Sr Equities Quant For High Frequency Hedge Fund

Brand name hedge fund seeks elite equities quant for a new high frequency team.


Duties and Responsibilities
· Lead small teams of quantitative researchers in the research, development and implementation of quantitative and high frequency trading models
· Contribute original model and strategy ideas
· Help support the real time production system from a strategy perspective
· Contribute to the team’s culture of cooperation, rigorous research methodology and recruitment efforts

Skills/background
· Ability to independently create novel models and trading strategies
· Experience with empirical modeling of tick level financial data (US and global equities and FX preferred markets)
· Excellent high level programming skills (C++ experience is ideal)
· Ability to communicate complex ideas quickly and integrate well with a tight knit team of fellow quantitative researchers and software developers
· Four or more years of experience in the field
· Track record of success trading quantitative short term models and strategies