Quantitative Research – Prediction Markets Analyst

AQR•Greenwich, CT

1d•$200,000 - $230,000

About The Position

AQR Capital Management is looking for an exceptionally talented individual to join our Quantitative Research team focused on Prediction Markets. This team will focus on building quantitative models to trade around professional sports. Conduct rigorous statistical and economic research using alternative and traditional data sources to develop new alpha signals Assist in the end-to-end research process in close collaboration with the supervising Portfolio Manager, including data ingestion and processing, exploratory analysis, methodology selection, implementation and testing, prototyping, and performance evaluation Enhance and extend AQR’s proprietary research platform to support and implement new research ideas

Requirements

B.S. degree or advanced degree from a top institution in data science, computer science, mathematics, statistics, operations research or another quantitative discipline.
Internship or academic experience working in a data driven research environment with a focus on model development and forecasting
Strong coding and data analytics skills

Nice To Haves

Experience in finance, especially with systematic macro strategies preferred
Awareness or experience in trading prediction markets is a plus
Familiarity with the basic rules of major sports (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL + more) and associated analytics, experience working in sports data professionally is a plus

Responsibilities

Conduct rigorous statistical and economic research using alternative and traditional data sources to develop new alpha signals
Assist in the end-to-end research process in close collaboration with the supervising Portfolio Manager, including data ingestion and processing, exploratory analysis, methodology selection, implementation and testing, prototyping, and performance evaluation
Enhance and extend AQR’s proprietary research platform to support and implement new research ideas