Research Engineer

Research Engineer

Join our dynamic team as a Research Engineer, where you will leverage strong engineering and analytical skills to build internal tools and workflows that support quantitative research and investment decision-making, and enable scalable innovation across our investment platform. This role is ideal for a hands-on, intellectually curious professional who enjoys experimenting with emerging technologies, especially AI-enabled tools, and translating those ideas into scalable, high impact solutions used by investment professionals.

The Research Engineer will work as part of a team to support quantitative research, improve access to data, and develop internal tools that enhance the quality, reliability, and speed of our work. This role will help address key operational bottlenecks, including data systems and accessibility. The position will report to the Director of Research.

Job Responsibilities:

• Integrate AI-powered tools and techniques into quantitative research, model development, rapid prototyping, and client-facing deliverables, while actively contributing to expanding AI capability and adoption across the firm.
• Build, deploy, and maintain Python-based tools and cloud-native services in Azure (leveraging Azure Functions).
• Improve data accessibility and reliability by creating reusable methods for extracting, validating, and transforming data from internal systems, external APIs, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations.
• Help develop and improve statistical, predictive, and quantitative models, as well as supporting analytics tooling.
• Collaborate with our internal development team to support integration of research outputs and tools into broader technology workflows and products.
• Produce and present data-driven research or tool outputs on a variety of investment and capital markets topics, as needed.
• Translate quantitative model outputs into clear, accessible explanations for investment professionals and clients.
• Work with Investment Analysts and Consultants to support unique analytical requests.
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in applied AI, quantitative research methodologies, and engineering tools, and proactively identify opportunities to apply them.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as applied mathematics, statistics, data science, econometrics, engineering, or computer science (advanced degree is a plus).
• 5+ years of relevant experience, ideally including experience building internal analytics tools, research platforms, or production-grade data/analytics workflows.
• Strong experience coding in Python, including building production-grade scripts and data pipelines.
• Experience with SQL, Power BI, R, and Excel required.
• Demonstrated experience deploying code in cloud environments;
  Azure experience strongly preferred (including Azure Functions or equivalent serverless workflows).
• Demonstrated experience incorporating AI coding tools (e.g., Git Hub Copilot, ChatGPT, Replit, Cursor, Claude Code) into workflows.
• Familiarity with quantitative methods and machine learning.
• Familiarity with economics and capital markets; experience in the investment industry.
• Ability to gather, organize, and coordinate data from disparate sources (including internal systems and external APIs).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and comfort developing tools end-to-end.
• Strong collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and navigate dependencies with other internal teams.
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and an innovative mindset, including a willingness to experiment with new tools and approaches and bring practical solutions back to the team.

About Meketa Investment Group:
Meketa Investment Group is an employee-owned full service investment consulting and advisory firm. We work with some of the nation's largest and most sophisticated institutional investors including public and private plan sponsors. We have a staff of over 250 employees among our six US office locations and London. Meketa recognizes that our workforce is a reflection of our company, and we operate in an inclusive environment that accepts and promotes diversity.

We believe our employees can best serve our clients in an atmosphere where individuals are treated fairly, where professional growth is developed and encouraged, and where a healthy balance between work and home life is respected and preserved. To support employees, Meketa offers a competitive compensation structure, a wide range of benefits from core insurance benefits to time-based benefits, as well as flexible schedules and support for continuing education.

Meketa is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.