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Quantitative Researcher

Fintal Partners
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 12/18/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/16/2026

Top Global Proprietary Trading Firm


Our client is looking for an experienced Quantitative Researcher to develop high-frequency, low-latency strategies across equities and equity options. You’ll research predictive signals, analyze large datasets, and work closely with engineers to bring new ideas from prototype to production in a fully automated trading environment.


Core Responsibilities

  • Analyze large-scale market data to develop new signals and improve existing models.
  • Rapidly prototype and test algorithmic ideas, primarily in Python.
  • Collaborate with developers to build and refine a robust research and production framework.
  • Drive research from hypothesis through validation to live deployment.


Skills & Experience

  • 3 years of quant research experience in equities or equity options.
  • Hands-on experience with signal generation and predictive modeling.
  • Strong academic background in a quantitative field (Math, Physics, CS, Engineering, etc.).
  • Experience with automated trading or market-making systems is a plus.
  • Proficiency in Python; familiarity with C is beneficial.

Salary : $250,000 - $1,000,000

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