Senior Associate, Quantitative Researcher (AI/ML)

Location: Boston, United States; hybrid work arrangement with 18 remote workdays per quarter subject to manager approval.

Base salary: $180,000–$210,000 per year for US-based employees, plus eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus and potential long-term reward programs.

Company

hirify.global is a global investment firm applying quantitative research, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science to private-markets investing and risk management.

What you will do

• Analyze proprietary private-markets datasets and quantitative models to characterize market risk/return relationships and evaluate private-equity co-investment opportunities.
• Conduct data exploration and visualization to test investment-team hypotheses.
• Communicate quantitative analysis results and actionable insights to investment teams.
• Support the integration and adoption of quantitative models alongside fundamental analysis by deal teams.
• Apply new AI/ML models and techniques to advance quantitative methods in the investment process.
• Support client-facing teams with ad-hoc quantitative analysis and responses to client requests.

Requirements

• 5–7+ years of relevant experience in quantitative research, quantitative investing, systematic investing, or related quantitative-finance roles.
• Experience in quantitative equity is required.
• Rigorous statistical-analysis experience and experience analyzing large datasets.
• Strong programming skills, preferably in Python, including numerical, statistical-modeling, and visualization libraries, and SQL.
• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree required.
• Intellectual curiosity, initiative, an innovative and entrepreneurial attitude, and the ability to work on uneven, high-priority project work.
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate quantitative insights and work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment with strong attention to results and detail.

Nice to have

• Prior experience with bottoms-up financial modeling.
• Independent research experience, such as an academic thesis or industry research.
• Master's degree or Ph.D. in a technical field.
• Prior private-markets experience is not required.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, collegial, open-door culture focused on diversity, inclusion, mutual respect, and innovative thinking.
• Hybrid work arrangement with 18 remote workdays per quarter, subject to manager approval.
• Comprehensive total rewards package that may include retirement contributions, health insurance, income protection, paid time off and leave benefits, and well-being programs.
• Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and firm performance.