Senior Quantitative Researcher - New York, United States - Radley James

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    One of the most successful Buy Side electronic trading teams within the market making division based in New York are looking to bring on board an experienced quantitative individual in the US equities space.

    You will be one of 7 or 8 in a small Quant team with strong coverage of best in class machine learning techniques, designing and tuning algorithmic trading strategies to improve P&L, working with respective trading desks and technology.

    This position gives you the chance to design, back-test and calibrate models for Smart Order Routing, developing response functions for short term alphas. The team are recruiting for an experienced Quant within the US Equities space, with a deep understanding of the markets microstructure and order types.

    Requirements:

    • Masters or PhD in Statistical/Comp Sci Degree
    • 7+ years experience in Quant Research roles
    • Experience with handling large amounts of tick data
    • Professional experience with US Equities
    • (Java or C++) and Python

    Desirable:

    • Algo Trading
    • Leadership Experience
    • Buy Side Experience

    This role pays above market rate