AI Investment Researcher & Model Development Analyst
Selby Jennings · New York, NY · 2 days ago
AnalystFull-time
A leading global multi-strategy investment manager is building an AI-driven investment platform designed to enhance fundamental research and capital allocation across public markets.The firm is seeking individuals who began their careers in investment banking, hedge funds, asset management, private credit, public equities, or portfolio management, and subsequently transitioned to a leading AI laboratory where they have been responsible for training, evaluating, and improving frontier AI models on complex financial and investment-related tasks.This is a highly unique role sitting at the intersection of investing and artificial intelligence. Successful candidates will help train the next generation of proprietary investment models while simultaneously functioning as an investor, conducting fundamental research, maintaining sector coverage, generating investment ideas, and participating in capital deployment decisions. What We're Looking For The ideal candidate is someone who:Started their career in investment banking, buy-side investing, asset management, hedge funds, or portfolio managementDeveloped a strong foundation in fundamental analysis, valuation, financial modeling, and security selectionLater joined a leading AI laboratory (OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Google DeepMind, Meta AI, or similar frontier AI organization)Has been directly involved in teaching, evaluating, or improving large language models on financial reasoning and investment-related problemsWants to return to investing while helping build AI systems that can perform institutional-quality investment research Key Responsibilities AI Model Development Train proprietary AI systems to perform sophisticated fundamental investment researchCreate and evaluate model outputs related to:Company analysisFinancial statement interpretationValuationEarnings analysisCredit underwritingInvestment thesis generationPortfolio constructionDesign benchmarks and evaluation frameworks that measure the quality of financial reasoningPartner with engineers, quantitative researchers, and portfolio managers to improve model performance Fundamental Investment Research Maintain sector and company coverage responsibilitiesConduct deep fundamental research across equities and/or credit marketsBuild financial models and perform valuation analysisGenerate investment recommendations and actionable trade ideasPresent investment views directly to portfolio managers and investment leadership Capital Deployment Participate in portfolio construction discussionsEvaluate risk/reward profiles of investment opportunitiesMonitor positions and performance attributionLeverage internally developed AI tools to improve investment outcomes