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Fidelity Investments · 1 day ago

Quantitative Researcher

Fidelity Investments is a leading asset management firm seeking a Quantitative Researcher to develop alpha signals and risk models. The role involves leveraging advanced tools and data sources to create proprietary investment strategies while supporting ongoing research efforts within a collaborative team environment.

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Responsibilities

Develop quant methodologies that leverage variety of data sources
Contribute innovative ideas and execute on them within our research process
Work closely with other team members to support ongoing research efforts
Develop trading strategies from idea generation, testing, all the way to production
Contribute to our quant research platform effort
Contribute to the broader training and development of an elite quantitative and data driven research and investment team
Help craft the overall research and development agenda

Qualification

PhD in quantitative fieldDeveloping alpha signalsRisk models developmentProgramming in PythonSQL proficiencyLLMs/GenAINetwork graph technologiesHandling large datasetsPassion for the marketCollaborative approach

Required

5+ years of relevant work experience in a quantitative asset management role
PhD in a quantitative field of finance/economics or in statistics, applied mathematics, physics, computer science, engineering, or a closely related field is required
Alternatively, a master's or equivalent advanced degree in aforementioned fields but with 8+ years of relevant work experience in a quantitative asset management role
Experience in developing alpha signals, risk models and investing strategies
Experience in wrangling with large structured and unstructured data in an efficient and scalable manner
Experience in leveraging LLMs/GenAI as part of day-to-day research & development and as building block for quant models
Strong background in quantitative investing
Passion for the market
Ability to write and deploy robust production-quality code is required
Experience in deploying network graph technologies and/or techniques in live investment strategies is required
Experience in equity, fixed Income, derivatives (multi-asset class experience) is required
Experience in delivering automated end-to-end workflows (from raw data to optimized portfolio)
Thorough understanding and ability to drive the quantitative process across its lifecycle from idea generation, development, testing and production
Ability to clearly communicate and explain complex topics, share ideas, initiate and bring to fruition collaborative efforts across investment divisions
Outstanding hands-on research skills including data exploration, model development and evaluation, training, validation, and deployment at scale
Collaborative, creative and team-oriented approach to research, investing and technology
Excellent programming skills with Python and SQL
Ability to work with large, unstructured datasets and modern (cloud-based) technologies e.g. Snowflake (SQL), S3, Docker etc

Benefits

Comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
Market-leading retirement
Generous paid time off and parental leave
Charitable giving employee match program
Educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career

Company

Fidelity Investments

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Fidelity’s mission is to strengthen the financial well-being of our customers and deliver better outcomes for the clients and businesses we serve.

H1B Sponsorship

Fidelity Investments has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3)
2024 (8)
2023 (4)
2022 (6)
2021 (8)
2020 (30)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$152.82M
Key Investors
Apple
2020-12-28Secondary Market· $2.5M
2018-01-14Secondary Market· $1M
2017-05-03Secondary Market· $12.5M

Leadership Team

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Abigail Johnson
Chairman & CEO
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Jeanmarie Ward
Senior Vice President of Architecture
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