Data Associate
Company: Bridgewater Associates
Location: Westport
Posted on: April 3, 2026
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Job Description:
About Bridgewater Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset
management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and
partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional
investors. Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit
to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using
cutting-edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and
universal investment principles. Founded in 1975, we are a
community of independent thinkers who share a commitment to
excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and
inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in
investment strategy, management, and corporate culture. Explore
more information about Bridgewater on our website here . Our
Culture Our culture is anchored in excellence, meaning constant
improvement, and it is deeply tied to our mission. Because markets
are objective, competitive, and getting smarter everyday, we need
to keep rapidly improving to have any chance of beating them. Truth
is our most essential tool for engaging with the markets and
constantly improving because once you know what's true about your
problems and opportunities, you can determine how to get better.
Valuing truth means being transparent about your decision-making
and mistakes, giving and receiving feedback with humility, and
fighting for the best answers over hierarchy, ego, or
self-interest. Operating this way is hard – it's only possible
because we build meaning in our work and relationships. This
meaning comes from the audacity of the mission, and the joy of
working alongside people who make you a better version of yourself.
The culture, like Bridgewater itself, is always evolving. In 1997
our founder Ray Dalio wrote down his lessons, starting with a
Philosophy Statement which remains our foundation. This later
evolved into a set of 300 Principles. In 2022, when Ray
transitioned the company, we re-underwrote several of those
principles and evolved others, with a specific focus on
Meritocracy. Today the culture sits, alongside our people, as our
most important edge. When we get it right, it’s the engine that
powers everything else. About the Investment Implementation
Department The Investment Implementation department is a community
of diverse investment professionals whose mission is to implement
our investment strategies and client portfolios excellently. Our
Department is responsible for ensuring the excellent implementation
of our systematic investment approach, from raw data to executed
trades, with processes and logic that reflect the full richness of
our investment insight, executed with a near-zero error rate, and
engineered and orchestrated in a way that facilitates oversight and
compounding. This is an investment department, owning the
investment outcomes, and the mandate includes both the ‘run’
responsibility and the ‘transform’ responsibility, meaning daily
operations as well as over time renovation of our systems. We
fulfill our mission by applying four operating principles:
Understand and deliver internal client needs. Partner with our
internal clients to understand, offer implementation designs, and
deliver solutions, while proactively educating and communicating
outcomes to ACLs (Asset Class Leads) and CIOs. Own our investment
intent . Own our investment intent in full, in letter and spirit.
Continuously improve . Have and evolve an investment pipeline to
meet current and future internal client needs. Systematically and
relentlessly deliver quality outcomes . Apply our best logic
systematically, discipline, expertise, and controls to every
signal, position, and trade in every market About the Team As part
of the research team, the Signal Implementation group is
responsible for owning and deeply understanding both the data that
flows from the outside world and the logic applied to it within
Bridgewater’s systematic trading systems. About Your Role As a Data
Associate, you will help us achieve our mission by owning and
deeply understanding the data and logic used to build Bridgewater’s
systematic trading systems. This means understanding the content
itself, the process by which the content is updated, validated, and
evolved and how this content fits into Bridgewater’s understanding
of the world. In this role, you will be expected to understand both
the current data ecosystem and the needs of investment
professionals, with a long-term vision for how our investment data
ecosystem should scale and adapt over time. You will take ownership
of key data workflows, ensuring high standards for investment data
quality and consistency across the firm. This is a fast paced,
critical function that directly impacts portfolio construction and
research alpha. We are looking for someone who combines a rigorous
analytical mindset with a passion for data, content integrity, and
system improvement. The ideal candidate has several years of
experience working with data systems. Interested in learning more
about working at Bridgewater? Hear about the experiences of our
employees here . You will drive the following 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. You will be a click for the role if you: Are
analytical, highly logical, and structured in your thinking Are
deeply interested in understanding financial markets Are passionate
about data Think in terms of systems and naturally look for ways to
solve problems through the evolution of those systems Hold a high
degree of personal responsibility and ownership in everything you
do Enjoy learning about new data tools and programming languages
Interested in learning more about working at Bridgewater? Hear
about the experiences of our employees here . Position Requirements
To succeed within our unique culture and work environment,
individuals must demonstrate humility, innate curiosity, and
openness to new ideas and approaches. Candidates must be driven,
confident, and goal-oriented. All Bridgewater employees are
expected to be honest, exceptionally direct, and eager to provide
and receive objective feedback. Our employees constantly strive for
self-improvement through feedback and self-reflection and are
committed to the pursuit of excellence. Minimum Qualifications
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. Physical Requirements The
anticipated onsite requirement for this role is three days per week
at our Westport, CT campus and one day per week at our NYC campus.
Why Choose Bridgewater? It takes all types to make Bridgewater
great. We seek a diverse group of innovative thinkers and push them
to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. We develop people
through an honest examination of their abilities and performance,
enabling personal growth and professional development. We strive to
provide you with opportunities that will challenge you and unlock
your potential. Compensation Band The expected annual base salary
for this position is $120,000-$150,000. The total compensation
package includes variable compensation in the form of a
discretionary target bonus. One of our core priorities at
Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and
career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of
that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a
competitive suite of benefits. Explore more information about
Bridgewater’s benefits on our website here. Bridgewater reserves
the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a
manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state
regulations. This job description is not a contract and confers no
contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or
potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and
all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to,
job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this
job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment.
Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this
position. Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity
Employer
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