Poesis

FinTech

QuantitativeDeveloper

$180–280k Menlo Park, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Quantitative Developer at Poesis. Skills: Quantitative research, Model implementation, Data pipelines. Implement and iterate on research ideas. Implement model prototypes”

Industry & Context.

FinTech
Problems you'll solve

Analytical workflows

Eligibility Requirements

Work visa sponsorship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Python skills, SQL comfort, Claude Code, Codex, or other coding agents skill, Real-world financial datasets proficiency, Reproducible analyses or pipelines building, Statistics understanding, Regression understanding, Optimization understanding, ML fundamentals understanding, Clear communicator, BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Finance or related quantitative field

Nice to Have

Prior full-time experience in finance, data science, or ML engineering, Early-stage startup experience, Demonstrated builder mindset

What You'll Do.

Implement and iterate on research ideas

Implement model prototypes

Clean financial datasets

Process financial datasets

Join financial datasets

Build processes for feature generation

Build processes for back-testing

Build processes for model evaluation

Maintain processes for feature generation

Maintain processes for back-testing

Maintain processes for model evaluation

Report findings to leadership

Contribute to code quality

Support defining data schemas

Support defining APIs

Support defining reproducibility standards

Implement analytical workflows

Test analytical workflows

Refine analytical workflows

Maintain consistent cadence of deliverables

Focus on iteration speed

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Engineering leadership; Chief Scientist; CEO

Communication Scope

Explain technical findings

Full Job Description

ABOUT POESIS Whoever builds the leading intelligence for finance will create far more than returns. Poesis is the AI-native investment firm running autonomous agents that predict markets, construct portfolios, and manage risk. Our founders managed institutional capital at Capital Group ($3T AUM) and led enterprise ML at Goldman Sachs and Amazon. We're building a new type of firm, where live capital is the training ground for an intelligence that compounds with every signal. ABOUT THE ROLE We’re hiring a Quantitative Developer to help turn research ideas into production-grade code. You’ll help build data pipelines, implement models and ensure results are clean, reproducible and explainable. You’ll work alongside Poesis’ Chief Scientist, CEO and engineering leadership to turn large-scale data and quantitative research into models, signals and tools that drive investment decision-making. RESPONSIBILITIES - Rapidly implement and iterate on research ideas and model prototypes. - Clean, process, and join financial and fundamental datasets from professional and public sources. - Build and maintain processes for feature generation, back-testing, and model evaluation. - Run experiments, summarize results, and report findings to leadership. - Contribute to code quality: testing, documentation, and integration into shared systems. - Support the team in defining data schemas, APIs, and reproducibility standards. - Implement, test, and refine models, signals, and analytical workflows. - Maintain a consistent cadence of deliverables, focusing on iteration speed and reliability. REQUIRED COMPETENCIES - Strong Python skills (pandas, numpy, scipy, matplotlib); comfort with SQL. - Skill working with Claude Code, Codex, or other coding agents. - Proficiency working with real-world financial datasets and building reproducible analyses or pipelines. - Understanding of statistics, regression, optimization, and ML fundamentals. - Clear communicator who can explain technical findings to no

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