What you'll do. Build predictive signals that drive real trading decisions. You'll generate original signals, validate them rigorously, and work with portfolio managers to get them allocated against real capital - with the platform taking you from notebook to monitored pipeline. This is a research-first seat.
What you'll own:
• Your assigned datasets and signals - from idea, to validated factor, to a live signal on the platform.
• The research quality, robustness, and out-of-sample validity of your signals - you're accountable for whether they hold up, not just whether they backtest well.
• Sourcing and curating the datasets your signals need - including novel or alternative data - and shaping them into validated factors. The data pipeline is a shared build - you'll extend and harden it alongside the platform team, not just consume it.
• Turning your own research into production - taking a signal from notebook to a running, monitored pipeline via the research-to-production path.
• A voice in shaping the research platform - the factor library, templates, and research-to-prod conventions - as one of its primary users.
We're looking for:
• PhD or master's (or an exceptional undergrad) in a quantitative field - statistics, math, physics, CS, or similar.
• New grad through experienced hires.
• Depth in statistics and/or machine learning, and a demonstrated research track record.
• Rigor about overfitting, multiple-hypothesis pitfalls, look-ahead bias, and point-in-time discipline - the instinct to distrust a clean result.
• Comfortable in Python and working with large, messy datasets.
• Solid data-engineering comfort - you'll source, curate, and help build the shared data pipelines your research runs on, not just query what someone else prepared.
• Nice to have: time-series / financial modeling, prior systematic-investing or quant-research experience, publications or competition results.
Additional Details:
Compensation: Base salary of $120,000 to $240,000 depending on experience. Eligible for performance based discretionary bonus.
Location : Onsite in Midtown, New York City at least 3 days per week.
Other : Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer visa sponsorship.
