Voleon
Data Scientist, Technical Lead
Berkeley, CA
Sponsorship not specified$15k-$500kDetected 96 days ago
BashCode ReviewGitSQLCI/CDLinuxMachine LearningPandasAirflowData ScienceStatisticsA/B TestingResearchLeadershipCollaborationPublic Speaking
About the role
- We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.
- Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Technical Product Owners in Research and Engineering to define priorities, scope solutions, and deliver actionable insights to stakeholders
- Own investigations of complex production behaviors and design robust methods for identifying, analyzing, and communicating system anomalies
- Mentor and manage junior and mid-level data scientists
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of analytical pipelines to monitor and interpret production behavior across trading and research systems, ensuring its correctness
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional data initiatives, translate business objectives into analytical goals, and ensure timely delivery
- Familiarity with data tooling and workflows (e.g., SQL, Pandas, R, Airflow), with enough fluency to review and support technical contributors effectively
- Mentor and manage junior and mid-level data scientists; provide architectural oversight for data projects
Requirements
- Master's degree or higher in a quantitative, technical, or analytical field such as Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or an MBA with strong analytical training
- 3+ years of experience managing data scientists, including responsibility for performance development, technical direction, and project execution
- Strong understanding of data science fundamentals, including statistical analysis, data preparation, root cause investigation, and the proven ability to guide others' work in these areas
- Basic software development skills and experience with bash, linux/unix, and git
- Experience communicating complex findings to executive and technical stakeholders, including presenting insights, tradeoffs, and recommendations
- Track record of establishing scalable methodologies, driving technical standards, and fostering collaboration in fast-paced, analytically rigorous environments
Nice to have
- Exposure to financial markets, trading systems, or quantitative research environments.
- Familiarity with production monitoring systems, data quality pipelines, or analytics platform development
- 7+ years of experience managing data scientists
- Experience managing a large team or multiple teams
- "FRIENDS OF VOLEON" CANDIDATE REFERRAL PROGRAM
Skills
- Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance.
Compensation
- In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.
Benefits
- Drive continual growth and learning within the team by onboarding new Data Scientists, growing teams, and fostering a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and applied experimentation
Equal opportunity
- The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
- The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer.
- Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
Visa & Work Authorization
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