Founding Quant Trader Research Lead - FX

DCA Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stake

Hybrid work

Startup environment

Job summary

DCA Recruitment is partnering with a fintech startup to hire a hands-on Co-founder & Head of Quantitative Trading Research. You will lead research, design, and execution of high-speed FX arbitrage strategies, helping establish the firm's long-term technology roadmap. Location: UK with remote during initial R&D and hybrid in London.

Equity stake plus cash salary after successful fundraising. This is a founder role at an early-stage fintech, offering an exciting opportunity to build proprietary

Qualifications

• Strong background in quantitative finance, applied math, statistics or physics.
• Proven experience in high speed/frequency trading research.
• Deep understanding of FX market microstructure and electronic execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead research and development of automated FX arbitrage strategies.
• Design backtests and validate models with live testing.
• Collaborate with hardware/FPGA teams to deploy algorithms.
• Define risk controls and performance metrics for live trading.

Skills

Quantitative finance

Python

C++

HFT

Machine learning

Education

Math/Physics/CS degree

Tools

Python

C++

Backtesting

Job description

DCA Recruitment is partnering with a fintech startup to hire a hands-on Co-founder & Head of Quantitative Trading Research. You will lead research, design, and execution of high-speed FX arbitrage strategies, helping establish the firm's long-term technology roadmap. Location: UK with remote during initial R&D and hybrid in London.

Equity stake plus cash salary after successful fundraising. This is a founder role at an early-stage fintech, offering an exciting opportunity to build proprietary