Senior Data Scientist, Datasite
Financial Markets
$141.7-247.7k
2+ days a week in office
Virtual data rooms for M&A dealmaking
Be an early applicant
Virtual data rooms for M&A dealmaking
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$141.7-247.7k
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower the dealmaking community to work smarter and faster.
Role
Who you are
- Mastery of large-scale SQL data environments (e.g. Snowflake) with an emphasis on optimizing complex queries across billions of behavioral records
- Proficiency in Python with a focus on feature engineering, predictive modeling, and time-series analysis
- Deep understanding of financial markets, including experience with backtesting frameworks
- Experience building scalable data pipelines and deploying models within a CI/CD workflow
- Bachelor’s degree in statistics, data science, math, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred
- 5+ years in Data Science with a proven track record of transforming data from raw database tables into "ready-for-sale" products
- Direct experience working with Alternative Data providers or within a quantitative finance environment
- Experience defining the value proposition of proposed products, including the ability to demonstrate how customers would use these products to enhance decision making
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist with a deep understanding of financial markets in the Minneapolis or NYC area to join an existing team developing high-value insights and products derived from massive behavioral datasets
- You will bridge the gap between raw user behavior and alpha-generating insights by developing aggregate, anonymized products that meet rigorous privacy standards
- Design and build products that translate anonymized behavioral signals into leading indicators for financial performance
- Research and create proprietary indices that can be leveraged by financial services clients
- Perform rigorous backtesting on new and existing products against historical financial outcomes
- Implement anonymization and aggregation techniques to ensure products are compliant and non-identifiable
- Collaborate with external researchers/clients to refine product requirements and validate desired outcomes
Our take
As M&A deals continue to increase in both size and frequency, key stakeholders have been actively seeking tools to streamline their work. Datasite emerges as a solution. Having transitioned from its original focus on communications, the company now offers a suite of SaaS products tailored for M&A professionals, serving approximately 75% of the leading legal firms in the field.
Benefiting from its extensive experience in the industry, Datasite has successfully transformed into a more contemporary business entity. And it has also introduced highly acclaimed AI-powered technology to assist in deal preparation, asset marketing, and facilitating buy-side acquisitions.
With significant global expansion and strategic acquisitions, Datasite remains committed to enhancing its platform capabilities. Notably, in March 2023, it unveiled Datasite Cloud, specifically designed to streamline every aspect of the dealmaking process within a unified platform.
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Insights
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Culture and benefits built around work-life balance
- Extensive resources to support physical and mental health
- Employee assistance program
- Generous retirement plans
- Incentives for referring new colleagues
- Learning, training and mentoring programs
- Cross-functional projects
- Stretch assignments to help you progress
- Receive feedback and earn bonuses from peers & managers
- Employee bonding activities
- ESG and charitable team initiatives
Company HQ
Downtown West, Minneapolis, MN
Leadership
Rusty Wiley
(CEO & President)Before joining Datasite, Rusty held various executive roles at IBM Corporation, most recently, as General Manager, Banking & Financial Markets. Upon joining Datasite in 2014, Rusty led the successful transformation from a communications and print-related business into a global M&A SaaS technology company.
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