Data Scientist

Role

We are passionate about data. We collaborate to build elegant, effective, scalable and highly reliable solutions to empower predictive modelling in finance.

Cubist’s data services group is looking for a Data Scientist to join our dedicated team. Our 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. 

Responsibilities

Identifying potential data sourcesCoordinate with compliance team and legal team on new vendor trial/subscription process Assist with collecting and maintaining overviews and vendor content offeringAssist with data questions and requests from investment teamsSetting up feed download and monitor check in databaseMonitoring the automated data collection and cleansing infrastructureCoordinating meetings and conference calls between data users and experts.Assist in organizing presentationsHandle user requests and answer questions about dataDownload trial datasets from vendor FTP sites or other delivery mechanismAssist Data Team with manual data processing as requiredMaintain Cubist Data Wiki contents

Requirements

Basic level programming experience in Python and SQL. Experience with AWS and Airflow preferred but not requiredFinancial industry experience preferred but not requiredStrong organization, communication and interpersonal skillsAttention to detail and a love of processStrong oral and written communication skillsAbility to exercise sound judgment in assessing and determining how to handle queries, calls and issuesAbility to multitask and prioritize assignments