Quant jobs / Goldman Sachs

Quantitative Researcher – Liquid Alternatives (QIS)

A research role in the liquid alternatives team of the quantitative investment strategies group, replicating hedge fund and private asset returns in tradable form. Juniors work alongside senior researchers and portfolio managers.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Research hedge fund and private asset return data to find drivers that can be replicated
Help build cross-asset systematic strategies for the factor tracking portfolio
Extract insights from large structured and unstructured datasets
Improve the backtesting, monitoring and risk analysis platform

What they ask for

Required

Degree in financial engineering, statistics, maths, physics, computer science or similar
Statistics, linear algebra and calculus
Programming in Python, Matlab, R or C++
Analytical skills
Collaboration

Preferred

Machine learning on financial or time-series data
Systematic investing and factor models
Research infrastructure: version control, testing, pipelines
Creative problem solving

Education: Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in a quantitative discipline such as financial engineering, statistics, maths, physics or computer science
Experience: 0 to 3 years, internships included
Languages and tools: Python
Matlab
R
C++
Markets: multi-asset

How to prepare

Replicate hedge fund index returns with a regression on liquid factors
Learn rolling-window factor estimation and its pitfalls
Build a backtest with version control and tests
Read about factor models and alternative risk premia

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