Data Scientist – Equity Research

Jefferies
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 100,000 - 120,000 annuallyFunction: Capital Markets, Trading & QuantSkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Translating complex concepts"]

Join the Jefferies Equity Research Data Strategy Team to support research analysts with data science and AI-driven capabilities. You’ll query, transform, and analyze large datasets, enhance internal platforms with AI agents and tooling (including MCP servers), and help centralize data so first- and third-party assets are AI-accessible with strong quality and governance. You’ll also translate technical methods into data-driven insights for non-technical stakeholders.

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Data Scientist – Equity Research

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Job Summary

Join the Jefferies Equity Research Data Strategy Team to support research analysts with data science and AI-driven capabilities. You’ll query, transform, and analyze large datasets, enhance internal platforms with AI agents and tooling (including MCP servers), and help centralize data so first- and third-party assets are AI-accessible with strong quality and governance. You’ll also translate technical methods into data-driven insights for non-technical stakeholders.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Capital Markets, Trading & Quant

Key Responsibilities

  • •Query, transform, analyze, and combine large datasets to solve problems and implement research ideas across sectors and data categories, occasionally developing statistical models to predict outcomes.
  • •Enhance the platform by creating and maintaining tools, AI agents, MCP servers, and processes to streamline, scale, and standardize evaluation, cleaning, analysis, and data dissemination.
  • •Support data centralization so first- and third-party data assets are AI-accessible and meet quality, lineage, and governance standards.
  • •Present technical methods to non-technical stakeholders and translate open-ended questions into data-driven insights.
  • •Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including research teams, third-party data vendors, management, and possibly buy-side clients.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 100,000 - 120,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceWellness StipendPaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Transferable sell-side or buy-side experience in data science, data research, or a similar function.
  • •STEM degree with preference for Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Statistics, Quantitative Finance, and related disciplines.
  • •Strong proficiency with Python and intermediate or better proficiency with SQL and/or Apache Spark.
  • •Experience analyzing and visualizing large datasets.
  • •Familiarity with LLMs, LangChain, vector databases, and RAG pipelines.
Experience:Equity researchData scienceBuy-sideSell-side
Education:
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementTranslating complex concepts
Tech Stack:PythonSQLApache SparkClaude CodeGitHub CopilotCursorLLMsLangChainVector databasesRAGDatabricksSnowflakeAWSJIRAConfluenceBitbucketAtlassianKnowledge graphsMCP servers

Company Brief

Jefferies
Global investment banking and capital markets firm providing advisory, underwriting, trading, research, and asset management services to corporations, governments, and institutional investors.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 1962
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