Quantitative Researcher

Anywhere
Posted 4 years ago
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Our client is seeking Quantitative Researcher.

Our client is seeking Quantitative Researcher. The firm is one of the world's leading electronic trading and market-making firms, providing liquidity in global energy, commodity and financial futures markets.

Responsibilities:

The Quantitative Researcher will analyze and monotonize profitable trading models by applying large scale statistical analysis and other relevant techniques to market data and other relevant data sources.

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree, e.g., Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics

Strong programming skills in Java in a Linux environment

Hands on experience in the full life-cycle of strategy development research, including idea creation; data collection/cleansing; analysis; testing; and deployment

Proven success working with large data sets and developing predictive statistical models

Experience with numerical computing in Python

2+ years of experience supporting electronic trading systems; prior experience at proprietary trading firm preferred

Proven success with profitable trading strategies

Strong knowledge of probability, statistics, machine learning, time-series analysis, large scale inference

Prior experience working in a data driven research environment

Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team