Quantitative Researcher/Trader Stat Arb

Radley James
City of London, England
12 months ago
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A leading international systematic trading firm is looking to bring on a talented mid level statistical arbitrage quantitative researcher/trader in London to help in the design, development, and implementation of systematic trading strategies. You’ll be working alongside experienced industry professionals on projects including alpha research, risk management, and portfolio construction, and will have the chance to see the direct impact of your work on the business. This will be US equities intraday trading.

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Advanced degree in a quantitative subject or PhD (Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering etc.).
Programming experience in one major language (C++, C#, Python etc.).
Alpha researcher from an equities/stat-arb background
Non competes of less than 12 months
At least 2 years working within this space

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Experience working with large data sets.

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