Research Data Expert
Core
Own a designated data domain, manage end-to-end data pipelines from vendor downloads to trading-ready data, and provide featurized datasets to researchers.
Role type
Senior IC research data expert (algorithmic trading)
Builds
Trading strategies and data pipelines
Domain
Financial services / Algorithmic trading
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, R, data science methodologies, data analysis, domain expertise (alternative data, fundamentals, security reference, or economic data)
Preferred skills
Mentoring junior engineers and researchers
Technologies
Python, R
Responsibilities
Source and mentor junior data engineers, platform engineers, and alpha researchers; manage full end-to-end data pipelines; collaborate with researchers to provide featurized datasets; drive business through rigorous data analysis.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
