What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Quantitative Researcher position at JW Michaels & Co.?
Our client is a globally leading systematic hedge fund who is looking to add a Senior Quantitative Researcher to join an existing team Systematic Macro trading team.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research to improve the efficiency, of existing trading signals
- Design and develop new systematic signals trading futures and FX markets that diversify current production strategies across style, alpha source, and market exposure
- Create and refine portfolio construction and optimization frameworks aimed at maximizing performance while managing risk, drawdowns, and transaction costs
- Improve the scalability and adaptability of portfolios to support customized investment objectives for clients
- Adhere to disciplined research and development practices to minimize discrepancies between backtested results and live trading performance
- Collaborate closely within a research team, leveraging shared development tools to ensure research is robustly implemented and transitioned into production trading systems
- Partner cross-functionally with technology, operations, trading, marketing, and accounting teams to ensure ideas, both existing and proposed, are implemented, monitored, and executed accurately and efficiently
- Present research insights, results, and investment ideas on a regular basis to senior management and the investment committee
- Support additional initiatives and projects as directed by senior leadership
Requirements
- PhD or MS in a quantitative discipline
- 7 years of professional experience in systematic futures and/or FX trading within a buy-side environment
- Strong understanding of securities and derivatives markets and the investment process, with experience in mid- to low-frequency systematic strategies
- Advanced programming expertise in languages commonly used for quantitative research and strategy development
- Ability to distill complex quantitative concepts into clear, well-structured written analysis
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Prior experience leading or managing a team of quantitative researchers is a plus
Salary : $200,000 - $300,000