Senior Data Scientist - FX Algorithms & Markets

Airwallex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex, headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, is seeking a senior data scientist to own the FX modelling roadmap and turn rigorous ML work into better trading, pricing, and product decisions. You will productionise models for FX volatility, execution and risk, and collaborate with traders, product, risk, and engineering.

You will design backtesting and governance, communicate findings up to senior leadership, and move quickly from analysis to decision-ready recommendations in a

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience and an advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, Computer Science or Economics.
• Significant experience applying statistics, machine learning or optimisation to financial markets, trading, fintech or other dynamic decision systems.
• Strong foundations in time-series modelling, statistical inference, optimisation and experimental design.
• Proven ability to set direction and communicate with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the modelling roadmap for the FX product and prioritise work with Product Managers.
• Develop and productionise models to forecast FX rate volatility and support trading strategy.
• Apply statistical and machine learning models to optimise FX trade execution and manage market risk.
• Establish backtesting, validation, monitoring and governance for financial models.
• Translate analytical findings into trading and product decisions with cross-functional partners.
• Define success metrics and evaluate model impact in production.
• Communicate recommendations clearly to executives even with ambiguous data.
• Conduct customer and commercial analysis informing FX strategy, pricing or product priorities.

Skills

Python

SQL

Time-series modelling

Statistical inference

Machine Learning

Production systems

Education

PhD or MS in quantitative field

Tools

R

Job description

Airwallex, headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, is seeking a senior data scientist to own the FX modelling roadmap and turn rigorous ML work into better trading, pricing, and product decisions. You will productionise models for FX volatility, execution and risk, and collaborate with traders, product, risk, and engineering.

You will design backtesting and governance, communicate findings up to senior leadership, and move quickly from analysis to decision-ready recommendations in a