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Systematic Equity Active – Senior Quantitative Researcher

A research role in the global systematic equity active team at the asset management arm, building alpha strategies with machine learning, alternative data and optimisation. The team runs enhanced index, active and market-neutral products.

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.

Develop alpha signals using optimisation, machine learning and NLP
Backtest strategies and test new alternative datasets and vendors
Build bias-aware research simulations on large structured and unstructured data
Hand research to portfolio managers for implementation at scale
Test newer AI techniques on investment questions

What they ask for

Required

Advanced degree in computer science, statistics, maths, engineering or physics
Probability, statistics and machine learning
Time-series analysis
Python, R or MATLAB
Large-scale dataset work
Database and data engineering basics
Interest in quantitative investing

Preferred

Factor investing and portfolio construction
Spark, Databricks or Hadoop
Linux
TensorFlow or PyTorch
Cloud platforms
Tableau or Power BI

Education: Advanced degree in computer science, statistics, maths, engineering or physics
Experience: The advert states both 8+ years and 2-6 years of relevant experience
Languages and tools: Python
R
MATLAB
SQL
Spark
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Markets: equities

How to prepare

Build and backtest a cross-sectional equity factor strategy with turnover and cost controls
Try an NLP signal on earnings-call text and test whether it adds alpha
Practise leakage-free validation, such as purged cross-validation
Learn portfolio optimisation with constraints and risk models

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with State Street and doesn’t handle applications.