Senior Associate

Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with over $200 billion in assets under management. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities.  The firm has over 1400 employees and offices in 25 cities worldwide.

We are committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.

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Oaktree Asset Backed Finance ("ABF") is a recently formed strategy which invests in pools of contractual assets, or "assets", such as loans, leases, receivables, mortgages and licensing agreements, which may or may not reference property or other hard assets. Asset categories include corporate, consumer, real estate, transportation, equipment, infrastructure, energy, intellectual property and other esoteric types. On behalf of ABF funds and clients, Oaktree:

• Purchases, or commits to purchase, assets, with or without leverage

• Lends, or commits to lend, secured by assets, in a senior or mezzanine position

• Insures, or provides capital relief against, assets

• Provides essential capital to a business primarily engaged in the origination and servicing of assets

The ABF Senior Developer will deliver cloud data pipelines, models and interactive Power BI views that power features such as borrowing-base validation, collateral performance tracking, exception logs and KPI time-series analysis. You will partner closely with the US based analytics team and third-party vendors to create a scalable, auditable and institutional reporting solution.

The Senior Developer will: 

•    Design and maintain AWS-based data lake / warehouse (S3, Glue, Redshift/Snowflake)

•    Implement secure, automated ingestion from MDM, Datawarehouse, FTP/-email feeds and servicer reports

•    Build performance ELT pipelines and dimensional models for collateral, cash activity, audit logs and exception tracking

•    Optimize complex SQL for time-series and point-in-time analytics

•    Develop data-validation and reconciliation scripts (e.g., borrowing-base waterfall checks, covenant tests)

•    Package re-usable utilities and deploy with CI/CD (CodeBuild / CodePipeline)

•    Create intuitive, institutional Power BI dashboards and paginated reports covering delinquency curves, geographic exposure, corporate spreads and other KPIs 

•    Implement row-level security and performance-efficient DAX measures

•    Apply IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform) and Git workflows

•    Enforce data-quality SLAs, logging, testing and documentation

Required Experience: 

•    7+ years in data engineering / BI development on cloud platforms

•    Cloud: AWS (S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift/Snowflake or Aurora), IAM, networking basics, Azure

•    SQL: Advanced query optimization, window functions, performance tuning

•    Python: Data engineering (pandas, PySpark), REST/GraphQL integration, test automation

•    BI & Visualization: Power BI (DAX, Power Query, RLS, deployment pipelines)

•    Data Architecture & ETL: Schema design, CDC, orchestration (Airflow/Step Functions)

•    Version Control & CI/CD: Git, CodeBuild/CodePipeline or GitHub Actions

•    Front End GUI experience (plus)

•    Knowledge of Asset-Backed Finance (ABF), borrowing-base mechanics, advance rates and waterfall structures a plus

Personal Attributes:

• Candidate must be able to communicate well verbally and in writing. Must have proficiency in English.

• Must be Detail Oriented and Careful.

• Must be able to follow through on plans and be accountable for his/her work process.

• Self-starter with a proven ability to take initiative and strong problem-solving skills. 

• Must be open to learn and the ability to grasp new technologies quickly.

• Strong organizational skills, possessing the ability to meet deadlines, prioritize effectively and work independently within guidelines.

• Team player with strong integrity and professionalism who can work well with others in the group.

Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Data Science or deep work experience working as a developer in a fixed income investment management firm.

• Certifications: AWS Data Analytics (Plus), Power BI Data Analyst (Plus)

Equal Opportunity Employment Policy

Oaktree is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment. Oaktree does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present physical or mental disability, HIV status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran status, military service, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. This policy applies to hiring, placement, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, recruitment advertising, transfers, demotions, layoffs, terminations, recruitment advertising, rates of pay and other forms of compensation and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors. Staff members wishing to report violations or suspected violations of this policy should contact the head of their department or Human Resources.

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