Quantitative Jobs in California
Quantitative jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in finance, technology, and asset management, with demand running from entry-level analyst roles through senior portfolio managers and research directors. San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Jose anchor the market, where firms like BlackRock, Wells Fargo, and Citadel have established California operations. The most in-demand specialties are quantitative research, algorithmic trading strategy, and risk modeling. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Requisition ID # 172735
Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance; Accounting / Finance; Business Operations / Strategy
Job Level: Manager/Principal
Business Unit: Strategy & Growth
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels C& Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch C& Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French C& Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Pleasanton; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramenti; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City
Department Overview:
The Electric Risk & Compliance organization provides governance, oversight, and strategic direction on risk and compliance matters across Electric Operations, ensuring alignment with enterprise policies and external/internal regulatory requirements. It partners cross-functionally to manage compliance requirements, strengthen controls, and enable risk-based oversight through effective monitoring, data, and reporting. The Compliance Insights team provides strategic, comprehensive data analysis, reporting, and data-driven insights that support Electric compliance, investigations, and risk management.
The selected candidate must live within PG&E’s service territory, and will be expected to work in the office 2-3 times a week.
PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.
A reasonable salary range is:
Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area) $140,000.00
Mid Base Salary (Bay Area) $189,000.00
Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area) $238,000.00
Minimum Base Salary (California) $133,000.00
Mid Base Salary (California) $180,000.00
Maximum Base Salary (California) $226,000.00
Responsibilities:
- Lead development of risk metrics and stress scenarios
- Lead development of commodity prices, derivatives and transactions as needed to analyze and quantify risks.
- Lead development of framework for implementing tools and processes to improve quality and timeliness of risk reports.
- Lead design of analytical and diagnostic tools to ensure accuracy and timely computation of risk metrics and facilitate analyses of portfolios.
- Lead assessment of the effectiveness of hedging strategies and programs.
- Lead development and enhancement of quantitative models to support forecasting, valuation, and portfolio risk assessment.
- Provide analytical support and quantitative risk assessments to inform business decisions and address emerging issues.
- Lead development of risk-informed compliance frameworks to align analytical insights with regulatory requirements and support effective governance and oversight.
- Lead horizon scanning activities to identify emerging risks, market developments, and regulatory changes that may affect portfolio strategy and risk exposure.
- Develops and leads compelling data-driven business cases for or against specific courses of action and potential risk mitigation alternatives as appropriate; provides strategic direction regarding areas of NERC compliance in common with CPUC, OEIS, and CAISO.
- Leads annual gap analysis; identifies gaps between compliance requirements and guidance documentation.
- Develops, monitors, analyzes, and reports on business KPIs and indicators, that may affect the Company’s ability to meet its goals.
Qualifications
Minimum:
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Business, Engineering, Financial Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or Mathematics or equivalent experience
8 years of experience in risk analytics development and modeling
2 years managing projects
Desired:
Master’s degree or equivalent experience
Electrical engineer with experience in the utility industry to support technical interpretations and implementation of new compliance requirements.
Proven risk control and system design skills
Proven project management skills.
Demonstrated ability to abstract or synthesize from one set of ideas or facts to another, identify causal relationships, and anticipate obstacles.
Communicates with peers, subordinates, leadership, and stakeholders, using a variety of media and conveying information or conclusions in a clear, direct manner.
Ability to maneuver through complex organizational situations effectively and without disruption.
Understands and can communicate the company's overall goals and strategies.
Ability to analyze complex problems and make decisions despite incomplete information and limited time.
Highly advanced analytical, program management, and communications skills
Ability to manipulate data and draw conclusions / make recommendations
Requisition ID # 172735
Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance; Accounting / Finance; Business Operations / Strategy
Job Level: Manager/Principal
Business Unit: Strategy & Growth
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels C& Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch C& Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French C& Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Pleasanton; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramenti; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City
Department Overview:
The Electric Risk & Compliance organization provides governance, oversight, and strategic direction on risk and compliance matters across Electric Operations, ensuring alignment with enterprise policies and external/internal regulatory requirements. It partners cross-functionally to manage compliance requirements, strengthen controls, and enable risk-based oversight through effective monitoring, data, and reporting. The Compliance Insights team provides strategic, comprehensive data analysis, reporting, and data-driven insights that support Electric compliance, investigations, and risk management.
The selected candidate must live within PG&E’s service territory, and will be expected to work in the office 2-3 times a week.
PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.
A reasonable salary range is:
Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area) $140,000.00
Mid Base Salary (Bay Area) $189,000.00
Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area) $238,000.00
Minimum Base Salary (California) $133,000.00
Mid Base Salary (California) $180,000.00
Maximum Base Salary (California) $226,000.00
Responsibilities:
- Lead development of risk metrics and stress scenarios
- Lead development of commodity prices, derivatives and transactions as needed to analyze and quantify risks.
