Junior Data Scientist - London

Junior Data Scientist - London Job Summary We are looking to recruit a candidate to work as a Junior Data Analyst in one of our Long/Short Equity teams. Your job will involve discovering information hidden in vast amounts of data. Job Location: London Qualifications/Skills Required

• Education: Bachelors or higher within relevant area of study such as Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering, Physics or similar.
• Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms (k-NN, Naïve Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests etc).
• Experience with common data science toolkits such as R, Weka, NumPy, MatLab etc.
• Great communication skills
• Good applied statistics skills, such as distribution, statistical testing, regression etc.
• Good scripting and programming skills preferred
• Data-oriented personality
• Relevant work experience preferred

Role

• Your primary focus will be in applying data mining techniques, doing statistical analysis and building high quality prediction systems.
• Data mining using state-of-the-art methods
• Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis
• Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear and timely manner
• Creating automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance
• Conducting industry and company-specific research
• Initiating and developing primary industry contacts
• Committing your daily efforts to the highest levels of professionalism, integrity, and excellence
• Ensuring the accuracy and quality of all of your recommendation materials
• Supporting fundamental research into companies, industries, and sectors