Graduate Quantitative Researcher: AI for Markets

Optiver Holding BV; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Optiver, a leading trading firm, seeks a Graduate Quantitative Researcher (PhD) to tackle challenging problems in global financial markets. Work with researchers, engineers, and traders to analyze large-scale data, develop predictive models, and apply ML techniques to identify trading opportunities.

The role involves end-to-end research from framing questions to validating models in live market environments, leveraging AI-enabled infrastructure to transform insights into actionable trading

Qualifications

• PhD in Statistics, CS, ML, Math or related STEM field.
• Expected to graduate by mid-2027 and available to start upon graduation.
• Strong foundation in mathematics, probability, and statistics.
• Experience applying machine learning methods to real-world problems such as time-series analysis, prediction, forecasting, pattern recognition, optimization, or decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Develop predictive models and machine learning systems to understand market behavior and identify opportunities.
• Analyze large-scale market and order-flow data to uncover signals and evaluate hypotheses.
• Build and test statistical and stochastic models for pricing, forecasting, and risk management.
• Apply modern research techniques, including deep learning and AI-enabled workflows, to accelerate discovery.

Skills

Programming

Mathematics

Statistics

Machine Learning

Time-series analysis

Education

PhD in Statistics, CS, ML, Math or related STEM

Job description

Optiver, a leading trading firm, seeks a Graduate Quantitative Researcher (PhD) to tackle challenging problems in global financial markets. Work with researchers, engineers, and traders to analyze large-scale data, develop predictive models, and apply ML techniques to identify trading opportunities.

The role involves end-to-end research from framing questions to validating models in live market environments, leveraging AI-enabled infrastructure to transform insights into actionable trading