- Lead development of framework for implementing tools and processes to improve quality and timeliness of risk reports.
- Lead design of analytical and diagnostic tools to ensure accuracy and timely computation of risk metrics and facilitate analyses of portfolios.
- Lead assessment of the effectiveness of hedging strategies and programs.
- Lead development and enhancement of quantitative models to support forecasting, valuation, and portfolio risk assessment.
- Provide analytical support and quantitative risk assessments to inform business decisions and address emerging issues.
- Lead development of risk-informed compliance frameworks to align analytical insights with regulatory requirements and support effective governance and oversight.
- Lead horizon scanning activities to identify emerging risks, market developments, and regulatory changes that may affect portfolio strategy and risk exposure.
- Develops and leads compelling data-driven business cases for or against specific courses of action and potential risk mitigation alternatives as appropriate; provides strategic direction regarding areas of NERC compliance in common with CPUC, OEIS, and CAISO.
- Leads annual gap analysis; identifies gaps between compliance requirements and guidance documentation.
- Develops, monitors, analyzes, and reports on business KPIs and indicators, that may affect the Company’s ability to meet its goals.
Qualifications
Minimum:
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Business, Engineering, Financial Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or Mathematics or equivalent experience
8 years of experience in risk analytics development and modeling
2 years managing projects
Desired:
Master’s degree or equivalent experience
Electrical engineer with experience in the utility industry to support technical interpretations and implementation of new compliance requirements.
Proven risk control and system design skills
Proven project management skills.
Demonstrated ability to abstract or synthesize from one set of ideas or facts to another, identify causal relationships, and anticipate obstacles.
Communicates with peers, subordinates, leadership, and stakeholders, using a variety of media and conveying information or conclusions in a clear, direct manner.
Ability to maneuver through complex organizational situations effectively and without disruption.
Understands and can communicate the company's overall goals and strategies.
Ability to analyze complex problems and make decisions despite incomplete information and limited time.
Highly advanced analytical, program management, and communications skills
Ability to manipulate data and draw conclusions / make recommendations
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Where California roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Quantitative Job Market in California
A snapshot from current California openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Google8
- PIMCO6
- Pacific Life4
- Apollo Management Holdings, L.P.2
- Nio Usa2
Top Industries Hiring
- Investment & Asset Management14
- Banking & Financial Services4
- Insurance4
- Automotive2
- Construction & Real Estate2
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in quantitative jobs across California.
- Advanced degree in mathematics, statistics, financial engineering, or a related quantitative discipline
- Proficiency in Python, R, or C++ for model development and data analysis
- Experience building and validating statistical or machine learning models in a production environment
- Familiarity with financial instruments, derivatives pricing, or portfolio optimization methods
- Strong command of SQL and large-scale data manipulation for research or risk applications
- Ability to communicate quantitative findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership
Quantitative Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a quantitative in California?
Most quantitative roles in California require at least a master's degree or PhD in mathematics, statistics, physics, financial engineering, or computer science, and California does not impose a state-issued license specific to quantitative analysts. Employers in San Francisco and Los Angeles typically expect demonstrated modeling experience, fluency in at least one programming language, and for roles touching investment advice, relevant FINRA registrations arranged through the hiring firm.
Which companies hire quantitatives in California?
Employers hiring quantitatives in California right now include Google, PIMCO, and Pacific Life, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. California's concentration of hedge funds, asset managers, and technology-driven financial firms means openings appear across a wider range of employer types than in most other states.
Which California cities have the most quantitative jobs?
Newport Beach, San Francisco, and Mountain View are the California cities with the most quantitative openings, driven by San Francisco's dense cluster of hedge funds, fintech firms, and asset managers, Los Angeles's growing alternative investment and entertainment finance sector, and San Jose's proximity to technology companies that embed quantitative talent in risk and data science teams.
Are there remote quantitative jobs in California?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 18% of quantitative openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting the desk-based, model-driven nature of the work. Roles focused on research and data analysis tend to offer the most flexibility, while positions requiring daily collaboration with trading desks or risk committees are more likely to require on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a quantitative in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a quantitative internship or a junior research analyst role, both of which large California-based asset managers and technology firms regularly offer to recent graduates. Firms like BlackRock and Wells Fargo run structured new-graduate programs in their California offices, and many San Francisco fintech companies hire associate data scientists whose responsibilities overlap heavily with quantitative analysis. A strong project portfolio demonstrating applied statistical modeling, even from academic work, gives candidates a clear edge over those without direct industry experience.
Where can I find and apply to quantitative jobs in California?
You can find and apply to quantitative jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings from employers actively hiring right now. Find the roles that fit your background and apply directly.
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