Quantitative Researcher: Alpha Signals to Production

Whistler Trading; Surrey; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A systematic proprietary trading firm in Surrey, Canada, seeks a quantitative researcher to develop and validate predictive models across various assets. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of experience and possesses skills in Python, Rust, and C++. They will work in a collaborative team to conduct research, optimize portfolios, and push models to production. This role offers a significant long-term growth opportunity in a performance-driven culture with no internal politics.

Qualifications

• 2 years to less than 3 years of experience in quantitative research.
• Experience in production deployment of trading strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate predictive models across equities, futures, and digital assets.
• Generate alpha signals across short- to medium-horizon timeframes.
• Conduct alpha and strategy research using machine learning techniques.
• Ensure research outputs are transparent, reproducible, and production-ready.
• Optimize portfolios and analyze trading performance.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers in a high-performing team.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the research infrastructure.
• Push research to production with immediate feedback.

Skills

Python

Rust

C++

Statistical modeling

Data analysis software

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field

PhD

Job description

A systematic proprietary trading firm in Surrey, Canada, seeks a quantitative researcher to develop and validate predictive models across various assets. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of experience and possesses skills in Python, Rust, and C++. They will work in a collaborative team to conduct research, optimize portfolios, and push models to production. This role offers a significant long-term growth opportunity in a performance-driven culture with no internal politics.