JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)
February 1, 2021 - July 31, 2021
Stevens Capital Management LP
Position Title/Short Description
Section: Other Nonacademic (Temporary, Part-Time, Non-Salaried, Consulting, Etc.)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: C -- Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
Full Text of JOE Listing:
We're seeking exceptionally motivated students with a strong interest in the financial markets to contribute to our empirical research process. The range of research ideas to investigate is open-ended and will depend on a candidate's background and strengths.
Opportunities, including full-time summer internships and part-time work throughout the school year, are available for qualified students at each of the undergraduate, masters and PhD levels.
Primary Responsibilities
- Read and analyze academic research or other source material pertaining to anomalies in the global financial markets.
- Build data sets and conduct statistical analysis on the data.
Requirements
- Substantial progress toward a degree (graduate level preferred) in a quantitative discipline (e.g. statistics, econometrics, mathematics, engineering, physics or computer science) or finance (with extensive coursework in quantitative disciplines).
- Programming experience, ideally including R, C++ and/or Python.
- Experience with regression analysis.
- Strong interest in learning how to build, organize and analyze large data sets.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
Application Requirements:
- External Application Link