Senior Quant: Market Microstructure & HFT

JPMorganChase; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

On-site wellness centers

Job summary

JPMorganChase seeks an Associate or Vice President in the QTR Team with deep expertise in market microstructure and high- to medium-to-high-frequency trading to drive research on how electronic markets behave at fine time scales—and how that structure can be converted into robust, deployable systematic strategies. This is a research-forward role.

You will frame problems, build measurement and simulation machinery, run careful ablation studies, and develop models/strategies that hold up across

Qualifications

• Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience in a quantitative field.
• 2+ years of full-time quantitative research in high-/medium-frequency trading or related areas.
• Strong programming and data-analysis skills in Python; proficiency in C++ is desirable.
• Demonstrated rigor in experimental design and evaluation; separation of meaningful effects from artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Analyze high-frequency market data to identify predictive structure and opportunities.
• Develop alpha signals and trading features based on order flow and price formation.
• Design, backtest, and implement market-making and risk-taking strategies.
• Develop research and simulation methodologies incorporating latency and market impact.
• Optimize performance across signaling, execution, and intraday risk management.
• Collaborate with traders and developers to move strategies into production.

Skills

Python

C++

Quantitative analysis

Live trading systems

Education

Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

JPMorganChase seeks an Associate or Vice President in the QTR Team with deep expertise in market microstructure and high- to medium-to-high-frequency trading to drive research on how electronic markets behave at fine time scales—and how that structure can be converted into robust, deployable systematic strategies. This is a research-forward role.

You will frame problems, build measurement and simulation machinery, run careful ablation studies, and develop models/strategies that hold up across