Quantitative Researcher — Alternative Data — Chicago

This fully remote Quantitative Researcher — Alternative Data opening serves Chicago, IL and will evaluate new datasets for genuine, repeatable investment information. Applicants must be based in the Chicago, IL area. The position adds Central Time coordination across cash equities, listed derivatives, and both coastal schedules.

Compensation and Benefits

About the Role

This opening gives the Chicago, IL hire responsibility for data-source review from provenance and lawful use through leakage-resistant testing and ongoing monitoring, with operating coverage focused on Central Time coordination across cash equities, listed derivatives, and both coastal schedules. You will connect research, engineering, trading, and risk without hiding uncertainty or operational tradeoffs.

Chicago Operating Focus

The Chicago opening emphasizes derivatives-aware review, pre-open preparation, and controlled live-market escalation. The Central Time window connects overnight futures behavior, the equity open, listed-derivative activity, and the afternoon cash close in one working day. The role must separate information that transfers across instruments from relationships that only appear during a short regime. Any production response needs an owner, a limit, and a review time. For this role, that means direct ownership of data provenance, availability timing, vendor quality, and leakage controls during Central Time coordination across cash equities, listed derivatives, and both coastal schedules.

First Review Cycle

The Chicago, IL opening begins with an end-to-end review of data provenance, availability timing, vendor quality, and leakage controls during Central Time coordination across cash equities, listed derivatives, and both coastal schedules. The review will keep research observations separate from live production decisions. The cycle requires this task: Maintain data-quality and vendor-monitoring controls. A separate check covers this task: Assess provenance, coverage, revisions, latency, and licensing limits. The Chicago opening emphasizes derivatives-aware review, pre-open preparation, and controlled live-market escalation. Neither check can rely only on an informal message or market story. The closing record identifies the evidence, approval, limit, and next test. A second specialist must be able to evaluate data-source review from provenance and lawful use through leakage-resistant testing and ongoing monitoring from the same starting facts.

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 Central Time coordination across cash equities, listed derivatives, and both coastal schedules.

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 Chicago, IL 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 Chicago, IL 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.