Data Scientist - Voleon Securities (New York)
The Voleon Group is a leader in applying AI/ML techniques to investment management, and they are seeking an entrepreneurial Data Scientist for their new business, Voleon Securities. The role involves building data analysis frameworks, harvesting insights from complex data, and communicating findings to research staff and executive leadership. 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 Skills 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) 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 Overview The Voleon Group is a family of companies committed to the development & deployment of cutting-edge technologies in investment management. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Berkeley, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship The Voleon Group has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.