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Quantitative Researcher

Selby JenningsSan Francisco, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 29, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Quantitative Researcher role offers a dynamic environment where you'll tackle diverse, intellectually stimulating investment challenges and directly influence research direction, fostering significant career growth. You'll thrive here if you possess a strong quantitative background and a passion for developing innovative alpha signals and portfolio construction strategies within a collaborative team. Apply now to contribute to impactful research and advance your expertise in a reputable firm.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Posted
23 hours ago
ForecastingPythonRisk Management

Job Description

This role offers the opportunity to work on intellectually challenging research problems across a broad range of investment topics rather than being confined to a single niche. Researchers have meaningful influence on the research agenda and can contribute across alpha generation, portfolio construction, & risk management within a highly collaborative investment approach.

Responsibilities:

  • Research and develop alpha signals & factor models
  • Study the drivers of stock returns and market anomalies using large-scale empirical analysis.
  • Investigate the economic rationale behind quantitative signals and evaluate their robustness across market environments.
  • Conduct performance attribution, factor decomposition, and risk analysis to better understand portfolio outcomes.
  • Develop portfolio construction frameworks that balance alpha opportunities with risk, liquidity, turnover, and capacity constraints.
  • Design and maintain research tools, analytics, and scalable workflows that support the investment process.
  • Collaborate on projects spanning alpha research, factor investing, portfolio construction, risk modeling, and systematic strategy development.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • 3+ years of experience conducting research within asset management, hedge funds or systematic investment platforms.
  • Strong understanding of equity markets, investment processes, and quantitative research techniques.
  • Experience working with factor models, equity return forecasting, portfolio optimization/construction, risk models, alpha signal development, and performance and attribution frameworks
  • Proficiency in Python is a must
  • Ability to communicate quantitative concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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