Quant Research Analyst — Systematic Investing & Risk

Potomac; Washington (District of Columbia, MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Health savings account option

401(k) & other retirement benefits

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Commuter benefits

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Potomac is a boutique tactical asset manager expanding its research capabilities. The Research Analyst will develop and enhance systematic investment strategies, build portfolio analytics tools, and contribute to risk management.

You will work with senior investors to translate data-driven insights into advisor and client outcomes. The role emphasizes deep quantitative research, model development, backtesting, and collaboration across the investment team.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of relevant investment, quantitative research, asset management, or portfolio analytics experience.
• Strong understanding of portfolio construction, investment research, and risk management.
• Strong Python skills and experience working with financial and market datasets.
• Experience conducting quantitative investment research, including model development and backtesting.

Responsibilities

• Conduct quantitative research to support development, testing, and enhancement of systematic investment strategies.
• Analyze equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, ETFs, and other liquid markets.
• Build, test, and maintain factor, trend, momentum, and risk-based models.
• Research market regimes, portfolio construction techniques, and risk-management approaches.
• Perform backtesting, sensitivity analysis, and ongoing evaluation of investment models and strategies.
• Help improve data quality, research processes, and the efficiency of the investment research platform.
• Prepare research and recommendations for review by senior investment leadership and the Investment Committee.
• Support portfolio allocation and strategy evaluation through quantitative analysis.
• Assist in evaluating potential new investment strategies, products, and vehicles.

Skills

Python

Quantitative research

Portfolio analytics

Education

CFA designation or progress toward CFA

Advanced degree in finance/economics/math/statistics/engineering/CS

Tools

Pandas

SQL

Backtesting

Job description

Potomac is a boutique tactical asset manager expanding its research capabilities. The Research Analyst will develop and enhance systematic investment strategies, build portfolio analytics tools, and contribute to risk management.

You will work with senior investors to translate data-driven insights into advisor and client outcomes. The role emphasizes deep quantitative research, model development, backtesting, and collaboration across the investment team.