Low Latency Quant Researcher – New York OR London

Oxford Knight; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading systematic hedge fund is seeking a Low Latency Quant Researcher based in London or New York. The role involves researching and developing automated trading strategies in the futures market. Ideal candidates will possess strong programming skills, relevant quantitative experience, and advanced degrees in quantitative fields. This position offers a collaborative culture, competitive salaries, and performance bonuses.

Benefits

Competitive base salaries

Performance-based bonuses

Collaborative culture

Work with passionate colleagues

Qualifications

• 3+ years of comparable research experience in low latency futures signals and strategies.
• Strong programming skills in high-level and lower-level languages, with fluency in at least one.
• Excellent understanding of probabilities, statistics, and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Research and implement fully automated systematic futures signals and strategies.
• Focus on building low latency trading models for liquid futures market.

Skills

Programming in Python

Programming in R

Quantitative analysis

Statistical modeling

Optimization skills

Education

MS/PhD in Statistics, ML, Physics, Maths, or Engineering

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Low Latency Quant Researcher – New York OR London, London

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Client:

Oxford Knight

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

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Job Description:

Location: New York or London

A leading systematic hedge fund investing across a variety of financial markets, my client is seeking a creative problem-solver to be the next Quant Researcher in their low latency machine learning trading team, based in either New York or London.

This team currently researches and builds low latency trading models in the liquid futures space, and your role will focus on researching and implementing fully automated systematic futures signals and strategies for the short to medium term.

If you have a strong work ethic and do your best work when given autonomy and ownership of projects, this is the role for you.

Requirements

• 3+ years of comparable research experience (low latency futures signals and strategies)
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Statistics, ML, Physics, Maths, Engineering or other quant field from top-tier institution strongly preferred
• Strong programming skills in high-level (e.g. Python, R, Julia) and lower-level (e.g. C, C++) languages, with fluency in at least one
• Excellent understanding of probabilities, statistics and optimization
• Experience manipulating large datasets, including tick-level data

Rewards and Incentives

• Competitive base salaries and performance-based bonuses
• Very collaborative culture, ideas are implemented
• Work with passionate, forward-thinking, incredibly smart people