Quantitative Researcher — Alternative Data — Indianapolis

From Indianapolis, IN, the fully remote Quantitative Researcher — Alternative Data will evaluate new datasets for genuine, repeatable investment information. This opening is limited to applicants based in the Indianapolis, IN area and provides Eastern Time coordination of morning research, intraday decisions, and post-close checks.

Compensation and Benefits

About the Role

The central responsibility of the Indianapolis, IN opening is data-source review from provenance and lawful use through leakage-resistant testing and ongoing monitoring. The assigned window includes Eastern Time coordination of morning research, intraday decisions, and post-close checks. Success requires reproducible work, prompt escalation, and clear ownership through review and production use.

Indianapolis Operating Focus

The Indianapolis opening emphasizes process ownership, practical review standards, and unambiguous escalation paths. Morning research conclusions must be translated into explicit live-market checks before the open. During the session, the opening owns the point where observation becomes escalation. Final reconciliation confirms that every material exception has evidence, a disposition, and either a completed action or a named next owner. For this role, that means direct ownership of data provenance, availability timing, vendor quality, and leakage controls during Eastern Time coordination of morning research, intraday decisions, and post-close checks.

First Review Cycle

The Indianapolis, IN opening begins with an end-to-end review of data provenance, availability timing, vendor quality, and leakage controls during Eastern Time coordination of morning research, intraday decisions, and post-close checks. The review will keep research observations separate from live production decisions. The cycle requires this task: Assess provenance, coverage, revisions, latency, and licensing limits. A separate check covers this task: Design leakage-resistant tests with realistic availability timestamps. The Indianapolis opening emphasizes process ownership, practical review standards, and unambiguous escalation paths. Neither check can rely only on an informal message or market story. The cycle ends with a short decision record, its limit, the next check, and each unresolved question. Another specialist must be able to trace the work through data-source review from provenance and lawful use through leakage-resistant testing and ongoing monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Assess provenance, coverage, revisions, latency, and licensing limits
• Design leakage-resistant tests with realistic availability timestamps
• Measure incremental value against existing information
• Maintain data-quality and vendor-monitoring controls
• Own data provenance, availability timing, vendor quality, and leakage controls during Eastern Time coordination of morning research, intraday decisions, and post-close checks.

Required Qualifications

• Experience researching large, messy, time-indexed datasets
• Python, SQL, experimental design, and data-lineage skills
• Sound judgment about privacy, licensing, and data leakage

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience conducting vendor diligence and dataset acceptance testing
• Ability to identify revisions, survivorship effects, and hidden availability delays
• Experience collaborating across time zones while maintaining the operating coverage assigned to the Indianapolis, IN opening.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options with substantial company support
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Flexible paid time off and company holidays
• Paid parental and caregiver leave
• Annual learning, conference, and professional-development budget
• Remote-work equipment and home-office support
• Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level

Benefits are subject to plan terms and eligibility requirements.

How to Apply

Submit a current resume through the application form for the Indianapolis, IN opening. A short cover letter is optional. We will contact qualified applicants about the interview process and next steps.

Equal Opportunity

Anemoi provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by applicable law.