Senior Quant Researcher: AI-Driven Alpha Ownership

Sharpe Search; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Significant equity

Job summary

Sharpe Search seeks a senior quantitative researcher to build an autonomous, self-improving hedge fund system driven by thousands of ML models. You will own research end-to-end, from signal development to production, emphasizing factor models, risk decomposition and execution.

Deep equity experience and proven profitability across real capital are highly valued. The role demands rigorous statistical thinking, clear written communication, and the ability to act with extreme ownership within a

Qualifications

• PhD in a quantitative field or equivalent demonstrated depth.
• 7+ years of quantitative research across multiple firms.
• Strong Python implementation and end-to-end ownership of work.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate alphas across horizons and data types.
• Manage covariance and factor risk estimation and diagnostics.
• Own the optimizer from problem formulation to numerical conditioning and solver behavior.
• Communicate research results clearly and productionize successful ideas.

Skills

PhD in quantitative field

7+ years of quantitative research

Python

Factor models

Portfolio optimization

Risk decomposition

Transaction cost modeling

Machine learning for finance

Global equities experience

Cross-sectional stock selection

Education

PhD in mathematics/statistics/physics/EECS

Tools

Quadratic/conic solvers

Job description

Sharpe Search seeks a senior quantitative researcher to build an autonomous, self-improving hedge fund system driven by thousands of ML models. You will own research end-to-end, from signal development to production, emphasizing factor models, risk decomposition and execution.

Deep equity experience and proven profitability across real capital are highly valued. The role demands rigorous statistical thinking, clear written communication, and the ability to act with extreme ownership within a