Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a quantitative researcher. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don't fill all the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHER
The primary responsibility is to apply mathematical and statistical techniques to address practical investment challenges, shape our insights into how the markets will behave and develop investment models to generate new alpha through quantitative, event-driven signals.
- Identify, collect, and manipulate large sets of financial markets, industry-specific, and macroeconomic data to analyse and forecast business, industry and economic conditions and trends required for alpha generation
- Monitor any relevant academic and financial market research to identify and synthesize secondary, qualitative, and/or and behavioural data that may be difficult to gather via primary research to complement primary research findings and expand the collection of market analytics and strategy signals
- Apply tick-level data analysis and real-world trading experimentation to test the efficacy of factors and define strategy decision-making and asset allocation decisions across asset classes
- Work with execution team on trading strategies and analysis to ensure current and proposed ideas are implemented, monitored, and executed efficiently and accurately
- Regularly present findings and ideas to management team.
Qualifications
- Bachelor or Master's Degree in related fields such as Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics or equivalent
- Programming and database skills like MATLAB, Python, Bloomberg, SQL, VB, Microsoft Office
- Demonstrated ability to complete high-level investment related research independently
- Preference given to candidates with hands-on experience with statistical testing, A/B testing, predictive modelling, regressions, factor analysis
- Preference given to candidates with relevant experience in algorithmic trading, automated market making, and/or proprietary trading
- Bilingual in both English and Mandarin to communicate with team members.
