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Quantitative Researcher for Systematic Strategies (New York or Chicago)

Quanta Search
New York, NY
Full-time

Our client is one of the world's premier investment firms. The firm deploys systematic, computer-driven trading strategies across multiple liquid asset classes, including equities, futures, credit, and foreign exchange.

The core of our effort is rigorous research into a wide range of market anomalies, fueled by our unparalleled access to a wide range of publicly available data sources.

Role

Quantitative Researcher for a new team focused on systematic corporate bond and credit derivatives strategies.

Role / Responsibilities :

  • Independently conduct quantitative research, adopting a rigorous approach and using statistical and structural models
  • Contribute to all aspects of the research and production process, including implementation of fitting tools; data organization;

generation of alphas, risk and TC models; P&L attribution, etc.

  • Proactively search for and prioritize new ideas and datasets for alpha potential
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of the investment process and infrastructure in collaboration with the portfolio managers, developers and traders on the team

Requirements :

  • PhD or Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or other quantitative discipline
  • 2+ years of experience developing statistical and fundamental alpha signals, risk factors for single name credit, equities, or options.

Demonstrated ability to conduct research utilizing large data sets

  • Experience with FICC, credit or option pricing models is preferred
  • Experience with numerical optimization methods is a plus
  • Solid programming skills : understanding of the object-oriented programming and CI / CD framework. Proficiency in Python, including with packages used for data research, best practices of coding style, etc.
  • Strong communication skills
  • Willingness to take ownership of his / her work, working both independently and within a team

Thank you for illuminating hiring with Quanta Search!

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30+ days ago
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