BlackRock
AI

Associate Modelling Data Scientist

BlackRock · Palo Alto, CA, US · $137k - $167k

Actively hiring Posted 11 days ago

Role overview

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.

BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email [email protected]. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.

We recruit, hire, train, promote, pay, and administer all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), sex stereotyping (including assumptions about a person’s appearance or behavior, gender roles, gender expression, or gender identity), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. We interpret these protected statuses broadly to include both the actual status and also any perceptions and assumptions made regarding these statuses.BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.

What you'll work on

  • Work with partners to translate business needs into well-scoped technical projects.
  • Efficiently interact with large and complex datasets to evaluate technical methodologies.
  • Rapidly prototype technical solutions implementing groundbreaking tools from optimization and machine learning.
  • Produce technical whitepapers and make clear technical presentations to senior management.
  • Work with engineers and partners to build product-ionized solutions that are reliable, scalable, and operate in compliance with firm-wide processes.

What we're looking for

  • Either a PhD in a quantitative subject area (computer science, mathematics, statistics, economics, physics, engineering, or related field), or
  • An MS degree in a quantitative field plus 3+ years of professional experience in optimization, machine learning, statistics, exploratory data analysis, and other aspects of the data science process.
  • Strong theoretical background in and practical experience using optimization, statistical techniques, and machine learning, preferably proven through academic publications or open-source codebases.
  • Strong familiarity with programming languages such as Python, Julia, or R.
  • Experience with the analysis or application of data in finance, economics, sociology, or related fields is a plus.

For PL1 - 820 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, San Mateo Only the salary range for this position is USD$137,500.00 - USD$167,500.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

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