Our Client passionate about data. They collaborate to build elegant, effective, scalable and highly reliable solutions to empower predictive modelling in finance. The data services group is looking for a Data Scientist to join our dedicated team. The group is responsible for the timely delivery of comprehensive and error-free data to some of the most demanding and successful systematic Portfolio Managers in the world. This exceptional individual will be a member of a small team of Data Scientists who play a vital role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day implementation of a large research infrastructure, and the live production trading of billions of dollars of capital across global capital markets, including equities, futures, options and other financial instruments.

Salary:$200-$240k

Responsibilities:

Identification of new data sets
Engaging with vendors to understand characteristics of datasets
Building processes and technology tools to ingest, tag and clean datasets
Analysis of datasets to generate descriptive statistics and propose potential applications of data
Research of potential “alpha signals” for presentation to Portfolio Managers
Monitoring and enhancing the automated data collection and cleansing infrastructure
Research on new technologies for improved data management and efficient retrieval

Required Qualifications:

Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, physics, statistics or another disciplines involving rigorous quantitative analysis techniques. At least 1 year of experience as a Data Scientist, quantitative researcher or in a similar role.
Experience working with large data sets, including classification, regression, distribution analysis, and predictive modeling
Experience applying statistical tests to large data sets
Programming skills in SQL, TSQL, SQL Server or PL-SQL
Programming skills in Python and at least one of C#, C++, or Java
Financial industry experience preferred but not required
Experience dealing with intraday, tick and order book data a plus
Strong problem solving skills
Intellectual curiosity and a love of learning
Attention to detail and a love of proces

If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.

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