Quantitative Researcher

Quantitative Researcher/Trader - Futures/Options - London/Amsterdam

My client is a leading quantitative trading firm operating in the HFT/intraday and mid frequency trading space, with teams set up globally. The firm is looking for Quantitative Researchers/Traders and Portfolio Managers, particularly those covering Futures or Options trading who can build and lead a desk and trade their own strategies in return for a % of their PnL.

The firm can offer exceptional resources including historical market and alternative datasets, development support, and cutting-edge execution infrastructure, allowing strategies to cover low-latency and intraday/MFT time horizons, while maintaining low costs and a quick time to market.

The Role:

• Building and leading a desk where you will research and trade alphas based on analysis of market or alternative data.
• Researching and monetizing signals, monitoring performance of models and optimising them where possible.
• Creating quantitative tools to aid the strategy development process, such as execution algorithms, modelling libraries, etc. for the rest of your trading team to use.

Requirements:

• A degree from a prestigious university in a numerate field. Previous successful candidates have degrees in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, etc.
• Coding proficiency in at least one language, such as C++ or Python.
• At least three years of experience as a Quantitative Researcher/Trader, where you used sophisticated quant methods for the research and optimisation of strategies.
• You will need to be a confident, resilient, and highly motivated individual, capable of working collaboratively with your colleagues in your office and in other locations.