Lead Quant Researcher - Monetisation

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hedge fund in London is seeking a Lead Quant Researcher to develop a cross-asset monetisation framework. You will leverage your quant experience to enhance firm-level returns and lead a team in a green-field project without legacy code. This role offers global mobility and the chance to make a significant impact on PnL.

Qualifications

• 5+ years quant experience with 2 years in portfolio construction.
• Fluent in statistics & ML, market microstructure knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop a cross-asset monetisation framework.
• Lead a team of 3-5 quants, manage engineering collaboration.

Skills

Statistics

Machine Learning

Python

C++

Job description

Lead Quant Researcher - Monetisation, London

Client: Augmentti

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 4

Posted: 16.05.2025

Expiry Date: 30.06.2025

Job Description

The Straight-Up Bit - Who we’re hiring for

Yes, it’s a hedge fund. Yes, they’re one of the biggest systematic shops you’ve almost definitely heard about. Yes, they already run serious intraday equity flow across the globe.

Now let’s talk about the gap they haven’t filled… yet.

The Role

This firm’s HFT unit is sitting on a warehouse of alpha from researchers across the HFT business. What they don’t currently have is a cross-asset Monetisation Stack - the layer that turns raw signals into real-time, risk-balanced positions.

That’s where you come in. As the Lead Monetisation Quant, you will:

• Pipe every alpha stream through a clean, latency-aware weighting engine.
• Build an optimiser for intraday books, factoring capacity, impact, and microstructure quirks.
• Own live PnL attribution and feedback to researchers & traders.
• Hire and mentor the team that will scale this from “clever prototype” to “firm-wide PnL driver”.

Green-field. No legacy code. You set the standards.

The Opportunity

• All the levers, none of the red tape – direct line to the head of the HFT business, a chance to own the project and develop a cross-asset monetisation framework (starting with Equity and expanding out)
• Massive surface area – every equity alpha the firm produces flows through your framework; your tweaks move firm-level returns.
• Global flexibility – London HQ initially, but with global mobility in the future.

About You

• ~5+ years quant experience with at least 2 years designing portfolio construction / optimisation for intraday / short-term equities.
• Fluent in statistics & ML (shrinkage, online learning, factor models) and market microstructure (spreads, impact, queue dynamics).
• Polyglot coder who can prototype in Python and drop to C++ when speed matters.
• Comfortable leading 3–5 quants, owning architecture and managing engineering collaboration with technology.

Interested?

Drop me a line: [emailprotected] (or hit “Apply” and then email me so I know you’re not a bot). We’ll keep it confidential.

(If you’re looking for pure alpha research roles or a pod seat, this isn’t it (but we should still chat... see above contact address). If you want to build the engine for alpha combination to make serious impact on already serious PnL, let’s talk.)