Data Scientist

Franklin Templeton Investments
Job Responsibilities:
- To contribute hands-on towards developing various code modules of the Wealthtech product brought to market via various deployment modes.
- Adhere to product development best practices and to Object Oriented Programming methodology.
- Put into practice proven expertise in advanced mathematics, especially mathematical finance.
- To design, develop, test and document the product features or capabilities developed to standards.
- To provide rapid fixes to any issues identified in the product or deployments.
Education (or equivalent experience):
- Master’s / Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related disciplines, from Tier-1 Institutes in India or abroad.
- Competitive coding background, certificates or awards would be looked at favorably
- Interest in Investments and progression towards a CFA would be desirable.
Core Skills:
- 1-5 years of experience in Python code development for product development (Mandatory)
- Usage of Python as a programming language and not use of pre-built packages
- Understanding and prior experience with Dynamic Programming is desirable.
- Knowledge of and Experience with Stochastic processes, probabilities, Simulations, Linear Algebra, Markovian Decision Processes (state space models)
- Knowledge and experience of key machine learning and deep learning framework, e.g. Keras, TensorFlow
- Exceptional Excel skills in mathematical modeling.
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