AI-Driven Quant Research Engineer
MSCI
San Francisco, CA · Posted November 1, 2026
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About the job
...Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a highly skilled quantitative software engineer to design and build the next generation research infrastructure for risk and factor modeling. You will integrate AI to accelerate model development, validation, and reporting workflows...