Associate (Systematic Trading Strategies)

Quant Lab SFO FZCO; Dubai; On-site; AED 355,000 - 426,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Job summary

Quant Lab SFO FZCO, based in Dubai, is seeking an Analyst to own the development of new systematic trading strategies, from hypothesis to live deployment.

The role requires turning ambiguous questions into evidence-based conclusions, with training provided in market mechanics. The successful candidate will report to the Managing Director and may need to relocate for extended periods.

Qualifications

• BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Effectiveness, Problem Solving, and Communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop new systematic strategies end to end, from hypothesis to live trading.
• Analyse trade-level data to identify where returns come from and where they are lost.
• Quantify the expected impact of findings to rank competing recommendations.
• Turn strategy logic into working code by directing AI coding assistants.
• Present findings, impact and risks with recommended action.

Skills

Effectiveness

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Quantitative degree content

Job description

Company: Quant Lab SFO FZCO
Location: Dubai, UAE (DMCC)
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Salary: AED 35,000 per month in a zero-tax environment
Reports to: Managing Director

ABOUT US
Quant Lab SFO FZCO is a Dubai-based single family office trading proprietary family capital. We combine quantitative research, AI-powered strategy development and automated execution, built on disciplined risk control, strict position-sizing and long-term performance. Family-funded since 2021, DMCC licensed and independently audited.

ABOUT THE ROLE
We are appointing an analyst to own the development of new systematic trading strategies, reporting directly to the Managing Director. The successful candidate will carry each strategy from initial hypothesis through to live deployment, and will be accountable for the work throughout.

You do not need to have worked in trading. We are equally interested in candidates from strategy consulting or another analytically demanding field who have never priced an instrument in their lives. What the role requires is the ability to take an ambiguous question, break it into the parts that decide the answer, and follow the evidence wherever it goes. The market knowledge is learnable here, and we will teach it. The judgement is not, and we cannot.

A significant proportion of our findings contradict established practice, and frequently contradict conclusions we ourselves reached in preceding months. Candidates whose instinct on encountering an unfamiliar result is to explain why it must be mistaken, rather than to investigate it, are unlikely to find the role rewarding.

Principal responsibilities:

• Develop new systematic strategies end to end, from initial hypothesis through data preparation, testing and validation to hand-off into live trading.
• Analyse trade-level data to establish where returns are generated and where they are lost.
• Quantify the expected impact of each finding, so that competing recommendations may be ranked on a common basis.
• Turn agreed strategy logic into working code by directing AI coding assistants, and monitor deployed strategies for anomalies in execution and performance.
• Present findings, their quantified impact and the associated risks, together with a recommended course of action.

The position is based in Dubai. Candidates located elsewhere must be willing to relocate for no less than 50 per cent of working time.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

1. Effectiveness

2. Problem Solving

3. Communication

PREFERRED

• Three or more years in strategy consulting, or another field where you were paid to answer hard questions with data.
• An interest in financial markets, and the willingness to learn their mechanics properly. Direct experience of equity markets is welcome but is not expected.
• A degree with substantial quantitative content - for example economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering, physics or computer science.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Remuneration of AED 35,000 per month, free of personal income tax, together with an annual bonus linked to the performance of the strategies you develop, and an annual salary review.
• Full ownership of your research agenda from the outset, with no intermediate management layer between you and the decision-maker.
• UAE employment visa, medical insurance, and relocation support covering flights, initial accommodation and visa administration.