Quantitative Researcher

Our client is an up-and-coming quantitative hedge fund in serious growth mode, backed by a major multi-strategy platform. The team has a proven record of delivering superior global risk-adjusted returns in a collaborative yet competitive environment, leveraging proprietary technology for rapid experimentation and flexible quantitative approaches at scale. This is ground-floor energy with institutional backing—a rare combination.

The Opportunity

You’ll improve existing strategies and build new ones, expanding your understanding of markets and trading with every cycle. This is a seat for someone who thrives on rigorous quantitative analysis, large datasets, and the relentless pursuit of better risk-adjusted returns. If you’re the kind of researcher who reads papers for fun and then tries to turn them into PnL, keep reading.

What You’ll Do

• Create improvements to existing strategies, expanding your understanding of markets and trading in the process.
• Rigorously develop new techniques and strategies to increase scale and risk-adjusted returns.
• Collaborate with portfolio managers, researchers, and developers to identify and formulate data-driven answers to high-impact research questions.
• Actively explore interesting data and techniques through academic research, third-party providers, and conferences—converting findings into firm revenue.

What You Bring

• Excellent quantitative analysis skills and experience working with large datasets.
• Mental flexibility—you learn fast, question assumptions, and adjust your perspective when the data demands it.
• Strong programming, data analysis, and problem-solving skills in Python and/or R.
• Experience with machine learning and/or optimization techniques preferred.
• Bachelor of Science required; strong preference for a technical major from a top program.
• Minimum 2 years in a quantitative research role in finance or another technology-intensive field.

Why This Role

Full comp package includes discretionary bonus eligibility, coinvestment in the fund (no management or incentive fees), medical/dental/vision, daily catered lunch, paid parental leave, and retirement plan with employer match. This is a scaling fund with major multi-strat backing—early team members who deliver will have outsized career trajectories.