Senior Data Scientist - Common Execution

WHAT YOU’LL DO:
You will improve our trading results using insights driven by data. You'll work closely with the development, research, and trading teams. You will develop hypotheses and test them experimentally. You'll direct engineering efforts and build tools & metrics to monitor and optimize our low-latency trading strategies. You'll work with cutting-edge hardware and terabytes of data. You’ll reverse engineer systems to understand how to improve our trading success. In short, you’ll be responsible for defining and driving improvements to our trading through technology.

WHO YOU ARE:

• An understanding of how computer systems work e.g., memory allocation, caches, system programming, networking strong preferred
• Experience in programming Python (Pandas, Numpy, SciPy, pyspark) strongly preferred
• Scientific and critical thinking skills, as well as an eye for detail.
• Outstanding communication skills. You’re able to coordinate with multiple stakeholder groups, challenging thinking and obtaining buy-in.
• The ability to present complex ideas with data to expedite decision making.
• A focus on pragmatic outcomes, and the ability to prioritize effectively.
• An interest in, or knowledge of, trading.
• Reverse engineering experience is a bonus.

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