Technology - Junior Quantitative Strategist

Company Overview

Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a global asset manager and family office founded by George Soros in 1970. With $28 billion in assets under management (AUM), SFM serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations, one of the world’s largest charitable foundations dedicated to advancing justice, human rights, and democracy.

Distinct from other investment platforms, SFM thrives on agility, acting decisively when conviction is high and exercising patience when it’s not. With permanent capital, a select group of major clients, and an unconstrained mandate, we invest opportunistically with a long-term view in a wide range of strategies and asset classes, including public and private equity and credit, fixed income, foreign exchange, and alternative assets. Our teams operate with autonomy, while cross-team collaboration strengthens our conviction and empowers us to capitalize on market dislocations.

At SFM, we foster an ownership mindset, encouraging professionals to challenge the status quo, innovate, and take initiative. We prioritize development, enabling team members to push beyond their roles, voice bold ideas, and contribute to our long-term success. This culture of continuous growth and constructive debate fuels innovation and drives efficiencies.

Our impact is measured by both the returns we generate and the values we uphold, from environmental stewardship to social responsibility. Operating as a unified team across geographies and mandates, we remain committed to our mission, ensuring a meaningful, lasting impact.

Headquartered in New York City with offices in Greenwich, Garden City, London, and Dublin, SFM employs 200 professionals.

 

Team Overview

The Quantitative Development and Strategy team is responsible for research and analytics technology at SFM. We work closely with the front office and across SFM to provide solutions across many areas of quantitative finance. 

 

Job Overview

We are seeking an entry level Quantitative Research Analyst to partner with our portfolio managers and researchers to generate insights that drive investment strategies. You will use advanced AI, data science methods and machine learning to analyze complex datasets, develop predictive signals, and evaluate market dynamics. 

This role emphasizes rigorous research, testing, and interpretation of results. Success requires creativity in scoping research problems, discipline in testing hypotheses, and the ability to communicate findings clearly to investment decision-makers.         

 

Major Responsibilities

• Partner with our portfolio managers and analysts to solve problems where AI and quant technology can enhance research, operations, and decision making. 

• Deliver production-grade AI tools focused on analysis, such as tonal analysis of earnings calls or summarization of Bloomberg IB chat. 

• Conduct data-driven research across diverse asset classes to uncover patterns, relationships, and predictive signals. 

• Quantitative support for desk projects such as reporting, back testing, development and implementation of new models 

• Be the primary liaison between technology and our fundamental portfolio managers in delivering the above 

• Document research methods, results, and best practices for use across the investment team. 

 

What We Value  

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field. Advanced degree preferred. 

• 0-2 years of work experience in a quantitative role, past internship a plus

• Strong proficiency in Python and exposure to modern data science libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.). 

• Experience with machine learning, NLP, and quantitative research methods. 

• Excellent communication skills targeting technical and non-technical audiences. 

 

We anticipate the base salary of this role to be between $100,000-150,000. In addition to a base salary, the successful candidate will also be eligible to receive a discretionary year-end bonus. 

 

In all respects, candidates need to reflect the following SFM core values:

 

Smart risk-taking   //   Owner’s Mindset   //   Teamwork   //   Humility   //   Integrity