Quant Trader: Alpha Discovery & Systematic Execution

mavensecuritiesholdingltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

Group pension plan

Enhanced annual leave (after 2+ years)

25 days' annual leave + public holiday

Catered meals and snacks

Private healthcare

Life assurance

On-site gym

Monthly company events

Job summary

Maven Securities is expanding its Quantitative Positional Trading team and seeking exceptional Quant Traders to join a full-time role focusing on statistical arbitrage and relative value position taking.

The role covers alpha generation, portfolio construction, risk management, and end-to-end investment processes from market intuition to trade execution, with ownership and career growth in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in quantitative research or trading.
• Experience in portfolio construction.
• Comfort with risk ownership and strategy responsibility.
• Strong communication for fast iteration in a dynamic environment.
• Proficient in Python and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Active participation in trading and risk management of systematic strategies and discretionary decision making.
• Active participation in optimising and parametrising execution systems.
• Conduct research and backtests on potential alphas across the volatility surface, term structure, 0DTE, relative value and dispersion trades.
• Perform analysis into PnL attribution, market dynamics and changes in volatility surfaces.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, tech and quant teams to modelling and execution improvements.

Skills

Quantitative research

Trading

Portfolio construction

Communication

Analytical skills

Python/SQL

Job description

Maven Securities is expanding its Quantitative Positional Trading team and seeking exceptional Quant Traders to join a full-time role focusing on statistical arbitrage and relative value position taking.

The role covers alpha generation, portfolio construction, risk management, and end-to-end investment processes from market intuition to trade execution, with ownership and career growth in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.