Opportunity

Job description

Data Scientist

£100,000 - £140,000 + bonus + benefits

Hedge Fund, London

Data is the key to making successful trading decisions. We’re working with one of the elite global hedge funds, who are hiring into the team that build the solutions to empower predictive modelling.

You will work with some of the most successful systematic portfolio managers in the world to build comprehensive, error-free data solutions.

Role responsibilities will include:
 

• Identifying new data sets

• Engaging with vendors to understand various datasets

• Building processes and technology tools to ingest and clean datasets

• Analysis of datasets to generate descriptive statistics and propose potential applications of data

• Monitoring and enhancing the automated data collection and cleansing infrastructure

• Research on new technologies for improved data management and efficient retrieval

This is one of the elite funds in the world. To be considered for this, you should have:
 

• Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, physics, statistics or another discipline involving data

• 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

This is an opportunity to join a team that directly impacts the success of one of the elite investment teams in the world. A role that offers high visibility, tangible impact and the financial rewards that go with it.

Contact Ian Bailey at Harrington Starr for full details