Founding Quant Research Engineer

4 weeks ago

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Stellar Capital Management Full time

Company Description

At Stellar ( we're building AI-powered wealth management for modern Indians.

Powered by advanced AI and institutional-grade quantitative research, Stellar Capital Management helps modern Indians achieve their financial goals. The company focuses on true risk diversification that complements a holistic financial picture. Clients experience hyper-personalized investment management with unmatched transparency and convenience.

Compensation Highlights

  • Top-of-market cash compensation (₹50L - ₹1Cr PA)
  • Free access to Stellar's employee-only investment fund

Role Description

We are recruiting for versatile Founding Quant Research Engineers to drive the full R&D cycle of Stellar's investment systems. This is a hybrid role that combines financial intuition, modeling depth, and engineering execution:

Research & Modeling

  • Develop advanced models for low-frequency predictions of returns and risks (primarily Indian equities, but including other asset classes)
  • Build hyper-personalized portfolio optimizers compatible with various benchmarks, constraints, and financial goals-based objectives
  • Drive continuous improvement of alpha generation and capacity expansion
  • Collaborate with the founder, product, and growth teams to align research output with company goals

Systems & Development

  • Build scalable quantitative investment and wealth-management systems, including robust data pipelines and proprietary alternative data integrations
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive platforms for alpha research, backtesting, and live experimentation
  • Own DevOps and infrastructure practices, ensuring auditability, reliability, and security of data flows and execution systems
  • Continuously leverage AI assistance to boost creativity and product velocity

Preferred Background

  • Experience: 5+ years in low-frequency quant research and/or engineering
  • Education: Strong academic background from premier institutions in financial engineering/mathematics/computer science, or related quantitative disciplines
  • Prior Roles: Quant investing funds or fast-paced startups
  • Mindset: AI-native productivity, end-to-end ownership, and bias toward shipping
  • Or something untraditional that trumps all of the above

Stellar Culture

Fulfilment through the best work of our lives

Pursuit of Excellence

We are not a family; we are a high-performance sports team- and our sport is solving users' problems

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