Data Analyst

Typical Set, LLC Position: Data Analyst (DA2521) Responsible for owning and simplifying the flow of data used by production trading algorithms at Voleon. Focus on curating datasets and building processes and tools to standardize and simplify this curation. Perform manual steps and develop automated processes to ensure the completeness and integrity of massive amounts of mission critical financial data pertaining to stocks, bonds, futures, commodities, and more. Orchestrate and execute engineering components of strategy including production pipeline code refactoring, trading universe expansion, feature computation optimization, and factor/forecaster/simulation validation with statistical analysis. Partner with Members of Research Staff to curate new and existing datasets. Drive continuous improvements to data quality procedures, and establish a consistent approach to how data quality is measured, monitored, and reported. Design systematic and automated processes and tools that allow the team to scale and rapidly onboard new datasets. Share an on-call rotation and be the first responder, ensuring the continuous operation of production-critical systems. This position requires a Master’s degree or equivalent in Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field and 6 months related experience. Must also have demonstrated experience with each of the following: 1) Working with Python to perform exploratory data analysis, data cleaning, data transformation and data validation for identifying abnormal behavior and onboarding new datasets; 2) Applying statistical methods and quantitative analysis to analyze financial and online/offline business data for strategy performance monitoring, business insights and market analysis; 3) Working with relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, deploying scheduled ETL with SQL on Cloud Data Warehouse and Python scripting for scalable data integration; 4) Defining key business metrics, designing and implementing automated analysis tool with visualization, and reporting results to stakeholders; and 5) Planning and organizing data driven projects with good coordination among multiple functions/teams. Will accept experience gained before, during, or after Master’s program. Employer will accept experience gained concurrently. Salary: $133,952 to $135,000/year. Full-time, position located in Berkeley, CA. To apply, email resume to [email protected] and reference requisition DA2521.