Senior Quantitative Researcher – MFE
A senior research role in Maven's Systematic Equities team, developing cross-sectional alpha signals for global equity strategies. It covers the whole path from data to live implementation.
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 cross-sectional alpha signals using traditional and alternative data
- Apply machine learning methods such as tree models and NLP to signals
- Backtest and attribute performance with out-of-sample checks
- Build factor-neutral long-short portfolios
- Contribute to internal research tools and evaluation frameworks
What they ask for
Required
- Master's or PhD in a quantitative subject
- 8+ years in quant research or systematic equities
- Factor investing and portfolio construction knowledge
- Strong Python
- Statistics, econometrics and machine learning
- Independent end-to-end research ability
Preferred
- Teaching, publishing or thought leadership in ML or quant finance
- Education
- Master's or PhD in a quantitative discipline such as maths, statistics, CS, physics, economics or financial engineering
- Experience
- 8+ years in quantitative research, systematic equities or similar
- Languages and tools
- Markets
- equities
How to prepare
- Build a cross-sectional equity signal with neutralised factor exposures and honest out-of-sample tests
- Compare tree-based models with linear baselines on a stock return dataset
- Learn performance attribution for long-short portfolios
- Explore alternative data or NLP features and test whether they add alpha
What to study
- Empirical Asset Pricing and Factor Investing
- Financial Machine Learning
- Quantitative Research, Data and Backtesting
- Econometrics and Financial Time Series
- Portfolio Theory and Quantitative Investment
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