Desk Aligned Engineer - Commodities

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings in New York seeks a Research Engineer to help build the next generation of research and forecasting capabilities for a systematic commodities investing team.

This role partners with portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, and data scientists to develop scalable research infrastructure, onboard new datasets, improve forecasting workflows, and accelerate the research lifecycle from idea generation to production deployment.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering, quantitative research or data science.
• Ability to work with large datasets and ML workflows.
• Collaborative environment with researchers and portfolio managers.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable research infrastructure for forecasting and experimentation.
• Onboard and validate new datasets for research use.
• Improve forecasting workflows and data pipelines from idea to production.
• Implement tooling to accelerate the research lifecycle.

Skills

Software engineering

Quantitative problem solving

Machine learning

Forecasting

Data-intensive systems

Job description

About the Firm

Our client is a leading global multi-strategy investment manager with a significant presence across commodities markets. The team combines fundamental expertise, quantitative research, technology, and alternative data to uncover investment opportunities across energy, metals, agriculture, and broader commodity markets. Technology and research are viewed as key competitive advantages, with engineers and researchers working directly alongside portfolio managers to develop forecasting models, research platforms, and data-driven investment processes.

About the Role

We are seeking a Research Engineer to help build the next generation of research and forecasting capabilities for a systematic commodities investing team. This individual will partner closely with portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, and data scientists to develop scalable research infrastructure, onboard new datasets, improve forecasting workflows, and accelerate the research lifecycle from idea generation to production deployment.

The role sits at the intersection of software engineering, quantitative research, data science, and commodities investing. Successful candidates will enjoy solving complex problems involving large datasets, machine learning, simulation, optimization, forecasting, and research tooling while having direct visibility into how their work impacts investment decisions.

This is an opportunity to join a highly collaborative team where engineers have meaningful ownership, close interaction with investment professionals, and the ability to influence both technology and research direction.

Direct commodities experience is not required. The team is primarily focused on identifying exceptional engineers with strong backgrounds in software engineering, quantitative problem solving, machine learning, forecasting, data-intensive systems, or research infrastructure, regardless of industry experience.