Senior Data Integration Developer

Location: Houston (Hybrid – at least 3 days onsite/week)

Visa Sponsorship: We offer sponsorship under specific treaty-based U.S. work visas, including TN and E-2 (for eligible Canadian, Mexican, and French citizens). We do not support or transfer other visa types (e.g., H-1B). 

We are looking  for a Senior Data Integration Developer to support a business-critical Energy Trading and Risk Management environment for one of our key energy clients

The role sits within a small technical team supporting FIS Aligne, a legacy on-premise ETRM platform, and its broader data ecosystem. The successful candidate will take significant ownership of the platform's integrations, data pipelines, databases, and downstream applications.

The environment supports approximately 300+ data pipelines, 150+ reports and dashboards, 4–6 custom applications, and 250 business users across Front Office, Middle Office, Market Risk, Settlements, and other operational teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and troubleshoot ETL and data integration pipelines.
• Build and support SSIS / SQL Server Integration Services solutions in an on-premise Microsoft environment.
• Develop and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, views, and database processes.
• Support data ingestion from market, pricing, weather, broker, ISO, trade, and transactional data sources.
• Maintain downstream data warehouses supporting historical reporting, KPIs, dashboards, and analytics.
• Investigate production issues, failed data pipelines, and data discrepancies.
• Support integrations between FIS Aligne and upstream/downstream systems.
• Work directly with business users across trading, risk, settlements, and operations.
• Contribute to Python-based data processing, automation, and integration solutions.
• Take ownership of critical systems while the organization continues its migration toward its future trading platform.

• Bachelor degree in Computer science, Engineering, Finance or Quantitative finance
• 8+ years of relevant development/data integration experience, ideally in a senior capacity.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, SSIS, ETL, and data integration.
• Strong experience working with on-premise Microsoft technologies.
• Experience with data warehousing, data ingestion, database development, and production support.
• Python development experience.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and database skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership within a small technical team.
• Strong communication skills and ability to interact directly with business stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience within energy trading, commodities, or ETRM environments.
• Understanding of concepts such as P&L, positions, trade types, market data, pricing data, and front-to-back trading workflows.
• Experience with FIS Aligne is highly desirable but not required.
• Experience with other ETRM platforms such as Openlink / Endur is also relevant.
• DBA / database administration experience is a strong plus.

Company’s Benefits

At Talan, we invest in our employees' well-being and empower them with benefits, including:

• 💵 Competitive salary between USD $120000 - US$165000
• 💸401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• 🌴15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
• 📴8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
• ❤️‍🩹Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
• 🦺Voluntary STD and LTD
• 🚍 Commuter/transit benefits

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.