Autonomy-Driven Systematic Equities Researcher

Anson McCade; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Anson McCade is supporting a market-leading proprietary trading and market making firm in APAC, seeking a Systematic Equities Quantitative Researcher to grow its cash equities program.

You will own the research-to-live-trading pipeline, develop alpha signals, backtest strategies robustly, and work with traders and engineers to improve execution, with strong autonomy and end-to-end ownership.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in quantitative research or systematic trading.
• Strong programming skills in Python; C++ knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with machine learning techniques and bringing research to live trading.

Responsibilities

• Conduct quantitative research to identify systematic trading opportunities in cash equities.
• Generate, test and refine alpha signals and predictive models.
• Design robust backtests and evaluate strategy performance.
• Develop and optimise trading strategies for live deployment.
• Collaborate with traders, researchers and engineers to improve execution.

Skills

Python

Machine learning

Quantitative research

Autonomy

End-to-end ownership

Education

Quantitative degree (Math/CS/Physics)

Tools

C++

Job description

Anson McCade is supporting a market-leading proprietary trading and market making firm in APAC, seeking a Systematic Equities Quantitative Researcher to grow its cash equities program.

You will own the research-to-live-trading pipeline, develop alpha signals, backtest strategies robustly, and work with traders and engineers to improve execution, with strong autonomy and end-to-end ownership.