Senior Quantitative Researcher: Global Equity & ETF Models

Global Trading Systems; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Meal allowance

Equinox membership

Office game room

Casual dress

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Global Trading Systems is seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to develop pricing, forecasting, and risk models powering our global trading business. You will build models from first principles, deploy them to production, and measure impact on live trading.

You will own research direction, shape how the desk prices securities, manages risk, and identifies opportunities across international markets. Collaboration with traders and developers is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of quantitative research or trading experience.
• Strong modeling of securities across intraday to multi-day horizons.
• Ability to build pricing or forecasting frameworks from the ground up.
• Strong Python skills and production-ready research tools.
• Deep knowledge of global market structure and currencies.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop quantitative models for trading and risk management across international equity and ETF markets.
• Analyze large, complex datasets to identify patterns and opportunities using statistical methods.
• Design rigorous research methods to evaluate new ideas and improve model performance across market environments.
• Collaborate with traders and quantitative developers to translate research into production systems.
• Monitor the performance of live models and refine them based on empirical results.
• Promote high standards for reproducibility, communication, and research quality.

Skills

Python

Statistics

Data analysis

Research

Automation

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in a quantitative discipline

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Global Trading Systems is seeking a Senior Quantitative Researcher to develop pricing, forecasting, and risk models powering our global trading business. You will build models from first principles, deploy them to production, and measure impact on live trading.

You will own research direction, shape how the desk prices securities, manages risk, and identifies opportunities across international markets. Collaboration with traders and developers is essential.