Equity Quant Researcher - MFT

A Tier-One Trading Firm in NYC is looking for an Equity Quant Researcher to join a large Mid-Frequency Team build underway. The incoming Quant Researcher will work in a 20-person team comprised of skilled QRs and QDs and build out end-to-end systematic strategies across global equity exchanges with holding periods targeting intraday (seconds/minutes/hours) to several days.

The group is led by a veteran QR who is intentional in bringing on collaborative members with a variety of skills to provide complementary coverage in the group. The group boasts impressive research and trading infrastructure to support strategy research, a wide array of market/fundamental/alternative datasets for signal work and centralized teams to support QRs throughout the research lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 3+ years experience working on equity alpha research (open to US, APAC or EU markets)
• Advanced mathematical modeling skills
• Advanced statistical modeling skills (experience leveraging ML techniques is a plus but not required)
• Strong CS fundamentals (Python and/or C++)
• Desire to work in a collaborative team