Senior Quant Portfolio Manager: Multi-Asset Alpha

Bitqcode quantitative capital; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitqcode Quantitative Capital is seeking a Portfolio Manager to independently research, develop, deploy, and manage profitable trading strategies across global markets. You will own the complete investment lifecycle from idea generation and portfolio construction to execution and continuous optimization.

This high-ownership role requires a track record in profitable systematic strategies, strong quantitative skills, and collaboration with engineering and research teams to maintain cutting-edge

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing systematic or quantitative investment strategies in hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, or institutional asset managers.
• Strong understanding of portfolio construction, risk-adjusted returns, factor investing, and capital allocation.
• Experience building and managing live quantitative trading strategies with measurable performance.
• Deep understanding of derivatives including futures, options, swaps, and leverage.
• Strong statistical and mathematical foundation including probability, optimization, time series analysis, and machine learning concepts.
• Excellent programming skills in Python, with experience using quantitative research libraries and backtesting frameworks.
• Ability to analyze large financial datasets and extract robust, production-ready trading signals.
• Strong knowledge of market microstructure, execution quality, transaction costs, and liquidity.
• Experience evaluating strategy robustness through out-of-sample testing, walk-forward validation, and stress testing.
• Ability to communicate complex quantitative ideas clearly to engineers, researchers, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio construction across multiple asset classes balancing risk return diversification and capital efficiency.
• Alpha generation through quantitative research statistical modeling and systematic strategy development.
• End-to-end ownership of strategies from research and backtesting through production deployment and ongoing monitoring.
• Risk management including exposure limits drawdown controls leverage management and portfolio stress testing.
• Performance attribution and analysis to identify drivers of returns inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
• Capital allocation across strategies based on performance capacity and market conditions.
• Collaboration with engineering teams to improve execution quality trading infrastructure and research tooling.
• Market monitoring during major macro events and adapting portfolio exposures when necessary.
• Continuous research into new markets datasets execution techniques and quantitative signals.
• Mentoring junior researchers and traders while helping establish investment and research best practices.

Skills

Quantitative research

Portfolio construction

Risk management

Python programming

Backtesting

Machine learning

Communication with engineers

Tools

FIX connectivity

Trading infrastructure

Backtesting frameworks

Job description

Bitqcode Quantitative Capital is seeking a Portfolio Manager to independently research, develop, deploy, and manage profitable trading strategies across global markets. You will own the complete investment lifecycle from idea generation and portfolio construction to execution and continuous optimization.

This high-ownership role requires a track record in profitable systematic strategies, strong quantitative skills, and collaboration with engineering and research teams to maintain cutting-edge