Equity Quantitative Research Associate

Bridgewater Associates • New York, NY

6h • $250,000 - $300,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Quantitative Researcher to join a PM-led pod focused on systematic macro and long/short equity strategies in APAC. You will work alongside the PM in a tight knit and fast paced environment with consistent exposure to a Bridgewater CIO. Your primary focus will be on alpha research with responsibilities along all aspects of the process from idea generation to data discovery, research and analysis, testing, portfolio optimization, and implementation.

Requirements

• Have a passion for financial markets
• Have a drive to understand the fundamental cause and effect linkages that drive markets, companies, and economies.
• Are intellectually curious and creative
• Are proactive with a strong sense of urgency, desire to drive impact, and are comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Are relentless in their pursuit of learning and development
• Are non-hierarchical, willing to challenge the status quo, and seek to give and receive feedback openly (even when challenging)
• Are passionate about compounding understanding
• Are experimental with a drive to adopt new technologies and methods
• 1-4 years of work experience in quantitative research at a hedge fund, asset manager, or bank. Experience is systematic equities a plus.
• Strong mathematical and statistical modeling skills (both time series and cross-sectional analysis)
• Demonstrated proficiency in statistical languages (Python or R) and experience with database programming languages and environments (SQL and Snowflake)
• Willingness to expand your toolkit to adapt to our Scala driven production stack.
• Strong desire to work with new development assistant technologies to drive productivity.
• Experience working with large, diverse, and alternative datasets
• Experience working with factor models (both externally sourced and internally developed)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with trading in Asian markets is preferred including (but not limited to) familiarity with Asia market's distinctive characteristics such as stamp cost, financing, and no short constraints.

Responsibilities

• Research & Development - Drive a systematic research process end to end including idea generation, data modeling, research/analysis, implementation, and industrialization.
• Oversight & Monitoring – Continuously evolve our systematic oversight processes to understand drivers of risk, return, and views. Generate ideas to improve existing signals. Contribute ideas for discretionary trades and overlays to the portfolio.
• Discovery – Identify and assess new datasets to identify their merit in our investment process. Follow and look to implement the latest developments in academic research. Experiment with new technologies to improve both our investment process and research and development environment.
• Collaboration – Work across our data engineers, developers, and researchers to evolve our research platform and data ecosystem. Engage with the broader Asia strategies team to share observations and generate ideas.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed