CRO / Business Development
WireSecure
Startup working on the $12B Wire Fraud problem looking for Sales / Bus Dev leader with experience in banking, mortgage, or other relevant financial services. Drive new revenue opportunities and partner relationships. 5-10 years background and solid knowledge and relationships in relevant markets, strategic deal making experience required.
Senior Data Scientist
Learnvest
Responsibilities:
Development of prototype solutions, mathematical models, algorithms, machine learning techniques, and robust analytics to support analytic insights and visualization of complex data sets for productization and monetization
Drive innovation by exploring new experimentation methods and statistical techniques that could sharpen or speed up our product decision-making processes
Develop and deploy testing hypotheses and analyze test results, providing the necessary analytical rigor to ensure data quality, consistency, repeatability, and accuracy of insights
Qualifications:
3+ years of professional experience with a proven track record of leveraging data science to drive significant business impact or to develop data/algorithm based products.
Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Econometrics or related field
Statistical knowledge and intuition - ideally with application in A/B testing, predictive modeling, or Monte Carlo simulations
Proficiency with a statistical analysis tool such as R, Python, or SAS
Programming experience with an object oriented language such as Java, C++, Python, or Ruby
Machine learning and model evaluation experience
Knowledge of SQL and relational databases. Experience with distributed databases like Hive, Spark, or Pig is a plus
Ability to tell a story with data – What does the analysis tell you? What do you think the business should do next? Why do you think what is happening, is happening? Ability to influence others with the story of what you’re seeing in the data to make business recommendations
Excellent time and project management skills, with the ability to manage detail work and communicate project status effectively to all levels
Proven track record in meeting aggressive deadlines
Link:
https://jobs.northwesternmutual.com/job/New-York-Senior-Data-Scientist-NY-10003/506226500/
Product Manager - Financial Planning Algorithms
LearnVest
Learnvest / Northwestern Mutual is looking for a Product Manager to join the Financial Planning Algorithm team. We are on mission to re-imagine financial planning and it all starts with the tools that our planners use every day to deliver advice that moves clients to action.
The role requires ownership of solving complex problems, ability to get things done, and strong product, relationship and stakeholder management skills. This position will work very closely with the engineers, user-interface product teams, advice strategy team, data analysts and users, with the common goal of improving the financial planning software.
What you’ll do:
Work cross functionally with engineers, designers, and stakeholders to prepare requirements for upcoming sprints and release on a regular basis.
Build use cases and user stories around a product, communicate them effectively.
Know your users, drive research to make our features align with problems.
Analyze competitors, evaluate vendors, and come to the table to solve problems.
Define roadmap for engagement tools, aligned with user-interface partner teams.
Inform product decisions with quantitative data and experimentation.
Qualification:
Product Management experience - driven product development with cross functional teams is a plus.
Product intuition - strong instincts about what makes great product.
Technical chops - You don’t need to know how to code, however tech experience is a plus. This will help you gauge what technologies work best for the job, factoring in scope. Additional technical experience using tools like JIRA to manage an engineering scrum backlog helpful.
Financial planning software experience -
Having used financial planning software is a must. If you have a CFP designation, big plus.
Data driven - You know how to leverage data to make good decisions when confronted by ambiguity. You may not have all the answers upfront but you know how to find them.
Link:
https://jobs.northwesternmutual.com/job/New-York-Technical-Product-Mgr-New-10003/490763400/
Data Scientists and Data Engineers
Cerberus Capital Management
Hi All, we are about to post some roles but please feel free to reach out to me directly in the meantime (jgilbertson@cerberusoperations.com). We're looking for both data scientists and engineers with ~1-5 years of experience for a new group at Cerberus focused on technology transformation. Happy to discuss more!
All Positions
Affirm Inc.
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly. Started by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Affirm gives consumers the flexibility to buy now and make simple monthly payments. Unlike other credit options, Affirm offers transparent payment terms (no fees or compounding interest), and employs advanced technology to reach a broader consumer population.
Financial Regulation Analyst
Rally Rd.
Overview:
As Rally Rd’s first regulatory hire, the Financial Regulation Analyst will manage all aspects of our finance and regulatory functions. Working directly with our CFO, you will run the SEC and FINRA regulatory processes, support the regulatory expansion into other asset classes and assist with other special projects as needed. You will gain meaningful exposure to financial regulation and alternative investment structures.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the SEC and FINRA update process for new offerings on the Rally Rd. platform
Prepare the annual state-regulatory filing updates
- Support the expansion into additional asset classes such as sports memorabilia and other collectibles
- Support the buildout of the regulatory and compliance team
- Manage Rally Rd. broker-dealer relationships
- Escalate regulatory issues to CFO and take corrective action when necessary
What we’re looking for / Qualifications
- Strong interest in learning about financial regulation and how to apply new financial regulation such as Reg A+ in innovative ways
- Self-starter who is comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment
- Impeccable attention to detail and comfortable working under tight deadlines
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Business is preferred but not required
Link:
www.rallyrd.com
Data Scientist & Software Engineer roles
Liquidnet
Liquidnet, the established, tech-driven electronic marketplace seeks highly talented data scientists, big data software engineers, and more. Feel free to reach out while we are all here at this exciting event here at NYU!
