Position: Quantitative Researcher (Full-Time)
Location: Miami, Florida
Quantitative ResearcherWalleye Capital is seeking a motivated and technical Quant Researcher to join the Equity Volatility team in Miami. The ideal candidate will possess strong statistical, analytical, and modelling skills. This role offers the opportunity to work with portfolio managers, research, and technology teams to research, design, and automate alpha trading strategies, and completely automate strategy execution.
Responsibilities:
- Work with traders and quants to research, design, and automate alpha trading strategies
- Manipulate proprietary and public data to build custom data sets for use in research and model development
- Build predictive models of asset prices over short, medium, and long term frequencies using simple and advanced regression techniques, including machine learning
- Assist portfolio manager in building portfolio optimization tools to monetize trading signals and manage risk
- Work with portfolio manager and technology teams to completely automate strategy execution
Qualifications:
- Proficiency in statistical analysis and modelling of time series financial data in Python is required
- Basic understanding of financial instruments including stocks and options
- Role is open to new graduates or first-time finance jobs
- Strong communication skills, such as ability to clarify task requirements, communicate research findings, and propose solutions to challenges are required
- Commitment to thorough, accurate work
