content, serving customers, or supporting operations, you'll work alongside people who are passionate about disrupting traditional finance and genuinely care about helping traders succeed. Our culture rewards initiative, embraces experimentation, and measures success by the value we create for our users. The bar is high – bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next. Join us at IG|tasty – the future gets built here.

Location: Our office is in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars.

[tastytrade](https://tastytrade.com/) | [tastylive](https://www.tastylive.com/)  | [tastyfx](https://www.tastyfx.com/) 1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607

## About tastytrade

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: tastytrade is a financial services and technology company that operates a self-directed online brokerage platform specializing in options, futures, and stock trading with a focus on transparent, low-cost pricing and trader education.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of IG Group Holdings, a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange under ticker IGG)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Tom Sosnoff and Scott Sheridan

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial services, brokerage, fintech, online trading
- **Target customers**: Self-directed retail traders, ranging from beginners to experienced options and futures traders (B2C)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Helping traders succeed through sophisticated technology, favorable pricing and exceptional customer service" [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/)

## Products & Services
- **Self-Directed Brokerage Platform**: An all-in-one trading platform for options, futures, stocks, and cryptocurrencies with a focus on options and futures trading. The platform features proprietary tools, charting, and analytics designed for active traders.
- **tastyworks**: The primary trading platform and brand offering commission schedules with capped commissions, specifically: Options at $1.00 to open and $0.75 to close (per contract, $10 max per leg for stock/ETF options), Futures at $1.25 per contract, and Stock trades at $0. [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/)
- **tastytrade Network**: A streaming financial media network offering live programming, market analysis, and educational content for traders, including free courses and trading metrics.
- **Trading Tools & Analytics**: Proprietary metrics and backtesting tools to help traders evaluate strategies and understand probability in trading decisions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed as a standalone entity. It operates as a major subsidiary of IG Group Holdings, which had a market capitalization of approximately £3.5B (as of mid-2026).
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly available (private subsidiary). The IG Group reported total revenue of over £1B in its most recent fiscal year, with tastytrade contributing a significant portion through its US retail trading operations.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company IG Group Holdings (publicly traded on the LSE). tastytrade is a member of SIPC, providing up to $500,000 coverage.
- **Growth Signals**: Continued expansion of product offerings (including cryptocurrency and futures on micro futures), strong brand recognition in the options trading community, and a thriving office culture in Chicago's West Loop tech hub.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Transparent, Capped Pricing**: A clear, simple commission structure with no hidden fees, subscriptions, or account minimums. Options commissions are capped at $10 per leg, making it attractive for active traders.
- **Trader-First Philosophy**: The company was built by and for traders (founder Tom Sosnoff is a former pit trader), creating deep product empathy and specialized tools for probability-based trading.
- **Integrated Education & Media**: The tastytrade network provides free, high-quality education and live market analysis, building a loyal community and reducing churn.
- **Flat Organizational Structure**: A deliberate flat hierarchy that promotes collaboration, transparency, and reduced bureaucracy, directly impacting speed of innovation and employee satisfaction. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tastytrade)

## Strategic Focus
- **Product Innovation**: Continuously improving the trading platform with new features, better analytics, and expanded asset classes (futures, crypto, micro futures).
- **Customer Education & Retention**: Leveraging the media network to empower traders and increase lifetime value through education rather than marketing spend.
- **Talent & Culture**: Investing in a strong, collaborative office culture in Chicago's West Loop, with a hybrid work model and a focus on employee development.
- **Regulatory Compliance & Security**: Maintaining robust security and compliance as a SIPC member firm while scaling the business.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: The company emphasizes a flat structure, innovation, transparency, and collaboration. Core values include being "Innovative" and "trailblazers in the industry." [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/)
- **Work Model**: Hybrid model with teams in the office 3-5 days per week, depending on team and project needs. In-person collaboration is highly valued. [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/life-at-tastytrade/)
- **Office Location**: Headquarters at 1330 W Fulton St. in Chicago's vibrant West Loop/Fulton Market District, a major tech and dining hub. Easily accessible via CTA (Green/Pink/Blue lines), Metra shuttle, and with bike storage. [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/life-at-tastytrade/)
- **Benefits & Perks**: Generous PTO, paid holidays (all market holidays off), 401(k) with company match, 3 medical plan choices, dental & vision, generous parental leave, disability leave & insurance, commuter benefits, pet insurance, wellness/mental health programs, performance bonuses, subsidized engineering training program, stock purchase options, gym membership reimbursement, charitable donation matching, healthcare FSA, two paid volunteer days off, daily catered lunch, fully-stocked kitchen, and onsite gym. [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/life-at-tastytrade/)
- **Engineering Focus**: Engineering team may use HackerRank or technical assessments as part of a streamlined 1-2 interview process. The flat structure fosters ownership and independence.
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Stated commitment to diverse voices and perspectives, with active participation in community charities (e.g., Lurie Children's Corporate Cup, Letters to Santa). [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/)

## Sources
1. [tastytrade.com - Careers](https://tastytrade.com/careers/)
2. [tastytrade.com - Life at tastytrade](https://tastytrade.com/careers/life-at-tastytrade/)
3. [greenhouse.io - Jobs at tastytrade](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tastytrade)
4. [tastytrade.com - Pricing & Platform](https://tastytrade.com/)
5. [tastytrade.com - About Us](https://tastytrade.com/about-us/)

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