Senior Data Scientist
PEAK6 was brought to life by the idea that the development of integrative technology can improve how business is done. The passion for that idea powers our firm still. As a Data Scientist at PEAK6, you are free to explore unique solutions and try fresh ideas that may benefit our financial services and trading businesses, and our investment companies. You’ll collaborate with some of tech’s and analytics’ sharpest minds to solve for the firm’s ever-changing but exciting challenges. Working in tech at PEAK6 means that you’ll always be presented with a variety of new possibilities as you continue to enhance your skills.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Defining and analyzing impactful questions that will generate insights and help support our core business and equity options trading
- Building state of the art models
- Acting as a thought leader for the firm with your ideas and projects contributing to new strategies that will impact the way the firm leverages market data.
- Helping to define best practices within our analytics team regarding prototyping and scaling solutions.
- Collaborating with and mentoring Analytics team members
You’ll gain loads of experience in this role but before you do, you should have:
- 5+ years working as a Data Scientist, Quantitative Analyst or comparable experience
- Demonstrated track record of applying statistical techniques (e.g. machine learning, time-series analysis, regression analysis)
- Advanced knowledge of Python or R
- Experience with relational databases
- Extensive experience and interest in collaborating with business and subject matter experts to define appropriate features and communicate quantitative insights
All of our Analytics team members have these traits. You should, too.
Motivation Collaboration Curiosity
Integrity Adaptability Ingenuity
Life at PEAK6
We want you to like coming to work so we work really hard to make your job fun and different from any other.
As a PEAK6 Data Scientist you can enjoy:
- Generous medical, vision and dental plans
- Matching 401(k) programs
- Adoption assistance & family leave
- Sabbatical program
- Speakers Series
- Massage days
- Poker tournament with a grand prize of a World Series of Poker buy in
- Sports leagues
- Cornhole tournaments
- Annual PEAK6 Party
- Yoga classes
- Tuition reimbursement
- Lasik eye discount
- Philanthropy events
- Annual wellness screens and flu shots
- Bagel Fridays/expiration lunches
- Birthday gifts
- Charitable matching gift program
Learn more about our culture on our website at peak6.com/culture.