Junior Analyst - AI Solutions, R&D & Coding
StepStone Group
$30 / hour
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Description
We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.
Position Overview
As a Junior Analyst on the AI Initiatives team, you will support the development, testing, and operationalization of AI-driven data pipelines that enhance portfolio monitoring and private-markets analytics. This is an early-career role ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on data work, problem-solving, and learning how AI can be applied in private-markets investing. You will be instrumental in the analytical core of the team, ensuring our AI/ML models are accurate, efficient, and deliver maximum insight. The term of this role is for 16 weeks with the possibility of extending and/or transitioning into a full-time role.
Key Responsibilities
- Model Validation and Performance Tuning: Assist in running, analyzing, and improving the performance of existing AI/ML pipelines
- Assist in complex data structuring challenges by applying cleaning and transformation techniques across heterogeneous inputs, including large-scale database extracts (SQL), proprietary documents, and legacy data in Excel, to ensure maximum data integrity for AI initiatives
- Backtesting and Scenario Analysis: Design and execute backtests and scenario analyses based on senior team hypotheses to stress-test model robustness and quantify potential investment impactIntegration Testing & Requirement Definition: Collaborate closely with the engineering team by testing the integration of model outputs into internal tools. Document specific data and format requirements necessary for operationalizing new AI features
- Process Automation and Efficiency: Actively seek opportunities to streamline workflow efficiency and reduce latency in the AI pipeline, taking the lead on automating key analytical and reporting components
- Advanced Data Sourcing (SQL): Write sophisticated SQL queries to extract
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science) or related field
- 0-2 years of relevant experience (e.g., internships, research, coding projects)
- Foundational proficiency in Python
- Familiarity with Excel, Microsoft Apps, and Git
- Strong attention to detail, ability to critically check work, and commitment to data integrity
- Solid written and verbal communication skills; comfortable translating technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
- Proactive, curious, collaborative mindset; ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and support team goals
- Willingness to learn and grow, asking questions and taking ownership of tasks
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Coursework or project experience in machine learning, statistics, or data modelling
- Prior internship or project experience in finance, consulting or data analytics
- Basic understanding of private markets (private equity, infrastructure, secondaries) and investment terminology
Pay Rate: $30.00/Hour
The salary range is an estimate of pay for this position. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related factors that can include location, education, skill, and experience. The salary range does not include any benefits or other forms of possible compensation that may be available to employees.
At StepStone, we believe that our people are our most important asset and crucial to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure. Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups as well as mentorship programs to enhance the employee experience for all.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.
Benefits
- stock options
About this role
StepStone Group's AI Initiatives team is looking for a junior analyst to support the development and deployment of AI-driven data pipelines that power portfolio monitoring and private-markets analytics. In this hybrid internship role based in La Jolla, you'll work hands-on with data validation, model testing, and SQL querying—taking raw data from databases, documents, and legacy systems and preparing it for AI models that inform investment decisions. You'll also design backtests, collaborate with engineers on integrating model outputs into internal tools, and identify opportunities to automate workflows.
The role suits someone with a quantitative background (finance, economics, statistics, computer science, or data science) and foundational Python skills, ideally with some internship or project experience in analytics or finance. You'll need strong attention to detail, Excel proficiency, and comfort with Git, plus the ability to communicate technical work to non-technical colleagues. A background in machine learning or familiarity with private markets is a plus but not required; what matters most is curiosity, ownership, and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.
This is an internship position paying $29 per hour. It's a solid entry point if you want to see how AI and data work in practice within institutional investing, with exposure to real portfolio analytics challenges and a team that values learning and collaboration.
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