Position: Senior Data Scientist
Company: 8allocate
Category: Data Science
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Currently, we are looking for a **Senior Data Scientist.**

**Project:** The Client is a US-based trading/asset management company. We are looking for an experienced data scientist to collaborate with our team in applying machine learning and deep learning techniques to financial datasets.

**Timezone requirements:** until 8-9 pm Ukraine time, the client is based in New York.

**Interviewing approach:** introductory interview, then technical interview with the candidate (may include coding during the interview), then optional stage if there will be doubts during the interview.

**Client team:** 7 engineers, all based in NY. Very experienced in high-load, low-latency trading.

**English**: upper-intermediate or higher.

**What skills/qualities are required:**
— At least 5 years of overall IT experience;
— At least 3 years of experience in quantitative analytics or data modeling;
— Experience working with very large datasets (financial markets data a plus);
— Experience working with AWS and its ML/DL tools (Sagemaker);
— Deep understanding of predictive modeling, machine learning, clustering and classification techniques, and algorithms;
— Proficient in scikit-learn and either Tensorflow or PyTorch;
— Familiarity with Big Data frameworks and visualization tools;
— Interest in applying machine learning to finance;
— Willingness to take ownership of a project, working both independently and within a small team;
— Ph.D. candidate or equivalent experience in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, etc.).

**What responsibilities and tasks will wait for you?**
— Build data pipelines for machine learning experiments, research, and production;
— Analyze raw data: assessing quality, cleansing, and structuring for downstream processing;
— Design accurate and scalable prediction algorithms;
Measure, track, and visualize metrics on holdout test sets;
— Collaborate with the engineering team to bring analytical prototypes to production.

**Why choose us?**
— “Family and Friends”. We are no longer a start-up, but we still, have a family atmosphere in our supportive and spirited team, who are all working together on the same goal.
— “Just break down all barriers and find a better way”. Every day you’ll meet with interesting and challenging (international) projects that are covering industries from commercial aviation to fintech (different technologies, different products).
— “Hungry for learning”. You will get a lot of chances for career advancement and the development of new skills, opportunities for mentorship, or learning from more experienced colleagues.

**Benefits from 8allocate:**
— You’ll work with a supportive and spirited team of professionals.
— Corporate events, holidays, and team buildings for your joy.
— Training and development: we have a huge library (about 500 books!) and a budget for your professional development.
— English classes.
— Coverage of sports activities.
— People-oriented management without bureaucracy.
— Paid vacation and sick leaves.