Quantitative Researcher — Portfolio Construction — San Antonio

The San Antonio, TX opening for a Quantitative Researcher — Portfolio Construction is fully remote and restricted to applicants in that area. Its mandate is to build portfolio methods that translate research signals into controlled exposures while providing Central Time coverage for live monitoring, afternoon investigation, and close review.

Compensation and Benefits

About the Role

In this San Antonio, TX role, you will be accountable for allocation methods, portfolio constraints, concentration limits, turnover controls, and stress diagnostics while supporting Central Time coverage for live monitoring, afternoon investigation, and close review. The work requires direct communication, explicit limits, and records that remain useful after market conditions change.

San Antonio Operating Focus

The San Antonio opening emphasizes calm incident handling and clear ownership from research through post-trade analysis. Central Time creates useful overlap with both Eastern and Pacific colleagues, but overlap does not remove the need for explicit handoffs. The opening owns midday status review, afternoon exception handling, and unresolved-issue transfer. A decision is not complete until its assumptions, limits, and next check are visible to another specialist. For this role, that means direct ownership of portfolio constraints, exposure diagnostics, and stress review during Central Time coverage for live monitoring, afternoon investigation, and close review.

First Review Cycle

The San Antonio, TX opening begins with an end-to-end review of portfolio constraints, exposure diagnostics, and stress review during Central Time coverage for live monitoring, afternoon investigation, and close review. The review will keep research observations separate from live production decisions. The first evidence set will cover this task: Create transparent diagnostics for portfolio decisions. The second will cover this task: Develop allocation and risk-budgeting methods. The San Antonio opening emphasizes calm incident handling and clear ownership from research through post-trade analysis. Each material deviation receives a named follow-up owner. Completion requires a repeatable evidence path, a clear response boundary, and a time for the next check. Those records must connect directly to allocation methods, portfolio constraints, concentration limits, turnover controls, and stress diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• Develop allocation and risk-budgeting methods
• Model factor, sector, liquidity, and concentration constraints
• Measure turnover, capacity, and stress behavior
• Create transparent diagnostics for portfolio decisions
• Own portfolio constraints, exposure diagnostics, and stress review during Central Time coverage for live monitoring, afternoon investigation, and close review.

Required Qualifications

• Experience with portfolio optimization and risk models
• Strong numerical Python and optimization skills
• Ability to explain model tradeoffs to researchers and traders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with transaction-cost-aware optimization and scenario analysis
• Knowledge of production controls for constrained portfolios
• Experience collaborating across time zones while maintaining the operating coverage assigned to the San Antonio, TX 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 San Antonio, TX 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.