Junior Quantitative Researcher
Flow TradersAbout the Role
Flow Traders is looking for a Junior Quantitative Researcher to join the quantitative trading team at our Hong Kong office. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm, working alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry. As a firm, we are committed to leveraging advances in computer science, statistics, and machine learning to generate value in the financial markets.
A successful Quantitative Researcher is an expert in mathematics and statistics, passionate about translating challenging quantitative problems into equations and models, and skilled at optimizing them using cutting-edge computational techniques.
- Design, build, optimize, and deploy state-of-the-art models and algorithms for systematic trading.
- Analyze large datasets to identify patterns and signals that can be translated into trading strategies.
- Collaborate with traders and technologists to bring models from research into live production.
- Monitor and refine existing models based on live market performance.
Requirements
- A PhD degree in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or a related quantitative field
- Strong statistical and linear algebra knowledge
- Proficiency in implementing models and algorithms in programming languages such as Python or C++
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently on open-ended, ambiguous problems
- Ownership and entrepreneurship