Quantitative Researcher — Alternative Data — Mesa

This Mesa, AZ-based, fully remote Quantitative Researcher — Alternative Data position will evaluate new datasets for genuine, repeatable investment information. Applicants must live in the local area, which gives the team year-round Mountain Standard Time review of national markets and afternoon exceptions.

Compensation and Benefits

About the Role

In this Mesa, AZ role, you will be accountable for data-source review from provenance and lawful use through leakage-resistant testing and ongoing monitoring while supporting year-round Mountain Standard Time review of national markets and afternoon exceptions. The work requires direct communication, explicit limits, and records that remain useful after market conditions change.

Mesa Operating Focus

The Mesa opening emphasizes clock-aware procedures, steady remote coordination, and complete close documentation. Year-round Mountain Standard Time requires deliberate management of schedule changes elsewhere in the country. This opening confirms event calendars, automated jobs, and coverage windows after each national clock shift. Afternoon review focuses on incomplete decisions and produces a handoff that remains clear when colleagues begin earlier the next day. For this role, that means direct ownership of data provenance, availability timing, vendor quality, and leakage controls during year-round Mountain Standard Time review of national markets and afternoon exceptions.

First Review Cycle

During the initial operating review in Mesa, AZ, you will examine data provenance, availability timing, vendor quality, and leakage controls while the assigned schedule covers year-round Mountain Standard Time review of national markets and afternoon exceptions. Normal controls remain in force throughout the review. Two assigned tasks anchor the evidence: Measure incremental value against existing information; and Maintain data-quality and vendor-monitoring controls. The Mesa opening emphasizes clock-aware procedures, steady remote coordination, and complete close documentation. The record must show how each result affected the review. The final handoff will name the current state, the responsible person, and the next verification step. It will preserve a clear path back to 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 year-round Mountain Standard Time review of national markets and afternoon exceptions.

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 Mesa, AZ 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 Mesa, AZ 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.