Arrowstreet Capital: Research Associate/Data Analyst

Company: Arrowstreet Capital
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.