Full-Time

Senior Data Quality Specialist

Posted on 5/9/2026

American Century Investments

American Century Investments

Manages mutual funds and ETFs

No salary listed

No H1B Sponsorship

Kansas City, MO, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid schedule; in-office presence on a scheduled frequency.

Category
Data & Analytics (1)
Required Skills
Datadog
Python
SQL
Tableau
AWS
Data Governance
Snowflake
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field.
  • 6+ years of experience in data quality engineering or data engineering, with a proven track record designing and leading enterprise‑scale data quality frameworks or platforms.
  • Strong hands‑on experience with AWS cloud‑native services, Snowflake, and Datadog.
  • Proficiency with Glue ETL, Tableau, and PowerBI.
  • Advanced experience with Python, SQL, and data quality automation.
  • Solid understanding of data governance principles and practices.
  • Strong analytical, data exploration, and problem‑solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.
  • Ability to work independently as well as within a highly collaborative, Agile team environment.
  • Demonstrated experience building and maintaining strong business partnerships.
  • Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.
Responsibilities
  • Lead and implement end‑to‑end data quality (DQ) solutions in the cloud using AWS technologies.
  • Design and maintain a scalable data quality platform leveraging AWS services (Glue, Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, Athena), Datadog, Snowflake, and BI tools such as PowerBI and Tableau to support automated reconciliations, data profiling, metrics, and dashboards.
  • Proactively identify, analyze, and resolve data quality issues by reviewing reports, KPIs, patterns, and trends to ensure data accuracy and reliability.
  • Apply advanced analytical and predictive techniques to diagnose root causes and anticipate potential data quality risks.
  • Develop and deliver clear, actionable reports and insights for management and stakeholders, translating complex data findings into informed decision‑making.
  • Partner closely with engineers, developers, and business leaders to drive process improvements, recommend system enhancements, and support data governance strategies.
Desired Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in a related field.
American Century Investments

American Century Investments

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American Century Investments is a global asset manager that provides investment strategies and solutions to institutional and individual investors. It offers mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) across multiple asset classes and follows a client-centric approach focused on delivering long-term performance through a research-driven, disciplined investment process. A distinctive feature is that a large share of its profits is donated to medical research via its controlling owner, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, aligning financial success with advances in medical science. The company aims to achieve superior long-term results for clients while supporting medical research through its profit structure.

Company Size

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Company Stage

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Total Funding

$152.6M

Headquarters

Kansas City, Missouri

Founded

1958

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What believers are saying

  • Avantis launched first two ETFs in Europe recently.
  • Promoted Mladen Bundalo as EMEA ETF lead June.
  • Hired Matt Lewis as ETF Implementation Head.

What critics are saying

  • Poor performance starves Stowers funding, forces sales 24-36 months.
  • JPMorgan poaches talent, erodes Avantis Europe share 12-24 months.
  • Private structure blocks AI investments versus BlackRock 18-36 months.

What makes American Century Investments unique

  • 40% dividends fund Stowers Institute medical research.
  • Sponsors American Century Championship since 1999.
  • Headquartered in Kansas City with 1,300 employees.

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