HomeLLC - Quantitative Analyst

Summary :

- You'll develop investment models that predict real estate prices for all 140 million homes in the United States

- You'll hold strong opinions, but weakly, so we can test every likely hypothesis that could teach us about predicting home prices

- You'll become a part of a private equity fund and learn about all the aspects of investing hundreds of millions of dollars

- You'll also directly solve the homeownership crisis in America so families can build wealth and achieve their American dream

About HomeLLC :

- We're a private equity fund focused on residential real estate across the US

- We provide down payment assistance so people can buy their home

- In exchange, we share the appreciation on the home when they sell their investment

Your Responsibilities :

- Manage data scientists to develop predictive models

- Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources

- Gather and prepare data from public data sources (Census, FRED, FHFA, etc) and private data sources (APIs from paid providers)

- Curate and prepare data from proprietary data sources

- Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets

- Develop a testing framework and test model quality

You should have experience with :

- Data mining/data analysis methods

- Building and implementing models

- Creating/running simulations and testing efficacy

- Monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy

- Statistical techniques : GLM/Regression, Random Forest, Boosting, Trees, text mining, social network analysis, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees, neural networks etc.

- Statistical languages : R, Python, SQL, etc.

- Visualization : Looker, Periscope, Business Objects, D3, ggplot, etc.

Your qualifications :

- Experience : 3+ years in data science

- Bachelors/Masters/Ph.D. in Computer Science/Mathematics or related field

- MBA/CFA is a plus

Perks :

- Flexible working hours and work from home arrangements.

- Bonus from the performance of the private equity fund even after you leave your job