Equities Quant For High Frequency Hedge Fund

Our client, one of the iconic hedge funds in the industry, is seeking quants with equities backgrounds for a new high frequency trading team.

Duties and Responsibilities
· Conduct research on models to capture tradable anomalies in security prices
· Develop and implement trading strategies
· Manage trading and risk in real time production system
· Help acquire and maintain market data
· Analyze production data to improve performance and profitability of strategies


Skills/background
· Typically, successful candidates will have a PhD in a quantitatively demanding field (mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, electrical engineering, etc) from an elite institution
· Ability to independently create novel models and trading strategies
· Experience with typical modeling tools such as time series analysis, statistical signal processing, etc.
· 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
· One to three years of experience working in a quantitative trading group are an asset.