Frequency Quant Trader

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Our client is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience, combining sophisticated technology and talented professionals to operate in markets worldwide.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, they trade various asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Energy across global markets. The firm has also expanded into non-traditional strategies such as real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.

The Team

You will join a trading team managing systematic strategies in Equities, focusing on latency-sensitive and non-latency-sensitive investment opportunities across geographies and holding periods. The team handles the complete lifecycle of quantitative investment processes, including research, development, and trading of systematic strategies, emphasizing innovative scientific research and collaborative work.

Responsibilities

The role involves researching, designing, and implementing new quantitative trading strategies, generating alphas from traditional and alternative datasets using rigorous statistical methods. Success requires a deep understanding of datasets and applying the latest scientific algorithms for statistical model development.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about teamwork and performance. Requirements include:

• 5+ years’ experience in quantitative investment research in High Frequency Trading within US, Canadian, or European markets
• Excellent communication skills to report research results and methodologies
• Strong programming skills for exploring large datasets

Additional Details

• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Finance and Sales

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