Senior Associate Data Scientist, Quant Surveillance & Tech

About us

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.

We are looking for Senior Associate Data Scientist to drive the development of financial markets surveillance algorithms, utilising Data Science techniques for a key group-wide project, incorporating several pillars of the London Stock Exchange Group.

The candidate would work alongside senior data scientists, QAs, business architects, software architects, business analysts, devops across the group to assist in delivering this unique solution to internal and external clients.

Role Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities

• Supports projects, leveraging technical expertise to remove obstacles and to find creative solutions.
• Builds data science products and solutions utilising data science techniques directly.
• Creates compelling proposals with technologists and business to drive innovation from conception to production that are fit for purpose to original business requirement
• Builds and uses domain expertise in financial market content, data science and LSEG data and products.
• Writes highly optimised code for LSEG products and solutions.

Essential skill set:

Relevant experience

5+ years experience in a Data Science related permanent role

Essential skill set

• Hands on experience on Python, OLAP tools (Spark) and SQL(any flavour) programming languages
• Knowledge on Plotly/Dash visualisation tools
• Ability to handle the version control Bitbucket and Git
• Use of  Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Familiarity with PyCharm/any other popular IDE

AWS infrastructure

• Amazon SageMaker
• S3

Regulatory Knowledge

• MiFID II
• MAR

Degree specialism (or equivalent)

• Computer Science
• Statistics
• Maths
• Engineering
• Physics

Personality Traits

• Comfortable in dynamic/fast-paced environment
• Good listener
• Objective

Additional desirable skill set

Programming languages

• Bash
• Unix Shell
• R
• Any widely used OOP language

Tools

• Jupyter Notebook

Visualisation tools

• RShiny
• Tableau
• PowerBI

Market Data

• Refinitiv (Workspaces, RDP, VBD, DSS, DSP)
• Marketmap
• Bloomberg

Market Data

• Refinitiv (concept of Eikon GUI or Electron Datascope Select metadata characteristics)

DevOps

• Control-M
• Jenkins

AWS infrastructure

• EC2
• EMR
• Lambda

Operating Systems

• Linux

Regulatory Knowledge

• MiFID I
• FSMA 2000
• FCA Handbook
• UKLA DTR

Certificates (or equivalent)

• AWS Cloud Practitioner
• AWS Machine Learning
• AWS Developer
• AWS Data Analytics
• IMC
• CISI
• CFA
• BAT Score > 525
• IOC

Personality traits

• Efficient
• Clear & concise communicator

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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