Platform Enablement Engineer

Paris, 75, FR

ABOUT CFM

Founded in 1991, we are a global quantitative and systematic asset management firm applying a scientific approach to finance to develop alternative investment strategies that create value for our clients.
We value innovation, dedication, collaboration, and the ability to make an impact. Together, we create a stimulating environment for talented and passionate experts in research, technology, and business to explore new ideas and challenge existing assumptions.

Your Role

Delivering Impact with Data

At CFM, innovation and the quest for discovery are at the heart of what we do. Our Data Team plays a pivotal role in transforming diverse data sources into powerful predictors. As a proudly recognized Great Place to Work, we invite individuals who are passionate about innovation and eager to make an impactful difference.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

Thrive in in a culture that values excellence and the pursuit of high-quality standards.
Collaborate with a team dedicated to delivering clear and impactful results for our clients.
Make a tangible impact on the financial technology landscape, responding to clients' changing needs.

Your Role: Data Platform Tech Lead

As an Enablement Engineer on our Data Platform team, your mission is to empower and elevate data engineers and data scientists of your perimeter. Acting as the vital link between feature teams and platform engineers, you will champion the adoption and evolution of our data platform by delivering hands-on technical support, sharing best practices, and driving knowledge sharing initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Support:

Assist data engineers and data scientists with technical challenges and support through direct interactions within their teams.
Make sure technical debt is identified, understood and managed through. Provide tooling to help manage this debt (testing, automation, AI agents, …).
Collaborate with data platform and support teams to improve the overall developer experience.

Evangelism:

Promote the adoption of the data platform by a daily usage, delivering its value to existing users.
Stay up to date with industry trends, tools, and technologies relevant to data platforms.

Upskilling teams

Assess current team level on Data Platform tools and practices and improve it with training.
Advertise and animate a community of practice to build improvement to showcase our Data Platform capabilities.
Create technical content to help developers understand and utilize our platform effectively.

Feedback Loop:

Actively gather feedback from the developer to product enhancements to the platform engineering.
Provide relevant tests for technical assets produced by the data platform engineers and make sure they match current usages within the feature teams.
Advocate for data engineers and data scientist within the company, ensuring their needs and challenges are understood and addressed.

Your Skills

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or related fields.

At least 5 years as an Engineer, with at least 3 years dedicated to data-centric projects.

Technical Expertise:

Proficient in Python
Deep expertise in AWS
Experiences in Infra-as-Code framework
Experience with Pandas or Spark
Knowledge of DevOps practices
CI/CD pipelines

Technological environment:

AWS: S3, EMR, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, Cloud Formation, CDK, Lambda, Fargate, …
Data engineering: Airflow, Parquet, Apache Iceberg
DevOps: Jenkins, SonarQube, Conda
Software: Python, Ruff

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STATEMENT

We are continuously striving to be an equal opportunity employer and we prohibit any discrimination based on sex, disability, origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, race, or religion. We believe that our diversity, breadth of experience, and multiple points of view are among the leading factors in our success.
CFM is a signatory of the Women Empowerment Principles.