Bridgewater Associates · 7 hours ago
Data Associate
Westport, CT
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$120K/yr - $150K/yr
2+ years expBridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm focused on delivering unique insights for global institutional investors. As a Data Associate, you will be responsible for understanding and managing data workflows to ensure high standards of data quality and consistency, directly impacting portfolio construction and research alpha.
FinanceFinancial ServicesImpact Investing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Understanding sets of investment “data concepts” - how outside data is used at Bridgewater from both a conceptual investment and technical construction perspective (e.g., pricing, macroeconomic, fundamentals, alternative data)
Validating the accuracy of those data concepts - providing domain expertise in content understanding, especially around market, security master, and time-series data
Accepting and engaging with new data as our systematic investment engine incorporates it - refining and maintaining high standards for data engineering and investment data integrity
Continuously evolving these data concepts over time by improving the logic or technical definitions, contributing directly to improving Bridgewater’s investment logic
Working with Bridgewater’s partners in the content supply chain (analytics, engineering, and technology) to address data quality, architectural or logic issues
Collaborating with vendors, engineers, and data consumers to streamline workflows and improve data time-to-insight
Operate workflows that enrich and augment unstructured data assets
Execute and evaluate data creation for benchmarking of LLM assets and AI tools
Qualification
Required
4-year degree from an accredited undergraduate institution
2-4 years of relevant experience in data
Strong working knowledge of financial data (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv, alternative data vendors)
Experience working with time-series data and security master data
Familiarity with data modeling, data pipelines, and cloud-based data solutions (e.g., Snowflake, AWS)
Proficient in at least one programming language
Strong analytical skills, a systems-oriented mindset, and ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment
Benefits
Competitive suite of benefits
Company
Bridgewater Associates
Bridgewater manages approximately $120 billion in global investments for a wide array of institutional clients, including foreign
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$22M2016-05-25Grant· $22M
Leadership Team
Hans Anderson
Director Of Product Design
Karen Karniol-Tambour
Co-Chief Investment Officer
Recent News
2026-01-22
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