Quantitative Researcher - Investments

14 hours, 48 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Data Science and Analytics
Wealthfront

Wealthfront

Wealthfront is a leading financial planning and investing platform that combines technology and academic strategies to help individuals grow their wealth easily and affordably.

Capital Markets
51-250
Founded 2011
$274M raised

Description

  • Build reproducible backtests for proposed models and algorithms.
  • Contribute to the deployment and implementation of differentiated investment services.
  • Help develop infrastructure for modeling, optimization, backtesting, analytics, and data management.
  • Investigate, identify, and acquire internal and external datasets.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, design, marketing, and compliance teams to commercialize new products and improve existing ones.
  • Promote products by providing data and authoring blog posts and white papers.
  • Apply quantitative models to empirical analysis of financial and client data.
  • Work with large proprietary datasets and write substantial amounts of code.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, or a related quantitative discipline.
  • 4+ years of experience in systematic or quantitative investing, or a higher degree in a quantitative field.
  • Experience analyzing complex data and building statistical models.
  • Proficiency in Python or R, including extensive coding, version control, and testing.
  • Competency in SQL preferred.
  • Interest in or experience with a PhD-level quantitative research environment is a plus.
  • Experience with direct indexing, especially tax-aware strategies, is preferred.
  • Programming competency in Java or Scala is a plus.
  • Experience with AWS cloud computing technologies is a plus.

Benefits

  • Estimated annual salary range of $185,000 - $211,000 USD.
  • Equity and a discretionary bonus.
  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Generous time off.
  • Parental leave.
  • Wellness reimbursements.
  • Professional development support.
  • Employee investing discount.

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