Staff Quantitative Researcher
Robinhood· Investment Strategy
New York, NY$217k - $255kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Staff Quantitative Researcher in New York, NY focused on building complex portfolio construction factor models, improving methodologies, and delivering high-performing investment solutions within Robinhood’s Investment Strategy team.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Chief Investment Officer and investment leadership to develop, refine, and maintain complex portfolio construction models.
- Work with large datasets, including unconventional data sources, to predict and test statistical market patterns, conceptualize valuation strategies, and improve mathematical models.
- Backtest and implement financial models and signals in a live trading environment.
- Continuously research and analyze new approaches to building portfolio models, applying knowledge of existing and emerging quantitative finance principles, theories, and techniques to inform investment decisions.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to help design and execute on complex projects and product launches.
- Assist with reviews by Legal & Compliance to develop written policies and procedures when new features are introduced or methodology changes are developed.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of quantitative research, quantitative portfolio construction, or machine learning experience, ideally within asset management, a broker-dealer, an RIA, or broader financial services.
- Experience taking machine learning models, research, or quantitative signals into a live investing or production environment.
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for quantitative modeling, statistical analysis, and working with large-scale datasets.
- Strong grounding in statistics, machine learning algorithms, and pattern recognition.
- Outstanding communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex modeling, statistical, or investment concepts for software engineering, product, and compliance partners.
- Comfort with ambiguity, high personal ownership, and the ability to work independently to deliver on critical business milestones.
Skills
Required:PythonSQLStatisticsMachine LearningCommunication
Benefits
- 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
- Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
- Access to the best AI tools on the market and continuous AI skill-building
- Lifestyle wallet - flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more
- Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits
- Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more
- Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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