Upwork is hiring a Data Acquisition Script Development

Data Acquisition Script Development

Upwork  ·  US  ·  $21k/yr - $42k/yr
over 1 year ago

ABOUT QUANTCUBE

QuantCube analyses billions of alternative data points in real time, using artificial intelligence and big data analytics to deliver insights ahead of the market – giving users an edge in their investment strategies.

Today we are the global leader in macroeconomic intelligence nowcasting and in pinpointing macro regime change. Our vision is to become the standard point of reference for macroeconomic, sector, corporate and environmental intelligence. By delivering timely, comprehensive, and actionable economic insights we empower users within financial institutions, corporates, and public bodies to reach their financial performance and sustainability goals.

Headquartered in Paris, QuantCube employs a diverse international team of economists, quant analysts and data scientists with expertise in multilingual NLP, deep learning and machine learning techniques. The company’s shareholders include Moody’s and Caisse des Dépôts and its R&D in computer vision has been partially funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and French government space agency CNES.

ABOUT THE JOB

The assignments you will be working on include:

- Assessing the feasibility of data collection in various cases

- Create and implement data collection scripts based on an internal standardize template

- Provide data quality assessments

SKILLS REQUIRED:

- Good level in python (Knowledge of python packages requests, beautifulsoup and selenium is a plus. )

- UNIX commands and development under Linux

- Good development practices: versioning (Git), testing, Software (Jira tickets etc.)

- Fluent in English

BENEFITS:

- Working in a startup environment around Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. We are a close-knit, friendly and multicultural team.

- You will have the opportunity to communicate directly with our IT and Data Science teams who are at the forefront of their field.

- The tasks may range from a few days to several weeks, but we are looking to work with a freelancer on a long-term basis, with periods of sprints and downtime between projects

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