AI-Driven Quant Research Engineer

MSCI Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 201,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

MSCI Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a highly skilled quantitative software engineer to design and build the next generation research infrastructure for risk and factor modeling.

You will integrate AI to accelerate model development, validation, and reporting workflows while collaborating with researchers, engineers, and data teams. You will write production-ready code, help automate validation and governance pipelines, and evolve the platform with scalable tools.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Finance, Statistics, CS, Engineering, or related quantitative field.
• Strong software engineering skills, particularly in Python.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and workflows.
• Experience building AI/LLM-enabled systems and tooling.
• Data analysis with large-scale data infrastructure.
• Econometrics and applied statistics.
• Ability to work independently and drive projects from design to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building modern research infrastructure that integrates AI to accelerate model development, validation, and reporting workflows
• Developing tools and frameworks that allow researchers to move from high-level specifications to production-ready implementations with minimal manual overhead
• Building and maintaining automated validation, testing, and governance pipelines for quantitative models
• Writing production-level code to support platform development and model delivery
• Supporting existing factor and risk models while evolving the platform to enable faster research iteration
• Collaborating cross-functionally with research, engineering, and data teams
• Presenting complex systems and methods to a broad range of audiences

Skills

Python

AI-assisted development

Data analysis

Econometrics & statistics

Independent project work

Finance/risk modeling knowledge (nice)

Education

MS or PhD in Finance, Statistics, CS, Engineering

Tools

Python

Job description

MSCI Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a highly skilled quantitative software engineer to design and build the next generation research infrastructure for risk and factor modeling.

You will integrate AI to accelerate model development, validation, and reporting workflows while collaborating with researchers, engineers, and data teams. You will write production-ready code, help automate validation and governance pipelines, and evolve the platform with scalable tools.