Lead Execution Quant Researcher - Equities

A massively successful Quant Trading Firm who has maintained a discreet profile for 10+ years is looking for an Execution Quant Researcher to join their growing equities business. The firm has slowly built out a crack team of skilled researchers and engineers to drive the development of sophisticated systematic trading strategies. This hire will be the first Quant Researcher exclusively focused on execution-related research within the fund and will own the execution research agenda.

The team has consciously built an open, academic environment where members are encouraged to share ideas while also granted the freedom to work in an autonomous fashion. The incoming Execution Quant Researcher will identify ways to customize execution and identify innovative solutions to further drive PnL.

The ideal candidate for this role should have:

• 6+ years of Execution QR experience in the cash equities space
• Deep understanding of market microstructure and market impact modeling
• Experience working with high-frequency exchange data
• Advanced statistical modeling skillset
• Expert Python and/or C++ coding capabilities