Alternative data research and analytics for financial institutions
M Science processes unstructured data at scale for financial and corporate clients, running a Python + PySpark + Databricks + Airflow stack optimized for near-real-time analytics. The hiring mix—3 data roles, 2 sales, 1 research—alongside active development of agentic workflows and automated alerting systems indicates a shift toward autonomous data pipelines and AI-driven insight generation, moving beyond manual research processes.
M Science is a data-driven research firm serving financial institutions and major corporations with alternative data insights and analytics. Founded in 2016, the company combines unstructured data processing with financial domain expertise to deliver actionable intelligence for investment and strategic decisions. Operating from New York and Hong Kong with 51–200 employees, M Science structures work around three core areas: alternative data panel pipelines, statistical modeling for corporate performance prediction, and emerging agentic workflows for automated insight retrieval. The company is backed by Leucadia Investments, a division of Jefferies Financial Group.
M Science uses Python, SQL, PySpark, Apache Spark, Databricks, and Apache Airflow for data processing, with Salesforce for CRM, Tableau for analytics, and is adopting LangChain and LangGraph for agentic workflows.
Current focus areas include alternative data panel pipelines, agentic workflow development for automated insight retrieval, scalable data ingestion, and automated alerting systems—with tagging standardization and pipeline resilience as active pain points.
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