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ZSON - Data Scientist, Systematic Data - New York

• Posted 60+ days ago • Updated 3 days ago

Full Time

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Skills

Data Science
Investment Analysis
Partnership
Data Validation
Quality Assurance
Onboarding
Quality Control
Collaboration
Data Engineering
Data Integration
Computer Science
Mathematics
Physics
Statistics
Computational Finance
Financial Services
Data Collection
Python
SQL
Data Manipulation
Pandas
NumPy
Database
Data Quality
Documentation
Evaluation
Data Analysis
Research
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services
Amazon S3
Amazon Redshift
Snow Flake Schema
Workflow
Orchestration
Git
JIRA
FX
Commodities
Fixed Income
Statistical Models
Machine Learning (ML)
Finance
Communication
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Attention To Detail

Summary

Data Scientist, Systematic Data Science

New York, New York

Role Overview

We are seeking a Data Scientist to join our team, with a strong experience in financial datasets to support Portfolio Managers (PMs) through rigorous data evaluation, research support, and signal discovery. This role is critical in verifying and onboarding new data, ensuring data quality, and providing subject matter expertise to accelerate the investment research process.

Key Responsibilities

Assess and validate new data requests from PMs for existence, point-in-time (PIT) availability, and quality.
Liaise with PMs to clarify requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.
Evaluate and recommend appropriate data sources for investment analysis.
Develop and implement business logic for content QC in partnership with PMs.
Design data validation and quality assurance processes, including statistical and rule-based checks.
Enhance Python-based data quality checks as part of the onboarding process.
Author and maintain comprehensive documentation for data sources, business logic, and QC processes.
Provide hands-on support to PMs and analysts in understanding, exploring, and leveraging new datasets.
Lead evaluation of new datasets, including exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and assessment of data suitability for systematic strategies.
Collaborate with PMs to design and execute signal research projects, including hypothesis generation, backtesting, and statistical validation.
Develop tools and frameworks to accelerate dataset evaluation and signal discovery, enabling PMs to rapidly assess the value of new data sources.
Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for data-related questions, providing recommendations on data sources, structure, and usage.
Work closely with Data Engineering to ensure seamless data integration, transformation, and delivery.
Provide feedback and requirements to improve data pipelines, infrastructure, and automation.
Participate in the design, creation, and maintenance of datasets used firm wide.

Qualifications

Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Financial Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
5+ years of relevant experience as a data scientist/analyst in financial services.
Demonstrable experience building data collection, cleansing, and delivery infrastructure.
Strong programming skills in Python and SQL; experience with data manipulation libraries (e.g., pandas, NumPy) and Database.
Experience with data quality assessment, validation, and documentation.
Experience supporting research teams or PMs in dataset evaluation, exploratory data analysis, and signal research.
Familiarity with cloud data platforms (AWS S3, Redshift, Snowflake) and workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, Git, Jira).
Experience analyzing financial data across asset classes (FX, commodities, fixed income, equity).
Experience with vendor data (reference, fundamental, market, alternative) and multi-vendor aggregation.
Experience with statistical modeling, machine learning, and building predictive models on financial data.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Strong problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity, and attention to detail.

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Dice Id: 10125634
Position Id: 666a920803606601d2909f9366aafe7b
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