Senior Quantitative Equity Researcher — AI Platform

Versant Media; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work 3 days in office

Free shuttle to NYC area

Onsite fitness center

Gourmet cafeteria

Dry cleaning

Job summary

Versant Media, a CNBC-backed unit, seeks a Senior Quantitative Equity Research Analyst to lead the quantitative research behind our stock-selection models and AI-powered research products. You will join a small, high-caliber team with autonomy to translate investment hypotheses into measurable signals and robust models.

The role emphasizes end-to-end research ownership, collaboration with engineers and analysts, and a focus on long-only, factor-based stock ideas with rigorous validation.

Qualifications

• End-to-end ownership of quantitative research from hypothesis and data construction through back testing, implementation, and performance evaluation.
• Strong Python skills and experience with point-in-time fundamentals, estimates, market data, and other financial datasets.
• Experience researching long-only or long-biased equity strategies with medium- to long-term horizons.

Responsibilities

• Lead the quantitative research agenda behind High Quality Stocks.
• Improve and refine a quality framework and valuation framework for identifying attractive long-term equities.
• Partner with senior equity analysts to translate fundamental concepts into systematic signals and ranking models.
• Design rigorous back tests with controls for look-ahead bias, survivorship bias, overfitting, and regime dependence.
• Develop machine-learning models to improve strategy performance and discover new factors.
• Evaluate factor performance across sectors, company sizes, market environments, and time periods.
• Code research prototypes and collaborate with data analysts and AI/ML engineers to productionize successful research.

Skills

Python

Machine learning

Statistics

Back testing

Portfolio construction

Factor research

Job description

Versant Media, a CNBC-backed unit, seeks a Senior Quantitative Equity Research Analyst to lead the quantitative research behind our stock-selection models and AI-powered research products. You will join a small, high-caliber team with autonomy to translate investment hypotheses into measurable signals and robust models.

The role emphasizes end-to-end research ownership, collaboration with engineers and analysts, and a focus on long-only, factor-based stock ideas with rigorous validation.