Quant Researcher (Factor Models)

This range is provided by Quantitative Systems. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$200,000.00/yr - $275,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

Annual Bonus

Seniority: 4 to 6 years experience

Tech Stack: Python (capable developer, not a core engineer)

What You Will Do:

- Develop and analyze factor models to better understand factor risk

- Collaborate with the quant PM and factor teams on portfolio level insights

- Conduct research with strong grounding in economic theory and financial modeling

- Use Python to prototype and validate factor based hypotheses

Who You Are:

- Background in MFE or Economics Finance PhD preferred

- 2 to 4 years of experience building factor models at a hedge fund or asset manager

- Demonstrated economic intuition and ability to translate models into investment insight

- Comfortable with Python (not a dev role, but must code effectively)

- Excited to work in a small, tight-knit San Francisco based team

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Information Technology

• Industries

  Financial Services, Software Development, and Technology, Information and Media

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid paternity leave

Paid maternity leave

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