Thomson Reuters is looking for a Data Reporter to be part of the Data and Automations Desk in Bangalore.
About the Job
Every day, all across the world, financial professionals depend on Reuters to deliver market-moving data about the global economy. They trust Reuters to get it first, and to get it right – down to the millisecond, down to the decimal place. We are looking for an exceptional individual to partner with technology & editorial teams that will lead the way in delivering on this essential brand promise.
As the acronym suggests, the Data and Automations Desk (DAD) will be responsible for overseeing an expansive family of editorial algorithms that give Reuters the competitive advantage in delivering accurate, market-moving economic data to clients on time, every time.
The successful candidate will be expected to work across shifts (Hybrid) and will have the following key responsibilities:
Responsibilities
- Maintain automation schedules and update the data our automations require to run successfully
- Manage operational tasks related to the real-time publication of all English-language economic indicators and similar automations
- Ability to create crawlers to scrape data from all types of websites
- Active care and maintenance of automations & Web Watchers we have running around the clock
- Manually snapping and publishing economic data for markets, where conditions permit
- Liaise with tech teams and various Speed Desks for preventive maintenance and the regular audit and repair of automations & Web watchers
Requirements
- Fluent English
- Strong news judgment
- Good understanding of how the financial markets work
- Good understanding of how news production tools work and interact with our client-facing products
- Prior working experience with financial or economic data
- Good understanding or Experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, REGEX or XPath
- A good level of comfort with technology.
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka
