Quantitative Researcher: Build Automated Trading Models

P2P; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A diversified trading firm is seeking a Quantitative Researcher to develop mathematical models and optimize trading strategies. The role involves extracting signals from financial data and collaborating on software development. Candidates should have a technical degree and experience in data handling, along with programming skills in Python, R, MATLAB, or C++. Training for financial markets will be provided.

Qualifications

• A degree in a technical discipline with a focus on statistics, machine learning, signal processing, optimization and control.
• Experience handling large data sets.
• Expertise in programming using Python, R, MATLAB, or C++ for conducting research.
• Significant hands-on experience applying machine learning algorithms to real world problems.
• Strong problem-solving and statistics skills.

Responsibilities

• Extract predictive signals from financial data through traditional statistical analysis and machine learning techniques.
• Assist software developers to translate research strategies into production software.
• Optimize the order execution and risk management of the trading system.
• Create robust solutions to problems in the trading environment.
• Automate human-decision based trading strategies.

Job description

A diversified trading firm is seeking a Quantitative Researcher to develop mathematical models and optimize trading strategies. The role involves extracting signals from financial data and collaborating on software development. Candidates should have a technical degree and experience in data handling, along with programming skills in Python, R, MATLAB, or C++. Training for financial markets will be provided.