Portfolio Manager

Anson McCade; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Anson McCade is recruiting mid/senior Quantitative Researchers or Portfolio Managers for an AI-native quantitative investment platform preparing to launch in London. You will join a team of researchers, mathematicians, physicists and AI specialists and contribute to research, strategy development and demonstrable PnL.

The role emphasizes ownership over research, platform evolution, and live trading, with a preference for candidates from proprietary trading or entrepreneurial quant teams.

Qualifications

• 3–10 years of experience in quantitative trading/research.
• Experience taking strategies from research to live trading.
• Demonstrable live PnL track record preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build platform with ownership over research, strategy, and PnL.
• Influence strategy development and platform evolution.
• Work within a platform approaching launch with infrastructure and datasets in place.
• Collaborate with a team of researchers, mathematicians, physicists and AI talent.
• On-site work with a minimum of 3 days per week.

Skills

MFT trading

Intraday futures

Long/short

Market microstructure

PnL track record

Research to live trading

Platform ownership

Team collaboration

HFT experience

Job description

A rapidly growing, AI-native quantitative investment firm is building out its investment team ahead of launch. The firm brings together leading quantitative researchers, mathematicians, physicists and AI talent across the US, Europe and the Middle East.

The firm is now looking for mid/senior-level Quantitative Researchers or Portfolio Managers with a proven track record in mid-frequency trading (MFT). The ideal candidate will have 3–10 years of industry experience, with a preference for individuals coming from proprietary trading environments or entrepreneurial quant teams, rather than large, highly structured institutions. The opportunity is particularly suited to someone who wants to help build a platform and have meaningful ownership over research, strategy development and ultimately PnL.

About the Role

Responsibilities

• Help build a platform and have meaningful ownership over research, strategy development and ultimately PnL.
• Influence strategy development, research direction and the evolution of the trading platform.
• Work within a platform approaching launch with infrastructure, research stack and datasets already largely in place.
• Collaborate with a team of leading quantitative researchers, mathematicians, physicists and AI talent across the US, Europe and the Middle East.
• Work from the office with a minimum expectation of 3 days per week.

Qualifications

• Typically 3–10 years' experience in quantitative trading/research.

Required Skills

• Strong MFT experience, specifically in one or more of:
• Intraday futures
• Long/short strategies with typical holding periods of ~3–5 days
• ADR / global equity arbitrage
• Strong understanding of market microstructure and execution.
• Experience taking strategies from research through to live trading.
• Ideally, a demonstrable live PnL track record from strategies recently built or co-built.
• A genuine appetite to join an early-stage platform and help build something rather than simply inherit an established book.

Preferred Skills

• HFT experience is useful but not essential.