Position Overview
Recursion is a leading provider of advanced analytics for the mortgage industry. We offer fast, cloud-based access to over 400 million loans, encompassing a substantial and growing share of agency pools. Our platform enables users to efficiently access and analyze large datasets, providing valuable insights into the mortgage market.

We are seeking a full-time Financial Engineer to join our team. This Canada-based role is employed by DataPrairie Inc. (9414-2122 Quebec Inc.) and supports the US-based Recursion team. This is a fully remote position; however, candidates located in Montreal are preferred.

This role involves building, maintaining, and optimizing high-performance analytics tools that drive insights in the mortgage and housing finance markets. The ideal candidate will apply quantitative and programming skills to large-scale mortgage datasets.

This employee will be deeply involved in projects developing tools for data collection, data analysis, report generation, back-end maintenance and development etc. The workload for this role is dynamic and requires juggling multiple tasks in parallel under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

- Design, develop, maintain and optimize analytical tools for large financial datasets
- Extract, transform, process, and analyze data, including the development and maintenance of automated ETL workflows
- Develop queries and optimize data structures and workflows in cloud-based warehouses to support high-performance analytics
- Build dashboards, reporting tools, and automated reporting pipelines to deliver insights
- Ensure data accuracy through validation and quality checks




- Support clients and contribute to internal data products and analytical toolsets
- Monitor and troubleshoot production process, identify and diagnose root causes, and build safeguards against recurrence

Basic Qualifications

- Master’s degree in Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Applied Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field
- Proficient in Python, Shell scripting, and SQL; basic knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CSS
- Experience with data analysis, modeling, and large datasets
- Familiarity with version control tools (Git)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and multitasking skills
- Ability to translate business/analyst requests into precise data logic.
- Excellent communication, teamwork, and attention to detail

Preferred Skills/Experience·

- 1-2 years in a similar quantitative role is preferred
- Basic understanding of agency MBS
- Experience with Linux system
- Experience with data warehousing, data structures and data quality assurance testing
- Familiarity with cloud-based platforms (e.g., AWS)
- Experience with AI application development and model training

Eligibility

To be considered for this full-time position, you must be eligible to work in Canada (Canada citizen, Permanent resident of Canada, or holding current and valid authorization).

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position, please email your resume to [email protected]

Please submit:

1. Cover letter

2. Resume

3. Transcript (from undergraduate and above)

Job Types: Full time, Permanent

Pay: From $66,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Work from home

Education:

- Master's Degree (preferred)

Work Location: Remote

📌 Financial Engineer (Canada)
🏢 DataPrairie
📍 Canada