Arrowstreet Capital: Research Associate/Data Analyst
Support our research team investment ideas, help code ideas into signals, test, and producing return and risk forecasts to drive trading decisions.

Location: Boston, MA
Web: www.arrowstreetcapital.com
We offer interesting projects and competitive compensation in a collegial yet high achieving environment in a growing firm with many future opportunities. If you enjoy a hands-on, fast-paced environment and want to become an integral part of a growing company, you will find Arrowstreet to be a richly rewarding experience!
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Our research group is a collaborative, intellectually rigorous team responsible for coming up with investment ideas, codifying those ideas into signals, back-testing the signals, and producing return and risk forecasts based on the signals to drive trading decisions. We are looking for a new data analyst to join our research team. Responsibilities typically grow in line with experience and abilities. Typical responsibilities will include:
- Merging, structuring, and analyzing large amounts of data from various sources
- Assessing quality of historical panel data; diagnosing deficiencies and prescribing fixes
- Working with developers to design feeds for new data sources from third-party vendors
- Participating in data architecture decision making to support research analytics platform
- Performing ad-hoc exploratory statistics and analysis on research data sets
- Writing and maintaining code that supports the investment research process
QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will have:
- An undergraduate or graduate degree from a top educational institution in a technical field, such as applied mathematics, economics, engineering or computer science
- Demonstrated professional or academic success (recent graduates are encouraged to apply)
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem solving skills
- Expert programming skills
- 2+ years of experience with object-oriented programming in a language such as C#, C++, Java, or Python
- 2+ years of experience with a statistical computing environment such as Stata, R, or SAS
- Understanding of probability, statistics, linear regression, and time-series analysis
- Interest in financial markets
- Great communication skills
- Familiarity with large stock market data sets is helpful
- Experience with SQL, .NET, or data visualization is a plus
_Contact_:
Qualified candidates should submit a resume to recruiter@arrowstreetcapital.com .
Please indicate that your found our posting on KDnuggets and include a cover letter detailing your short and long-term career goals as well as any salary requirements, and include copies of transcripts. No telephone calls please.