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Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership · 3 months ago

Quantitative Researcher

Boston, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$155K/yr - $260K/yr

1+ years exp

Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world. They are seeking Quantitative Researchers to join their Research group, focusing on improving investment models and portfolio construction decisions through data-driven analysis.

Financial ServicesVenture Capital

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Performing ad-hoc exploratory statistical analysis across multiple large complex data sets from a variety of structured and unstructured sources

Researching predictable patterns in asset returns, risks, trading costs and other data relevant to financial markets

Writing and maintaining production-quality code used directly in the investment process

Assessing the quality of historical and current data, diagnosing deficiencies, and prescribing fixes

Performing portfolio construction research using our proprietary simulation capability

Working with software engineers to design feeds for new data sources from third-party vendors

Participating in data architecture decision-making to support the Research data platform

Qualification

Quantitative analysisStatistical computingData analysisFinancial knowledgePortfolio theoryCommunication skillsProblem solvingWork ethic

Required

Degree from an undergraduate or graduate educational institution in finance, mathematics, economics, or a closely-related discipline emphasizing quantitative or financial analysis

1-3 years of relevant experience required

Demonstrated professional or academic success

Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem solving skills

Understanding of probability, statistics, linear regression, time-series analysis, linear algebra, calculus, optimization and portfolio theory

Knowledge of the application of statistics to economics (including econometrics or regression analysis)

Experience with a statistical computing environment such as Python, Stata, R, or MATLAB

Experience analyzing large data sets

Understanding of finance (including equities and derivatives)

Passion for financial markets

Excellent communication skills, including data visualization

High energy and strong work ethic

Preferred

Good understanding of the academic field of empirical asset pricing

Familiarity with financial data products

Experience with stock market data sets

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonuses

Robust benefits package

Company

Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership

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Founded in 1999, Arrowstreet Capital is an independent private partnership based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Founded in 1999

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

201-500 employees

http://arrowstreetcapital.com

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