Quant Data Scientist: Build Robust Trading Data Pipelines

Qube Research & Technologies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is seeking a data scientist to design datasets supporting systematic strategies and trading decisions. You will build and maintain robust data pipelines, extract and transform data from diverse sources, and collaborate with researchers, traders and engineers across the firm.

You will contribute to onboarding workflows, accelerate use of traditional and alternative datasets, and help optimise data processing in a fast-paced quant environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or in a similar data-focused role working with financial market data.
• Experience within quantitative finance or buy side environments is beneficial
• Strong understanding of financial markets and financial instruments
• Postgraduate degree in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or another quantitative discipline
• Advanced Python programming skills, including Pandas and Polars
• Proven experience building and managing end to end data pipelines
• Experience working with both traditional and alternative datasets
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across research, trading, engineering and external stakeholders
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast paced environment

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders to design datasets supporting systematic strategies and trading decisions
• Develop code to extract, clean and aggregate data from a wide range of structured and unstructured sources
• Build and maintain robust data pipelines covering sourcing, transformation and delivery workflows
• Work with engineering teams to automate and optimise data extraction and processing systems
• Investigate and resolve data related issues to reduce time to production
• Evaluate and implement new approaches for data extraction and onboarding

Skills

Python

Data Pipelines

Financial Markets

Quant Discipline

Collaboration

Education

Postgraduate degree in Mathematics/Physics/Engineering

Tools

Pandas

Polars

Job description

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is seeking a data scientist to design datasets supporting systematic strategies and trading decisions. You will build and maintain robust data pipelines, extract and transform data from diverse sources, and collaborate with researchers, traders and engineers across the firm.

You will contribute to onboarding workflows, accelerate use of traditional and alternative datasets, and help optimise data processing in a fast-paced quant environment.