Data Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer
Mitra Capital LLC
Mitra Capital LLC is seeking an experienced Data Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer to join our small, entrepreneurial team.
Mitra Capital is a top-performing long-short equity hedge fund that uses a proprietary and proven framework with roots in the Central Intelligence Agency to analyze the public remarks of company management teams and take positions ahead of earnings events. In the Data Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer role, you will be challenged to create innovative technology solutions at the intersection of language analysis, data-driven insights and logic-based workflow. The Data Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer’s core responsibilities will involve building tools that drive the systems underlying the firm’s research process, including advancing the firm’s text mining and machine learning platform. Example projects include writing systems and modules to access, manipulate, and produce outputs from historical databases of company results and market data, and coding and testing modules that enhance and expand the capabilities of the team’s text processing and machine learning systems.
The ideal candidate is a clever and versatile coder with a hacker mentality who is eager to tackle complex problems. The position offers a high rate of learning on a diverse range of projects and the opportunity to quickly have direct impact upon the organization. The Data Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer must be comfortable working in an agile development environment with high expectations for rapid delivery of prototypes, changing requirements, and direct feedback from the internal business customer.
- Candidates should be able to learn fast and learn on the fly in order to work with a variety of languages and projects, and be capable of taking responsibility for delivering code that accomplishes defined objectives.
- Hands-on experience coding in Python in Unix environments, as well as experience working with large datasets using SQL, are required for this role. Experience with AWS or other forms of Unix servers is a plus.
- We are looking for candidates with 3+ years’ experience and a quantitative background with degree(s) in majors such as Computer Science, Engineering, Science, Mathematics, Economics or similar.
Please include, in CV/resume or separately, detailed descriptions of past relevant projects. Candidates may send a resume and cover letter to recruitment@mitracapital.com. Mitra Capital can only consider candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. Mitra Capital is an equal opportunity employer.
Full Time