DATA SCIENTIST - Alternative Data
About the role
The Data Insights/Data Science Alternative team collaborates closely with Research to perform predictive statistical analyses and derive valuable insight over a wide variety of datasets.
Key responsibilities
- Extracting actionable features from alternative data
- Designing robust, efficient, scalable, and monitored production pipelines
- Support Quantitative Researchers in their day-to-day activities
- Understand business issues to identify new opportunities
- End-to-end ownership of the features and production build
- Ensure continuous technology watch
Skills
- A master’s degree (ideally a Master’s in machine learning or data science) from engineering school or university equivalent
- At least 2 years of expertise in the Python data science stack
- Familiarity with cloud services, such as AWS
- At least 2 years of expertise in machine learning, especially on time series, on a production environment
- Experience with LLM-assisted coding, agentic AI, and prompt engineering, focused on developing robust, production-grade solutions for financial use cases
- Versatile, autonomous, and rigorous, with a team player attitude and good communication skills
- Keen to develop in an environment that handles large volumes of data
Pay
Data Scientist Associate: Base salary range is 160-185 K$ + Bonus
Data Scientist VP: Base salary range is 190-215 K$ + Bonus
Schedule
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Benefits
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Qualifications
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