Oowlish
Data Science AI / ML

Scaling Data Science & AI Infrastructure for Quantitative Finance

How Oowlish helped ExtractAlpha scale their data engineering pipelines and AI model infrastructure to process billions of financial data points daily.

10B+
Data Points / Day
5x
Pipeline Throughput
40%
Cost Reduction
ExtractAlpha

Project Overview

ExtractAlpha provides alternative data and predictive signals to quantitative hedge funds and asset managers. They needed to scale their data processing infrastructure to handle exponentially growing datasets while maintaining the precision required for financial modeling.

Industry
Fintech / Quantitative Finance
Timeline
12 months
Team Size
4 Data Engineers + 2 ML Engineers + 1 PM
Tech Stack
Python, Spark, Airflow, AWS EMR, TensorFlow, Snowflake

The Challenge

ExtractAlpha's data pipelines were hitting capacity limits. Processing times for daily model updates were exceeding market-open deadlines, the infrastructure was costly and brittle, and adding new data sources required weeks of engineering effort.

Daily pipeline runs exceeding SLA deadlines by 2–3 hours
Adding a new data source required 3–4 weeks of engineering work
Infrastructure costs growing 25% quarter-over-quarter
No automated model retraining or drift detection

Our Solution

Oowlish re-architected ExtractAlpha's data platform with modular pipelines on Apache Spark, implemented automated ML model lifecycle management, and migrated to a cost-optimized cloud infrastructure using spot instances and intelligent scheduling.

Scalable Data Pipelines

Modular Spark pipelines that process 10B+ data points daily with auto-scaling.

ML Lifecycle Automation

Automated model retraining, validation, and deployment with drift detection alerts.

Cost-Optimized Infrastructure

Spot instance orchestration and intelligent scheduling reduced cloud spend by 40%.

Impact & Results

ExtractAlpha now processes data 5x faster, adds new data sources in days instead of weeks, and reduced their infrastructure costs by 40% — all while maintaining the precision their hedge fund clients demand.

5x Throughput

Pipeline processing speed increased 5x, completing well before market open.

40% Cost Down

Cloud infrastructure costs reduced through spot instances and smart scheduling.

2 Days

New data source onboarding reduced from 4 weeks to 2 days.

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