Junior Quant Researcher-Boston, MA

A privately owned investment management firm in Boston is looking for a junior quantitative researcher to join its equities investment team.

The role will involve working closely with a senior researcher or portfolio manager and building, analyzing, and optimizing financial models that will be used to support the firm's equity investment strategy. Other key responsibilities of the role include gathering and manipulating data for the models and developing new ways to validate economic and statistical hypotheses relating to the investment process. You will also be expected to contribute to the improvement of the firm's back testing and portfolio analytics infrastructure.

Strong candidates will have a deep understanding of portfolio construction and risk management models as well as be well-versed in algorithmic trading strategies.

In order to be considered for the role, candidates need to have:

* Experience in the financial sector and keen interest in financial markets and investing
* Solid knowledge of SAS and SQL
* Exposure to C++, Java, Perl, Python, and VBA
* Familiarity with version control systems

If you are interested and wish to apply, please send your CV to Olivia Kent or for any further questions contact 617-248-9560.
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