Data Scientist

Venture outside the ordinary - TMX Careers

The TMX group of companies includes leading global exchanges such as the Toronto Stock Exchange, Montreal Exchange, and numerous innovative organizations enhancing capital markets. United as a global team, we're connecting cross-functionally, traversing industries and geographies, moving opportunity into action, advancing global economic growth, and propelling progress. Through a rich exchange of ideas, meaningful collaboration, and a nimble operating model, we're powering some of the nation's most critical systems, fueling capital formation and innovation, bringing increased opportunity to business visionaries, product ingenuity to consumers, and career exploration to our team.

Ready to be part of the action?

Datalinx is responsible for implementing and leading the TMX enterprise approach to innovative technology and data driven solutions. The purpose is to build a richer client experience across the capital markets community by providing ready access to data and analytics products. Datalinx works in collaboration with all TMX business areas to develop and deliver solutions and strategies that benefit the organization at large. The three components of the business include:

• Product Development: This includes solutions delivered by TMX directly, in partnership with others, or via external platforms

• Platform Strategy and Management: TMX will bring products and channels together to create an interactive client community that will serve to inform and encourage new effective solutions

• Insights & Analytics: The design, creation and delivery of new data-driven solutions and capabilities across our entire business

You are an excellent team player who thrives in an agile environment. You produce rapid prototypes and pivot as needed to meet client needs. You work effectively in a small team, collaborating with others to create and evolve solutions to customer problems. You excel at making complex concepts simple and easy for those around you to understand. You're driven to show the world the power of Investment Analytics. You will work with a team of Product Managers, Engineers, and Data Architects.

Key Accountabilities:

• Assist in designing, building, and maintaining an expanding array of robust statistical models to empower highly customized Investment Analytics products.

• Assist in designing, building, and maintaining an expanding array of robust predictive models and applications.

• Interact with internal and external customers including Banks, Hedge funds, ETF Issuers, TMX CDS, TMX Markets, and Montreal Exchange.

• Serve as the go-to team member for technical inquiries regarding the current Investment Analytics suite of products.

• Contribute to data science initiatives by recommending actionable business insights using big data analytics and machine learning techniques.

• Prepare comprehensive documentation specifying data sources, models, and algorithms used and developed.

• Collaborate with the engineering team to deploy models and algorithms in production environments.

• Develop and implement processes to generate analytics from across Datalinx.

• Collaborate closely with product team to identify and develop new value-added products and capabilities.

• Contribute to the financial success of Investment Analytics in alignment with the Product Strategy.

Must haves:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM program.

• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and Spark.

• Proficiency in Cloud infrastructure with experience in AWS.

• Strong background in statistics and mathematics with solid knowledge in regression, time series analysis, tree methods, neural networks, and sampling.

• Highly proficient in building statistical and algorithmic models using complex and large datasets, including supervised statistical learning, time-series analysis, regression analysis, and data visualization.

• Capability to architect highly scalable distributed systems using various open-source tools.

• Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches.

• Strong passion for empirical research and answering challenging questions with data.

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Nice to haves:

• Proficiency in Lambda, Redshift, Glue, Athena, and Airflow.

• Understanding of capital markets and exchange microstructures.

Note: Hybrid role 2 days in the Toronto Downtown Office

In the market for…

Excitement - Explore emerging technology and innovation, as well as ventures and digital finance that shape the future of global markets! Experience the movement of the market while grounded in the stability of close to 200 years of success.

Connection - With site hubs in some of the world's most multicultural cities, we leverage our size and structure to create rich connections and belonging while experiencing powerful global impact through our work.

Impact - More than a platform, we use our talents to power mission-critical systems that drive global economic advancement, innovation, and growth. As well, our employee-led Team Impact spreads social good via our giving strategy.

Wellness - From empathetic leadership to a culture of flexibility and balance, we believe wellness at work creates the maximum yield and a stronger "we". Plus, with a cloud-first and hybrid workstyle, as well as generous time-off and leaves, we support a life well lived!

Growth - From a growth mindset in our work, to expansion in our business, TMX is home to action-takers energized by the achievement of ambitious growth.

Ready to enrich your career with impactful work, leaders who truly care, and the flexibility and programs to help you thrive as part of #TeamTMX ? Apply now.

TMX is committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and one which reflects the diversity of the community in which we operate. We provide accommodations for applicants and employees who require it.