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The Voleon Group ยท 3 hours ago

Data Scientist (USA-Remote)

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityEntry Level
money$150K/yr - $190K/yr
date1+ years exp

The Voleon Group is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. As a Data Scientist, you will be responsible for harvesting insights from complex data, including data curation, analysis, visualization, and communication of findings to research staff and executive leadership.

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Responsibilities

Design and implement systems to ensure data correctness and monitor data health in data stores and live feeds
Proactively identify abnormal production behavior and communicate them clearly to relevant stakeholders
Perform extemporaneous analyses on research and production trading systems with leadership
Harness financial expertise and statistical analysis to gain actionable insights into our production trading and research systems
Design and implement analysis pipelines that automate those analyses found to be valuable for ongoing monitoring

Qualification

Statistical analysisSQLData visualizationPandasRBashLinux/UnixGitData curationExploratory data analysisRoot cause analysisFinancial expertiseMaster's degreeCI/CDAirflowCommunication skills

Required

1+ years of applied end-to-end industry experience, including internships working with complex datasets, including curation, querying, aggregation, exploratory data analysis, and visualization
Experience using statistical methods to analyze data, identify patterns, conduct root cause analysis, discover insights, and recommend solutions
Ability to frame and answer questions mathematically
Ability to infer useful forward-looking directions from results of retrospective analysis
Fluency in managing, processing, and visualizing tabular data using a combination of SQL, Pandas, and R
Basic software development skills and experience with bash, linux/unix, and git
Ability to refine requirements from ambiguous requests to produce reports demonstrating excellence in communication
Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline (statistics, biostatistics, data science, computer science, or a related field)

Preferred

Master's degree in a quantitative discipline
Prior industry experience or displayed interest in finance, such as related academic projects, coursework in financial engineering, or industry internships
Experience developing in a production-facing environment and familiarity with standard concepts and tooling, e.g., CI/CD, git, Airflow

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life and AD&D insurance
20 days of paid time off
9 sick days
401(k) plan with a company match

Company

The Voleon Group

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The Voleon Group is a family of companies committed to the development & deployment of cutting-edge technologies in investment management.
dateFounded in 2008
location
Berkeley, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
http://voleon.com/

H1B Sponsorship

The Voleon Group has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (2)
2024 (2)
2023 (3)
2022 (4)
2021 (1)
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Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Jon McAuliffe
Chief Investment Officer and Co-founder
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Prem Gopalan
Chief Technology Officer
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