Junior Algorithmic/ Quantitative Trader / Researcher – New York recruitment
My client is a very well established multibillion dollar quantitative hedge fund, with a very successful track record, and consistently profitable since inception.
This job is an opportunity to develop fully automated quantitative trading strategies/models, and build an extremely profitable career within Quantitative Finance.
The funds quantitative traders work in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment: each trader responsible for managing their own book, their own trades, and for staying on top of the latest developments in the field of quantitative finance, whether these developments come from practitioner publications, conferences, academic literature, or from our own research department.
Candidate requirements:
Ph. D or MS in a highly quantitative field: Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Engineering, Operations Research, with exceptional academics results
Candidates must have extremely strong mathematical skills (stochastic calculus, linear algebra, optimization etc), with the ability to apply mathematical theory to practical problem solving, be creative and have a proven track-record of successful model-building (field irrelevant) and be original innovative thinkers
Mature programming skills (C++/Python/Perl) required
Previous experience in quantitative finance a plus, not required
New York based. (The fund will relocate the right candidates from any geography)
Please reply to rw@capitalchase.com for immediate consideration, interviews are being scheduled now, all applicants are handled confidentially, and never put forward with approval.