
Quantitative Researcher – Investments
Wealthfront
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $185,000 - $211,000 per year
About the role
- Build reproducible backtests for proposed models / algorithms
- Contribute to the deployment and implementation of differentiated investment services
- Contribute to the development of infrastructure for modelling, optimization, backtesting, analytics, and data management
- Investigate, identify, and acquire internal / external datasets
- Collaborate with other teams (engineering, product, design, marketing, and compliance) to commercialize new products and ongoing enhancements to existing products
- Promote our products by providing data and authoring blog posts and white papers
Requirements
- Bachelors or Masters Degree in mathematics, statistics, economics or computer science (or a related quantitative discipline). If you have done or are thinking about doing a PhD someday, chances are you’ll love our team
- 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 (you have written massive amounts of code, employing revision control, and testing)
- Competency in SQL preferred
Benefits
- medical
- vision
- dental
- 401K plan
- generous time off
- parental leave
- wellness reimbursements
- professional development
- employee investing discount
- and more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
backtestingstatistical modelsdata analysisPythonRSQLdata managementoptimizationanalyticsrevision control
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingcreativitywriting
Certifications
Bachelors DegreeMasters DegreePhD