Location: Paris

Position: Data scientist

About Drakai Capital

Drakai Capital is a Paris-based investment management firm that augments credit investing with technology to deliver low-volatility alpha. We have a strong focus on cross-asset strategies with superior risk-adjusted returns. Our trading approach is data driven and leverages the latest advances in data science. We are seeking data scientists to join us in conducting machine learning research initiatives.

Our team

We are a small team of experienced professionals with extensive backgrounds in trading, software engineering and quantitative modeling. We care about providing high quality data, models and signals to our trading team. With this goal in mind, we continuously improve and maintain our scalable production trading models with high code quality standards.

About the position

• Help developing risk and trading systems, from data collection, data cleaning to feature engineering,
• Assist in the development and enhancement of our risk monitoring tool, designed for risk officers, by analyzing portfolio positions and providing actionable insights,
• Contribute to the design and development of a booking tool to streamline the management of trade bookings and position tracking,
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and developers to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data used in both risk and booking systems,
• Support the integration of new features into existing systems to improve usability, performance, and scalability,
• Help maintain and optimize the tools to ensure their robustness and alignment with business needs.

Required skills

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, applied mathematics, statistics or any quantitative field,
• 0-2 years of data engineering / programming experience,
• Languages / Tools: python, git, SQL (must have) docker, bash (nice to have),
• Libraries: pandas, numpy, sklearn, requests (must have), dash (nice to have),
• Understanding of data structures, data modelling and software architecture,
• Curiosity, drive, attention to details and resourcefulness.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in an entrepreneurial tech team. Our office is located at place Vendôme in the heart of Paris.