Link:
http://www.liquidnet.com/careers
Digital Marketing Analyst
EquityZen
We're looking for a Digital Marketing Analyst who is eager to help us as we redefine private markets. Join us if you love creating new digital marketing campaigns, measuring KPIs, and experimenting with new acquisition / growth channels. EquityZen is an early-mid stage financial technology company, backed by leading venture and PE investors.
Our platform enables large, private companies to deliver liquidity to their shareholders, while providing investors access to invest in these proven, pre-IPO companies. EquityZen has served 100+ premier tech and digital health companies, and is proud to be considered a liquidity provider for 1 out of 3 of the largest unicorns. A testament to EquityZen's secure, paperless, and industry-defining online investment platform, we have successfully completed 5000+ private placement transactions. Focusing on automating an antiquated offline process has allowed us to lead the charge in building more efficient, cost-effective, and transparent private markets. Watch this short video to learn more: equityzen.com/press.
Link:
https://equityzen.com/careers/?digital-marketing
UX Designer
EquityZen
We're looking for a talented UX Designer who is eager to lead our design efforts as we redefine private markets. Join us if you are a data-driven, creative problem solver with a passion for designing elegant user experiences and collaborating across multiple teams. A strong portfolio of cross-platform UX projects, including desktop, mobile, and e-mail, and demonstrated experience of improving funnel conversion while keeping the customer experience clean and intuitive is essential.
EquityZen is an early-mid stage financial technology company, backed by leading venture and PE investors. Our platform enables large, private companies to deliver liquidity to their shareholders, while providing investors access to invest in these proven, pre-IPO companies. EquityZen has served 100+ premier tech and digital health companies, and is proud to be considered a liquidity provider for 1 out of 3 of the largest unicorns. We have successfully completed 5,000+ private placement transactions, a testament to EquityZen's secure, paperless, and industry-defining online investment platform. Focusing on automating an antiquated offline process has allowed us to lead the charge in building more efficient, cost-effective, and transparent private markets. Watch this short video to learn more: equityzen.com/press.
Link:
https://equityzen.com/careers/?uxdesigner
Full Stack Engineer
EquityZen
EquityZen is looking for an experienced full stack engineer to join our growing team as we rapidly expand our industry-defining online investment platform. Our ideal candidate has production experience using Python with Django, Flask or similar, is passionate about performance, testability, and maintainability, loves ideating and collaborating with PM and business stakeholders, and is a pixel perfectionist. They are equally comfortable developing React components, adding fields to Django models, adding a new type to a GraphQL schema, and tweaking an ElasticSearch index.
Our team is a group of ambitious, yet humble people across all disciplines and backgrounds. Have a look at our team and values and join us if you’re interested in these set of values.
EquityZen is an early-mid stage financial technology firm based in the NoMad district of Manhattan. Our mission is to bring private markets to the public. Wealth creation has historically only been accessible by those already wealthy. We have already opened up access to 10,000 times as many folks as before, and are working to put it within reach of a third of the world.
Having facilitated 5,000+ private placements in 100+ mature, pre-IPO companies (with company approval), our platform services employees, HNWIs, and hedge funds from ~50 countries. EquityZen's investors include pedigreed VCs like Tim Draper and Wall Street institutions like WorldQuant.
Link:
https://equityzen.com/careers/?full-stack-engineer
Senior Front End Engineer
EquityZen
EquityZen is looking for an experienced senior front end engineer to join our growing team and become a key contributor for our front-end applications as we rapidly expand our industry-defining online investment platform. Our ideal candidate has years of production experience using React or a similar framework, is passionate about performance, testability, and maintainability, loves ideating and collaborating with designers on UX and UI, and strives for pixel perfection.
Our team is a group of ambitious, yet humble people across all disciplines and backgrounds. Have a look at our team and values and join us if you’re interested in these set of values.
EquityZen is an early-mid stage financial technology firm based in the NoMad district of Manhattan. Our mission is to bring private markets to the public. Wealth creation has historically only been accessible by those already wealthy. We have already opened up access to 10,000 times as many folks as before, and are working to put it within reach of a third of the world.
Having facilitated 5,000+ private placements in 100+ mature, pre-IPO companies (with company approval), our platform services employees, HNWIs, and hedge funds from ~50 countries. EquityZen's investors include pedigreed VCs like Tim Draper and Wall Street institutions like WorldQuant.
