Quantitative Trading & Research - Systematic Trading - Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks an Alpha Quant on the Equity Derivatives QTR team to advance end-to-end alpha research and production deployment across equity options and volatility markets.

You will collaborate with trading, leverage data analytics, and apply ML to drive research-to-production solutions with robust risk controls. You will build feature-rich models, develop backtesting and monitoring frameworks, and help scale reusable research libraries across regions.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative background with practical problem-solving skills.
• Direct working knowledge of signal research with market data and other financial data.
• Ownership mindset and ability to impact trading workflows.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with trading to design and deploy end-to-end signal research and deployment infrastructure.
• Develop alpha signals and systematic strategies; monitor performance and iterate.
• Model equity options and volatility dynamics for deployable strategies.
• Build backtesting, attribution, and regime analysis frameworks for derivatives PnL drivers.
• Integrate fundamental, quantitative, and microstructure features to support risk management.

Skills

Python

KDB

C++

Java

Signal research

Market data analysis

Education

MS or PhD in quantitative field

Tools

None specified

Job description

Are you ready to make an impact inEquity Derivatives trading? As a Quantitative Trading & Research (QTR) team member, you will drive innovation across thevol tradingecosystem by applying advanced data analytics, statistical modeling, and machine learning. Join our global team and leverage your skills to shape the future of financial markets.

We offer comprehensive training and growth opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career. Our diverse team supports a wide range of business functions, providing a unique environment for professional development. We are committed to accommodating diverse needs and fostering an inclusive workplace.

Job Summary

As an Alpha Quant on the Equity Derivatives QTR team, you will focus onend-to-end alpha research and strategy deployment across equity options and volatility markets. You will help drive the alpha research agenda for Systematic Derivatives, using data analytics and software engineering to deliverresearch-to-production strategies. Your role will involve feature engineering from diverse data sources, building robustalpha calibration, attribution, and monitoring frameworks, partnering closely with trading, and implementing systematic strategies with strong attention to execution, hedging, and risk.

Job Responsibilities

• Work closely with trading to build end-to-end design and implementation of daily and intraday signal research and deployment infrastructure, with special focus on equity derivatives / Systematic derivatives.
• Contribute from idea generation to production implementation: perform research, design prototypes, implement alpha signals and systematic strategies; support daily usage, monitor performance, and iterate based on live feedback.
• Research and model equity options and volatility dynamics (e.g., surface arbitrage, term structure, skew, dispersion, event risk, RV) and translate insights into deployable systematic strategies.
• Develop and maintain robust backtesting, attribution, and regime analysis frameworks tailored to derivatives PnL drivers.
• Build models that integrate fundamental, quantitative, and microstructure features to support risk internalization and/or risk warehousing, using statistics, machine learning, or heuristics as appropriate.
• Partner with the business on alpha capture, risk recycling, hedging design, and position/risk management for derivatives strategies (including Greeks and scenarios).
• Collaborate broadly with QTR teams across regions to build reusable research libraries, tooling, and standardized workflows for experimentation, deployment, and monitoring.
• (Plus) Leverage AI/ML and modern AI tooling to accelerate research and improve developer productivity, with an understanding of AI productionization (model governance, evaluation, monitoring, and safe professional use of AI agents).

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• You have a strong quantitative background, as well as practical problem-solving skills.
• You have direct working knowledge of signal research with market data and other financial data, alpha capture, and risk warehousing, preferably in equity derivatives.
• You like working closely with trading desks, understanding their business, and have a strong mind-set of ownership to have an impact on the way they operate.
• You demonstrate proficiency in code design and programming skills, with primary focus on Python, KDB, C++ or Java in a commercial environment.
• You have practical data analytics skills on real data sets gained through hands-on experience, and can handle and analyze complex, large scale, high-dimensionality data from various sources.
• You quickly grasp business concepts outside immediate area of expertise and adapt to rapidly changing business needs.
• You think strategically and creatively when faced with problems and opportunities. You always look for new ways of doing things.
• Your excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, can engage and influence partners and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Strong graduate degree (MS or PhD) in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Economics, …).
• Strong expertise in statistics and machine learning in financial industry.
• Robust testing and verification practice.
• Direct experience with electronic trading, and knowledge of trading algorithms.
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in finance: market making, electronic trading, trading strategies (high to low frequency: market making, statistical arbitrage, option trading…), or derivatives pricing and risk management.
• Knowledge of equity derivatives and volatility products is a plus.
• Plus: experience leveraging AI for research and engineering workflows, and familiarity with productionizing AI (repeatable pipelines, evaluation/monitoring, model risk awareness) and using AI agents professionally.