What are the responsibilities and job description for the Jr Quant Researcher position at JW Michaels & Co.?
Our client is a fantastic top tier global hedge fund who is looking to add & grow a junior quantitative researcher to join an existing team Systematic Vol trading team. This Jr quantitative researcher role will work alongside the PM and existing team and key stakeholders to help productionize & optimize their core strategies and signals.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Work with Quant Developers to develop trading tools in Python
- Improve data, alpha signals, portfolio construction, execution & risk
- Back-test strategies and monitor trading & execution risk
- Work with key stakeholders to productionize new strategies & trading ideas
- Work to continuously optimize, test, debug and enhance all aspects of the portfolio & its outputs and P&L
- Work on ad hoc projects as requested
Qualifications
- Prefer STEM or CS/EE Degree from top university -- advanced degrees a plus
- Expert level Python with experience with SQL & KDB
- Excellent problem-solving and collaborative skill sets
- 2 years working within EQD
- Experience using ML to build statistical models to build out platform
- Openness to work with key stakeholders ie, Engineers & Developers to productionize updates to strategies
Salary : $100,000 - $150,000
