Data Scientist

The role

You will work with Research and Trading desks to improve their productivity and efficiency. You will source, design, and onboard new datasets and manage the full lifecycle of data sourcing projects.

What you will do

• Sourcing, designing and onboarding new datasets according to trading desks' priorities
• Becoming an expert on QRT's internal tools to help relevant desks use data in production of trading systems
• Proactively solving data related problems to minimise time to production
• Managing the full lifecycle of data sourcing projects including data acquisition, exploration, engineering, prototyping and production

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or similar position
• Postgraduate degree in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Physics or Engineering
• Advanced programming experience in Python
• Proficiency with data handling libraries such as Pandas and NumPy
• Demonstratable interest in financial markets and the application of data in its analysis and understanding
• Experience working with both traditional and alternative financial datasets
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in a high-performance, high-velocity environment

Nice to have

• experience in a buy-side quantitative finance role

Benefits

• initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance

About the company

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager. It is a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing.