Senior Quant Researcher | High Frequency Delta 1

Eclipse Trading; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic and collaborative work environment

Flat management structure

Work-life balance

Fully stocked kitchen

Attractive benefits package with discretionary bonus

Job summary

Eclipse Trading is seeking a Senior Quant Researcher to join their innovative trading team in Hong Kong. The role focuses on analyzing large datasets to predict market movements, improving trading strategies, and collaborating closely with traders. Candidates should hold advanced degrees in quantitative disciplines and possess extensive experience in financial markets and programming.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in analyzing real-world data in a first-class research environment.
• Experience in high frequency Delta 1 trading, in equities or futures preferred.
• Good command of spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Process and analyze large datasets to detect hidden signals and patterns.
• Perform quantitative analysis and modeling to improve trading strategies.
• Take an idea from inception to production release.

Skills

Data analysis

Machine Learning

Statistical modeling

Programming in C++

Communication skills

Education

Masters or PhD in Statistics

Masters or PhD in Mathematics

Masters or PhD in Physics

Tools

Python

Job description

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Senior Quant Researcher | High Frequency Delta 1

Eclipse Trading is a leading proprietary derivatives trading firm. Founded in 2007, we have over 100 employees across 4 office locations – Hong Kong (our HQ), Sydney, Shanghai and Chicago. Our trading expertise and strategies are deployed across several markets globally, focusing on various products including equity derivatives, delta one, ETFs, commodity derivatives, and cryptocurrency. Technology is inextricably linked to our trading strategies, creating an environment powered by intellectual curiosity, problem solving, and innovation.

At Eclipse, we process hundreds of millions of data points per day, and the size and variety of data always grows. Our quantitative research team is based in our headquarters in Hong Kong, working where the decisions are made and have an opportunity to contribute directly to the bottom line.

The successful candidate will use our large amounts of internally and externally generated time series data and convert these to signals that help drive our trading and algorithms. The initial focus will be on predicting stock and futures short term moves.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Process and analyse large datasets to detect hidden signals and patterns in order to predict future events
• Perform quantitative analysis and modelling on the market to improve current trading strategies and develop new ones
• Take an idea from inception, through to detailed research, coding, and testing, and ultimately to production release
• Work independently yet closely with traders and IT staff
  
  

What you offer

• Masters or PhD in a quantitative discipline e.g. Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, Signal Processing, Machine Learning, etc
• 5+ years experience in analysing real world data in a first class research environment. Exposure to a variety of datasets would be an advantage. Experience in using machine learning to forecast sequence or time series data preferred
• 3+ years of financial markets experience working directly with trading desks
• Experience in high frequency Delta 1 trading, in equities or futures, preferred
• Experience working with low latency, real time systems preferred
• Very strong skills in writing production code in an OO programming language (prefer C++), and a statistical language (prefer Python), with understanding of software development workflows required
• Excellent communication skills
• Good command of spoken and written English
  
  

What we offer

• Dynamic and collaborative work environment
• A flat management structure, where everyone's voice is valued
• Work life balance within a multi-cultural environment
• Fully stocked kitchen for breakfast and lunch
• Attractive benefits package with discretionary bonus
  
  

Eclipse Trading is an equal opportunity employer and we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential pillars of our success as a company. We are dedicated to embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential.

All information provided will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purposes.

Due to the high number of responses that we receive, we are only able to respond to successful applicants.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Capital Markets

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