State Street

Financial Services

QuantitativeResearchAnalyst,Officer

$125–144k Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Quantitative Research Analyst, Officer at State Street. Skills: Python, SQL, financial time-series analysis, AI-enabled research tooling. Build and maintain proprietary time-series datasets used in Insights research products. Design custom indices, factor series, and derived financial indicators”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years of relevant experience in quantitative research, quantitative development, data science, or financial analytics, experience working with Python, SQL, and large structured datasets, quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills, High proficiency in Python, SQL, and financial time-series analysis, Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to cross-functional partners, Careful attention to data quality, validation, and analytical rigor

Nice to Have

Advanced degree or equivalent experience in finance, economics, mathematics, computer science, data science, or a related quantitative field, Familiarity with financial markets, asset classes, factor research, or investment data, Experience with AI-assisted coding or large language model tools is preferred, Experience with Oracle or other relational databases is helpful

What You'll Do.

Build and maintain proprietary time-series datasets used in Insights research products

Design custom indices

and derived financial indicators

Conduct quantitative analysis and backtesting across different market environments

Develop Python libraries that support repeatable research and analytical workflows

Help build AI-enabled tools that accelerate research production and exploration

Translate research concepts into scalable data products and analytical tools

Validate data quality

and analytical results before publication or release

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with researchers, strategists, and technologists to implement new capabilities; Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to cross-functional partners

Communication Scope

Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to cross-functional partners

Full Job Description

**Who we are looking for** The Quantitative Research Analyst (Officer) will be a member of the Insights team and will assist in building and deploying quantitative research tooling and proprietary time-series data products for State Street Markets’ client-facing research portal, Insights. The Insights team is part of State Street Associates (SSA), a unique partnership between State Street and thought leaders in academic finance, headquartered in Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA. In collaboration with our academic partners, we produce original research that is frequently published in academic and practitioner journals, and which helps inform our suite of multi-asset data products in areas such as asset flow and positioning, inflation, and market risk. In this role, the Quantitative Research Analyst will work cross-functionally with senior researchers, macro strategists, and technologists to translate research concepts into production-ready data products and tools within Insights. The successful candidate will help design and build custom indices, factor series, and other derived time-series datasets. They will also contribute to defining refined and normalized data series that can be reliably charted and used in downstream analysis. A key part of the role is supporting the buildout of new AI-enabled research tooling that accelerates the research process, including quantitative libraries being developed to interface directly with large language models. **Why this role is important to us** The team you will be joining is a part of State Street Markets. As a leading provider of trading and lending solutions to the world’s institutional investors, we deliver the industry’s most innovative platforms, financing and portfolio solutions. Our capabilities are backed by proprietary, high-value research, insights and indicators that power clients’ investment decisions, accelerate performance and help investors stay ahead of shifting markets. Across our comprehensive set of solut

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