Senior Quant Researcher - Execution

Quanta Search

$130K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PhD/MS in science, math, engineering, operations research, or quantitative finance
  • Fluency in calculus and stochastic processes
  • 4+ years of financial industry experience, with focus on Bonds, FX, or Futures
  • Experience in advanced statistical methods within big data environments
  • Proficiency in Python for numerical programming
  • Creative mindset with attention to detail and results-driven attitude
  • Ability to effectively collaborate with quants, developers, and product managers

Responsibilities

  • Develop innovative frameworks and cutting-edge quantitative models for clients including traders and portfolio managers
  • Engage in the complete workflow from hypothesis formulation to production release
  • Analyze trade costs and optimize broker-algo selections
  • Contribute to alpha and risk modeling processes
  • Assess market impact factors and execute related optimizations

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with diverse asset classes
  • Engagement with cutting-edge quantitative research and modeling
  • Collaboration with a talented team of quants and finance professionals
  • Access to training and development resources to enhance skills
  • Dynamic work environment that encourages innovation
Full Job Description
What's the role?

As a member of the Trading Research Quant team you will work with various asset classes, contributing to decision making and trading strategies. Trade Cost Analysis (TCA), Broker-Algo selecting tools, crowd-sourcing, alpha and risk modeling, market impact and optimizations are all part of this process.

We will trust you to:
  • Create innovative frameworks and state-of-the-art quantitative models for a variety of our clients and job functions including traders, portfolio managers and CIOs.
  • Participate in the full life-cycle workflow from hypothesis formulation, research and prototyping through to production release to clients.

You will need to have:
  • PhD/MS in science/math/engineering/operations research/quant finance
  • Fluency in calculus and stochastic processes
  • At least 4+ years of financial industry experience, preferably with Bonds, FX or Futures
  • Experience building advanced statistical methods in a big data environment
  • Numerical programming experience in Python
  • A creative mind with attention to details and drive for results
  • Comfort interacting with other quants, developers and product managers

We'd love to see:
  • Market microstructure and TCA knowledge
  • Multi-asset experience
  • Knowledge of Machine Learning Algorithms
  • Solid programming experience, preferably with Python

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