Data Scientist

We see the world differently at Capstone Investment Advisors. You will, too.

Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC (“Capstone”) is a global asset manager, dedicated to exploring alpha opportunities in derivatives and complementary strategies that persist across market cycles. With approximately $11.0 billion of AUM (as of July 1, 2025) and 326 employees, Capstone is headquartered in New York with offices in London, Amsterdam, Stamford, Los Angeles, Boston, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Milan, Texas, and Maryland. Since 2004, through strategic insight, market-leading expertise, and advanced technology, we have sought to anticipate and harness the complexities of world markets, creating unique opportunities for our clients, team, and industry.

With our sophisticated, global client base, we recognize that our success is deeply connected to real people. For that reason, we take a human approach to everything we do, focusing largely on collaborative performance. Our workflow and process are built around the belief that by sharing ideas, we achieve greater outcomes. This gives you greater access to resources, direct exposure to senior leadership, and new opportunities to experiment and innovate.

Overview:

Capstone’s Data and AI group is at the forefront of innovation, leveraging data and AI to drive investment strategies. We integrate diverse data sources and AI solutions to uncover unique insights and alpha opportunities. Our team collaborates closely with portfolio managers, quants and engineers, to develop data-driven decisions. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional problem-solving skills, collaborative mentality, and an ability to bring innovative ideas to life. The role offers great exposure to many and varied areas of the hedge fund.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Partner with AI researchers to integrate data and fine-tune LLMs for investment research and trade ideas
• Assist in the development and implementation of AI models including LLMs and data pipelines
• Analysis, design and curation of core data products that can be integrated into our central data and AI platform
• Analyze traditional and alternative datasets using statistical techniques
• Collaborate with PMs and traders to build data science tools that align with their investment process
• Contribute to the design and implementation of our central data and AI platform
• Play a key role in developing and maintaining scalable data pipelines, incorporating data analytics, dashboards and optimized data management processes for accuracy

The ideal candidate is an intellectually curious self-starter, who wants to develop skills in a fast-paced environment, has the ability to be proactive, responsive and multi-task efficiently, and a desire to create relationships across Capstone through collaborative work with the firm’s Investment, Technology, Operations, Finance and other teams. The candidate should be humble, results-oriented and have the flexibility to adapt to quickly changing circumstances and priorities. Excellent written and verbal communications skills are necessary for success in this role.

Our future colleague has these skills:

• 2+ years of hands-on experience as a data scientist analyzing financial data sets and building data science solutions
• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in a quantitative or technical discipline or significant practical experience in industry.
• Strong analytical and data processing skills (Python), and ability to write production ready code
• Experience working with structured and unstructured data
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with, and inspire, a wide cross section of data professionals.

Bonus Skills:

• Prior experience in the investment management industry
• Familiarity of language models, vector databases and prompt engineering
• CFA qualified a plus

Benefits and Compensation Information: 

Our team is our most important asset and investment. We value and respect our colleagues and their well-being inside and outside the workplace and our culture reflects this.  We offer a robust and competitive benefits program to ensure the well-being of our colleagues.

Some benefits included in this role are:

• Training and development opportunities
• Robust Wellness Resources: Physical, Mental and Financial
• Time-Off, Retirement and Commuter Benefits
• Gym Reimbursement and other Discounts

The applicable base salary range for this role is $120,000 - $160,000 USD. The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determ