Chief Quantitative Research Leader in AI WealthTech

Range; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Meals

Fitness stipend

Equity & Career Growth

Annual compensation reviews

Boomerang Program

Job summary

Range is seeking a Head of Quantitative Research in New York City to own the research and modeling behind member portfolios, from construction rules to tax‑loss harvesting and direct indexing. You will report to the CIO and collaborate with Investment Operations, Engineering, and Compliance to move research into production and maintain fiduciary standards.

This role requires leadership, deep quantitative expertise, and a track record of shipping research into production within a FinTech or asset

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a highly quantitative field (stats, math, econ, financial engineering).
• Fluency in Python and SQL for research and production work; knowledge of risk tools or data vendors is a plus.
• Experience with tax-aware investment strategies and direct indexing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and ongoing refinement of Range's core portfolio construction methodology, including asset allocation, security selection, and rebalancing logic.
• Build rigorous backtests to validate model changes, weighing trading costs and tax efficiency.
• Lead research on tax-aware strategies (tax-loss harvesting, direct indexing) and translate findings into production rules.
• Partner with Engineering to deploy research into production code and monitor live portfolio behavior.
• Evaluate new data sources and modeling approaches to improve member outcomes.
• Present findings to CIO and Investment Committee in plain terms.
• Contribute to public market commentary and representation of Range at conferences and in media.
• Work with Compliance and Legal to ensure strategies hold up under fiduciary obligations.

Skills

Python

SQL

Portfolio theory

Tax-aware strategies

Direct indexing

Production deployment

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

Tools

Barra/Axioma/Aladdin

Bloomberg

FactSet

Job description

Range is seeking a Head of Quantitative Research in New York City to own the research and modeling behind member portfolios, from construction rules to tax‑loss harvesting and direct indexing. You will report to the CIO and collaborate with Investment Operations, Engineering, and Compliance to move research into production and maintain fiduciary standards.

This role requires leadership, deep quantitative expertise, and a track record of shipping research into production within a FinTech or asset