Data Scientist

Job description

Role Title: Data Scientist

Business: Global Banking and Markets

New or Existing Role- Replacement

Grade:GCB6


Role Purpose
· GBM Data Vision
· Build a world class “data driven” organization that rivals our competitors and inspires our employees. Leveraging a revolutionary Data Analytics ecosystem, to generate business insights and provides great customer experience from well-managed and trusted data assets.
· Our Mission Statement
· The GBM Data Analytics Ecosystem solves complex problems using cutting edge technologies; helping to rapidly implement insights from data that can help drive more informed decision making. We will deploy smart machines to process complex and large sets of data, impossible in the legacy manual mining methods. Data underpins everything we do; from risk & regulatory management, through monetization, to predicting client behaviour.
· The Team
· Our Data Science & Engineering teams are partnering with IT to deliver an ecosystem of curated, enriched and protected sets of data – created from global, raw, structured and unstructured sources. Our GBM Big Data Lake is the largest aggregation of data ever within HSBC. We have over 300 sources which equates to over 20PTB of data, with a business use case portfolio greater than 110 items. We are utilising the latest machine learning tools and technologies to solve these hypotheses and deliver value and truly unique insights.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Knowledge & Experience / Qualifications

Required Skills

·  Graduated from a top-tier university in applied mathematics, statistics, machine learning, quantitative finance or related scientific area.
·  Deep understanding of the theoretical grounds of machine learning and of the corresponding mathematical framework. Strong statistical knowledge is an asset for this position.
·  Strong programming skills (Python/R), with exposure to Data Science/ Visualisation packages such as SciKit Learn, Keras/ Tensorflow, Plotly
·  Preferably an understanding of distributed compute environments e.g. MapReduce, Hadoop, Spark, H2O
·  Good understanding of global markets, markets macrostructure and macro economics
·  Critical mind and ability to challenge, intuition of implicit assumptions in mathematical developments.
·  Good communication skills (written and spoken), ability to engage with different stakeholders and to synthesize.


We are a diverse workforce and it is part of our organizational culture, it reflects our belief that diversity of thought, background and perspective make HSBC a stronger organization. We strive to implement a culture that is inclusive, diverse, positive and performance-oriented. Having a diverse workforce allows us to benefit from a variety of perspectives and strengthens our local and global competitiveness. We value diversity in our workforce and encourage all qualified candidates to apply from a variety of perspectives and strengthens our local and global competitiveness. We value diversity in our workforce and encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

We want everyone to be able to fulfil their potential which is why we provide a range of flexible working arrangements and family friendly policies.

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