Senior Quantitative Researcher: Build Systematic Equity

Univerz HR Consulting Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Univerz HR Consulting Pte Ltd is seeking a hands-on quantitative investor to build and own a systematic equity platform from signal research to live trading in Singapore. You will collaborate with the fundamental team to translate discretionary insights into testable rules and scale strategies from paper to live capital.

The role requires leading-edge skills in statistics, factor modeling, and ML with strong Python prowess, plus autonomy to own investment outcomes and the underlying system.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of quantitative equity research or portfolio management experience.
• Experience taking strategies from idea generation to live trading.
• Strong background in statistics, factor modeling, ML, and Python.
• Hands-on experience in portfolio construction and risk management.
• Ability to work autonomously and own investment results and systems.
• Experience with long-only equities; market-neutral or derivatives experience is valuable.
• Mandarin and English bilingual capability is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain quantitative equity signals and the strategy
• Run and monitor paper trading; define go/no-go criteria for live capital allocation
• Define validation metrics and go/no-go criteria for moving strategies from paper to live capital
• Monitor live strategies and continuously evaluate signal decay, portfolio risk, and performance attribution
• Partner with fundamental analysts to convert investment judgment into quantifiable and backtestable rules
• Use AI coding and research agents to accelerate research, coding, data processing, and infrastructure development
• Report performance, validation results, risks, and strategy pipeline directly to the CIO

Skills

Quantitative research

Portfolio management

Python programming

Machine learning

Risk management

Autonomy

Investor communication

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

Univerz HR Consulting Pte Ltd is seeking a hands-on quantitative investor to build and own a systematic equity platform from signal research to live trading in Singapore. You will collaborate with the fundamental team to translate discretionary insights into testable rules and scale strategies from paper to live capital.

The role requires leading-edge skills in statistics, factor modeling, and ML with strong Python prowess, plus autonomy to own investment outcomes and the underlying system.