Real Estate Research & Analytics Engineer

MSCI Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MSCI Inc. seeks a technically fluent professional for the Real Estate Research & Development team. This build-and-analyze role focuses on capital markets data, crafting research that shapes client understanding, and authoring substantive insights to guide decision-making.

You'll prototype ideas quickly, own parts of the workflow, and use code and AI tools as core parts of daily tasks. Strong data visualization skills and quantitative methods are essential.

Qualifications

• Entrepreneurial mindset with initiative and prototyping ability.
• Strong coding skills to pull, clean, model, and visualize data.
• Hands-on experience applying AI/ML to research or analysis workflows.
• Ability to create clear, compelling data visualizations for clients and stakeholders.
• Rigorous quantitative methods and econometric skills with large datasets.
• Knowledge of real estate market dynamics and investment drivers (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Capital markets analysis of real estate trends and insights.
• Author substantive market analysis and client-facing reports.
• Respond to client inquiries with data-backed solutions and bespoke analyses.
• Contribute to roadmap and prototyping of new research tools and datasets.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Coding skills

AI fluency

Data visualization

Analytical rigor

Real estate knowledge

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

MSCI Inc. seeks a technically fluent professional for the Real Estate Research & Development team. This build-and-analyze role focuses on capital markets data, crafting research that shapes client understanding, and authoring substantive insights to guide decision-making.

You'll prototype ideas quickly, own parts of the workflow, and use code and AI tools as core parts of daily tasks. Strong data visualization skills and quantitative methods are essential.