Full-Time
Quantitative Researcher
Posted on 8/11/2023
Global equity investment strategies for institutions
Entry, Junior, Mid
Cambridge, MA, USA
- Enrolled in or graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program in finance, mathematics, economics, or a closely-related discipline emphasizing quantitative and financial analysis.
- Demonstrated professional or academic success (recent graduates are encouraged to apply)
- 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
- Merging, structuring, and analyzing large amounts of data from various sources
- Assessing the quality of historical and current data, diagnosing deficiencies, and prescribing fixes
- Performing ad-hoc exploratory statistical analysis across multiple large complex data sets from a variety of structured and unstructured sources
- Writing and maintaining production-quality code used directly in the investment process
- Researching predictable patterns in asset returns, risks, trading costs and other data relevant to financial markets
- Performing portfolio construction research using our 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
Arrowstreet Capital provides expert global and international equity investment strategies to institutional investors. With their focus on quantitative methods and use of proprietary risk and transaction cost models, they excel in managing diverse investment approaches including long-only, alpha extension, and long/short strategies. This firm is recognized for its deep analytical capabilities and strategic innovations, which enhances its operational efficiency and strengthens its market positioning, making it an esteemed leader in the finance industry.
Company Stage
Private
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Founded
1999