Quantitative Researcher - Hedge Fund - New York

One of our Multi-strategy hedge fund clients is seeking a dedicated and motivated professional to join them at their New York office. They are a registered investment advisor managing a multi-billion dollar global portfolio using quantitative techniques.They develop fully automated investment strategies that leverage statistical arbitrage themes to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns over a multi-year period. By leveraging statistical arbitrage themes, they develop fully automated investment strategies to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns over a multi-year period.The company maintains and supports over a petabyte of market, historical and derived data for use in research and trading, and their in-house regional operation teams monitor and help strategists implement their strategies on a global scale.ResponsibilitiesYour responsibilities could include:Read and synthesize assigned finance research papers.Test research on real datasets and analyze validity of research via alpha generation and backtesting using various modeling methods.Data quality checking and improvement.Creating and editing documentation on research process and teracting across teams to help implement research-tested solutions.Be working with a global team of experienced mentors and analysts.RequirementsEnrolled in an academic program pursuing Bachelors Masters PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics degree, or any other applicable STEM degree.Highly motivated and proactive.Excellent communication skills.Ability to work independently and in a team.Solid background in Statistics.Able to demonstrate problem-solving and coding skills in at least one programmingscripting language.At least some knowledge of current data science techniques.Nice To Have:Minimal user experience in the Linux environment.Financial marketsdata experience.Machine learning experience.PythonPandas experience.AWS Cloud experience.Benefits401(k), 401(k) matching, Dental Insurance, Employee discount, Health insurance, Health savings account, Life insurance, Paid time offRetirement planVision insuranceDetailsLocation: New YorkSalary is competitive

Created: 2024-11-06