Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
Quantitative Researcher
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership, Boston, Massachusetts, us, 02298
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Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership . We are looking for Quantitative Researchers to join our Research group. We are a collaborative, data-driven, intellectually rigorous team responsible for coming up with investment ideas, codifying those ideas into signals, back-testing the signals, and producing return, risk and trading cost forecasts based on the signals to drive trading decisions. We maintain a friendly, team-oriented environment and place a high value on professionalism, attitude and initiative. As a Quantitative Researcher, you will work on high-impact projects that improve the specification and/or implementation of our investment models as well as research projects that improve portfolio construction decisions in our fully integrated, unified systematic investment process.
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
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
Qualifications Enrolled in or graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program in finance, mathematics, economics, or a closely-related discipline emphasizing quantitative or 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
Understanding of finance (including equities and derivatives)
Passion for financial markets
Excellent communication skills, including data visualization
High energy and strong work ethic
In addition, the following are a plus:
Good understanding of the academic field of empirical asset pricing
Familiarity with financial data products
Experience with stock market data sets
Employer information
Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, age, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran or military status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Arrowstreet Capital is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a disability, contact us to discuss the nature of your request and contact information.
Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Research
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Join to apply for the
Quantitative Researcher
role at
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership . We are looking for Quantitative Researchers to join our Research group. We are a collaborative, data-driven, intellectually rigorous team responsible for coming up with investment ideas, codifying those ideas into signals, back-testing the signals, and producing return, risk and trading cost forecasts based on the signals to drive trading decisions. We maintain a friendly, team-oriented environment and place a high value on professionalism, attitude and initiative. As a Quantitative Researcher, you will work on high-impact projects that improve the specification and/or implementation of our investment models as well as research projects that improve portfolio construction decisions in our fully integrated, unified systematic investment process.
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
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
Qualifications Enrolled in or graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program in finance, mathematics, economics, or a closely-related discipline emphasizing quantitative or 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
Understanding of finance (including equities and derivatives)
Passion for financial markets
Excellent communication skills, including data visualization
High energy and strong work ethic
In addition, the following are a plus:
Good understanding of the academic field of empirical asset pricing
Familiarity with financial data products
Experience with stock market data sets
Employer information
Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, age, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran or military status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Arrowstreet Capital is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a disability, contact us to discuss the nature of your request and contact information.
Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Research
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