BRAIN Researcher

The role

The BRAIN Researcher creates and develops alphas and other algorithms on the BRAIN platform and researches academic quantitative finance literature. The role also covers improving the platform, training BRAIN users and consultants, and supporting business development for user and consultant acquisition.

What you will do

• Create and develop alphas and other utilization algorithms on BRAIN
• Conduct research on academic quantitative finance literature
• Identify and design new research domains and generate ideas to grow the domain
• Analyze platform functionality, find issues, and recommend solutions to the BRAIN team
• Design and test new functionalities and datasets on the BRAIN platform
• Work with BRAIN Strategy and Operations country heads and business development partners on user and consultant acquisition
• Conduct training sessions for BRAIN users and consultants
• Prepare and update the BRAIN training curriculum

Required qualifications

• Familiarity and competence in using BRAIN, or ex-VRC Research Consultant or BRAIN Research Consultant experience
• Bachelor's or advanced degree, or expected degree, in engineering, science, mathematics, finance or another highly analytical and quantitative field from a leading university
• Demonstrated programming experience in Java, C++, C, Python, MySQL or SQL Server
• Research scientist mind-set: self-starter, creative and persevering deep thinker motivated by unsolved challenges
• Strong interest in worldwide financial markets
• Good communication and presentation skills in English

Nice to have

• Familiarity and competence in using BRAIN, or ex-VRC Research Consultant or BRAIN Research Consultant experience
• Knowledge of UNIX

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About the company

WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across many asset classes and global markets. BRAIN is its crowdsourcing initiative that lets people with the right skills contribute signals, data and more to the firm.