Link:
https://equityzen.com/careers/?senior-front-end-engineer
Quality Engineer
EquityZen
EquityZen is looking for a Quality Engineer. This engineer will will have a strong understanding of modern Quality engineering best practices and be able to integrate tightly with engineering and Devops teams to deliver quality bug free software.
Our team is a group of ambitious, yet humble people across all disciplines and backgrounds. Have a look at our team and values and join us if you’re interested in these set of values.
EquityZen is an early-mid stage financial technology firm based in the Flatiron district of Manhattan. Our mission is to bring private markets to the public. Wealth creation has historically only been accessible by those already wealthy. We have already opened up access to 10,000 times as many folks as before, and are working to put it within reach of a third of the world.
Having facilitated 5,000+ private placements in 100+ mature, pre-IPO companies (with company approval), our platform services employees, HNWIs, and hedge funds from ~50 countries. EquityZen's investors include pedigreed VCs like Tim Draper and Wall Street institutions like WorldQuant.
Link:
https://equityzen.com/careers/?quality-engineer
Data Scientist
EquityZen
We're looking for a Data Scientist who is eager to help us as we redefine private markets. Join us if you love deriving impactful insights from data while having a tangible impact on the growth of the business. EquityZen is an early-mid stage financial technology company, backed by leading venture and PE investors, and is looking for someone to help us grow even further by helping us implement modern data science tools using our expansive proprietary data set.
Our platform enables large, private companies to deliver liquidity to their shareholders, while providing investors access to invest in these proven, pre-IPO companies. EquityZen has served 100+ premier tech and digital health companies, and is proud to be considered a liquidity provider for 1 out of 3 of the largest unicorns. A testament to EquityZen's secure, paperless, and industry-defining online investment platform, we have successfully completed 5000+ private placement transactions. Focusing on automating an antiquated offline process has allowed us to lead the charge in building more efficient, cost-effective, and transparent private markets. Watch this short video to learn more: equityzen.com/press.
EquityZen's backers include pedigreed investors like Tim Draper's Draper Associates and 500Startups, along with many veteran Wall St professionals. Members of our team have deep experience in both software engineering and financial technology, with prior experience at institutions such as AQR Capital Management, J.P. Morgan, and Symantec. Check out the team here: equityzen.com/team.
Link:
https://equityzen.com/careers/?data-scientist
Chief Analytics and Revenue Officer
Concord Advice, LLC
Concord Advice is a 13-year old boutique FinTech advisory firm focused on helping our clients meet the personal finance needs of consumers. We provide the products, services and expertise that impact all aspects of a financial services operation, including underwriting, data analysis, technology, marketing, account servicing, and customer service delivery. We are nimble, entrepreneurial, multi-functional, collaborative and driven to help our clients serve their customers in new and innovative ways. While we aspire to become a disruptive force in the FinTech world, we do it in an open and informal environment.
Driven by our success and a favorable market outlook, we are making significant investments in the firm in 2018. One of the cornerstones of our investment is to create the position of Chief Analytics and Revenue Officer (CARO) to lead our efforts to the next level to further develop our analytics strategies, build a strong and inventive organization while helping us increase the bottom line for our clients and our firm. The selected leader will deploy both traditional and modern analytical techniques, in concert with an extremely robust data environment that is growing exponentially.
As an integral member of the management team working in both traditional and cutting-edge areas of data science, including predictive analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and bringing forth unique and break-away methodologies through your own experience, the CARO will develop the strategy and innovation of our programs, while building, managing and mentoring a team of data scientists. Key areas of business focus include loan risk assessment and underwriting, pricing, marketing, collections and financial product development.
Link:
Https://ConcordAdvice.com
Software Engineer
BlindData
If you enjoy solving tough technical problems, this is the opportunity for you! BlindData seeks talented software
engineers to test yourself themselves against the best programmers from Google and MIT. Get recognized and
rewarded for your tech skills.
Applicants should be highly skilled in at least one of Python, C++, Java and PHP. We are a small but growing
company looking to hire top technical talent.
About the role:
-Collaborate with our testing problem contributors to author, edit and deploy coding challenges on our platform.
-Enhance platform performance and help scale our system as we grow.
-Refine existing user experiences for app and web environments.
-Partner with Lead Developer and CTO on various projects.
-Manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables.
-Work on a small, agile and growing team to help us build out the business and expand our user base.
If you are interested in applying, visit www.blinddata.com/r/Whova and click on “Test your Talents!” to take
our 25-minute online exam challenge. This quick evaluation will help us assess your fit for roles within our
company and partner network.
Your online challenge score will determine if you are invited to an in-person
technical assessment. Depending on the quality of your score, you may be compensated up to $500 for coming
in to test. After that point, you will be considered for available roles with us or within our network.
Link:
https://www.blinddata.com/Whova
