Quantitative Researcher — Portfolio Construction — Phoenix

From Phoenix, AZ, the fully remote Quantitative Researcher — Portfolio Construction will build portfolio methods that translate research signals into controlled exposures. This opening is limited to applicants based in the Phoenix, AZ area and provides year-round Mountain Standard Time coverage as national clock alignments change.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary: $185,000–$255,000 USD, based on experience
Work arrangement: Fully remote; applicants must be based in the Phoenix, AZ area
Experience: 4+ years
Additional compensation: Performance-bonus and equity eligibility based on role and level

About the Role

The central responsibility of the Phoenix, AZ opening is allocation methods, portfolio constraints, concentration limits, turnover controls, and stress diagnostics. The assigned window includes year-round Mountain Standard Time coverage as national clock alignments change. Success requires reproducible work, prompt escalation, and clear ownership through review and production use.

Phoenix Operating Focus

The Phoenix opening emphasizes explicit handoff rules during daylight-saving changes and dependable afternoon review. Arizona does not observe daylight-saving time, so the relationship between local hours and other U.S. teams changes during the year. This opening owns a written clock-change checklist for meetings, market events, alerts, and shift transfers. The objective is simple: no missed review or unclear owner because another region moved its clock. For this role, that means direct ownership of portfolio constraints, exposure diagnostics, and stress review during year-round Mountain Standard Time coverage as national clock alignments change.

First Review Cycle

Your first documented cycle for the Phoenix, AZ opening will test the operating process for portfolio constraints, exposure diagnostics, and stress review during year-round Mountain Standard Time coverage as national clock alignments change. The objective is a reproducible baseline, not a quick narrative. The review joins two pieces of work: Model factor, sector, liquidity, and concentration constraints; and Measure turnover, capacity, and stress behavior. The Phoenix opening emphasizes explicit handoff rules during daylight-saving changes and dependable afternoon review. You will document where the results agree, where they differ, and what needs another test. 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 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 year-round Mountain Standard Time coverage as national clock alignments change.

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 Phoenix, 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.

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.