The individual in this role will be a part of a new Data Science team, which is focused on generating extensive research across the crypto market and blockchain. The ideal candidate has experience in large-scale data processing and understands the data science workflow. This opportunity will provide the right candidate an opportunity to have a large impact on the research direction and productivity of a newly formed effort within a successful proprietary trading firm.
Responsibilities:
- Data Sourcing: Identify high-quality and relevant data to support research objectives, then create corresponding tickets for the data team.
- Data Accessibility and Usability: Develop and maintain tools and platforms for better visualization and exploration capabilities for the research team.
- Identify Patterns and Trends: Apply statistical and ML techniques to analyze historical data, detecting patterns and trends for trading strategies and research teams.
- Research and Development: Stay updated on the latest advancements in data science and the crypto industry by monitoring research, industry reports, and attending relevant events.
- Benchmarking: Regularly evaluate and improve existing models by benchmarking their performance against state-of-the-art techniques.
- Performance Metrics: Developing metrics and dashboards to track the performance of trading strategies, individual symbols, and the overall portfolio (including PnL attribution).
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years in data science field, 2 years in leadership roles
- Master’s degree in EE, CS, Physics, Mathematics or other relevant discipline
- Background in large-scale data processing and analysis
- Skilled in Python programming
- Familiar with machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
- Experienced in modeling and forecasting, especially time series analysis (e.g., NLP)
- Experienced in developing and articulating model architecture, strongly emphasizing code quality for effective system design.
- Crypto industry knowledge is helpful but not a requirement.
- Experience in finance and trading is beneficial but not required
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What We Do
Company Information: Kronos Research is a technology and science-driven trading firm. We risk firm capital, trading a broad range of financial instruments and strategies on global markets. The firm is willing to pursue new ideas and markets with conviction and as such, we have been at the forefront of technology and markets, quickly dominating newer markets such as applying HFT to cryptocurrency trading. Kronos trades on average more than $5 Billion USD / day just in crypto volume alone. Our team has grown quickly from 2 in 2018 to the now 80+ team at our Taipei headquarters and office in Shanghai with more locations on the way. Mission Statement: Together we work on meaningful goals and solve complex problems. Our team is defined by a high-performance culture that values collaboration and meritocracy. We like being challenged and don’t mind putting in the hard work. While the recognition and extremely competitive compensation make it a sweet place to work at, we are united fundamentally by our love and curiosity for innovation in financial markets and technology. The next phase of our company will be about becoming the best place for liquidity and using that position to create positive change. Our ultimate goal is to provide the infrastructure to make investing and trading easier and fairer for people around the world. One day, in any country, people will be able to invest in a Japanese stock, a German hedge fund, or a new cryptocurrency. Check out our current openings on: https://grnh.se/b00d843a3us
