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Senior Quantitative Researcher

Senior Quantitative Researcher

CompanyTower Research Capital
LocationNew York, NY, USA
Salary$120000 – $200000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesMaster’s, PhD
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Solid academic background in mathematics, machine learning, computer science, physics or a similar quantitative field with a strong research experience equivalent to research-oriented masters degree or ideally a PhD in the field
  • Strong quantitative research experience in the systematic trading space, across idea generation, research, deployment, and production analysis, with a track record of delivering impactful results
  • Effective programming skills and prior experience building high quality, scalable software in scripting / dynamic languages such as Python or lower level languages such as C++, ideally in both
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both at a high level and in details

Responsibilities

  • Analyzing large data sets of various origins to form and test hypotheses regarding market behavior
  • Researching and building statistical models of financial instruments’ valuation and returns
  • Formalizing and implementing trading strategies and algorithms through solving the appropriate optimization problems
  • Building robust and scalable quantitative research methods, tools and platforms, across the full pipeline from data extraction and analysis to model calibration and reporting

Preferred Qualifications

    No preferred qualifications provided.