Quantitative Research Analyst

Location: Hybrid schedule near the Concord, CA or Charlotte, NC offices; candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US.

Salary: $130,000–$150,000 base salary, plus eligible variable incentive compensation and benefits.

Company

hirify.global provides technology, investment solutions, and consulting support to financial advisors and serves more than 10,500 advisors with over $150 billion in assets under management.

What you will do

• Research and develop equity and fixed income security selection strategies for tactical, outcome-oriented, and strategic investment solutions.
• Partner with Portfolio Managers on fundamental and quantitative research, alpha models, and portfolio construction approaches.
• Perform quantitative research, backtesting, statistical analysis, and evaluation of investment signals and strategies.
• Analyze equity and fixed income securities using fundamental, quantitative, and market-based characteristics.
• Lead the development, selection, deployment, and maintenance of a multi-asset factor risk model for portfolio optimization, risk analysis, and return attribution.
• Develop and maintain investment models, dashboards, reports, and other analytical tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in financial engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, engineering, physics, finance, economics, or another quantitative field.
• 2–5 years of professional experience in quantitative investment research, equity research, portfolio management, or a related investment role.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets, investments, quantitative research, portfolio construction, and risk management.
• Experience with programming languages and databases such as Python, R, Matlab, SQL, and MongoDB.
• Experience with security selection or alpha model development and the ability to work independently, analyze issues, and document results.
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required; visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in a quantitative field.
• Experience with equity risk factor models such as Barra, Northfield, or Bloomberg, especially multi-asset models.
• Experience with Bloomberg, FactSet, or Morningstar Direct.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule with a focus on collaboration, inclusion, integrity, and continuous improvement.
• Flex time or paid time off and sick time off.
• 401(k) plan with a 6% employer match.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with HDHP or PPO options, plus HSA contributions for HDHP participants.
• Volunteer time off, career development, recognition programs, and fitness reimbursement.