Quantitative Researcher

Senior Quantitative Researcher – Options, Futures & Equities (Delta One)

Locations: Singapore or Shanghai

We are partnering with a leading, technology driven trading firm to hire experienced Quantitative Researchers across Options, Futures and Equities (Delta One). This is a high impact role for researchers who enjoy owning problems end to end and working closely with traders in a fast moving, collaborative environment.

You will work on complex, data driven problems with direct feedback from live trading, contributing to strategy development across pricing, modelling, forecasting and execution.

What you'll do

• Research, develop and improve systematic trading strategies across Options, Futures and/or Equities (Delta One)
• Build and enhance quantitative models spanning pricing, volatility, forecasting, optimisation and execution
• Work closely with traders to translate research into production ready strategies
• Conduct computationally intensive research using large internal and external datasets
• Own projects end to end, from research and prototyping through to implementation
• Collaborate with other senior researchers and contribute to strategic discussions shaping the desk's direction

What they're looking for

• 3+ years experience in quantitative research or systematic trading within Options, Futures or Delta One Equities
• Strong track record on a high performing or market leading trading desk
• Deep understanding of mathematical, statistical and data driven modelling techniques
• Hands on experience implementing research into production environments
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++
• Comfortable working with large datasets and computationally intensive workflows
• Intellectually curious, commercially minded and collaborative
• Confident communicator, able to challenge ideas and influence outcomes

Backgrounds in options volatility research, delta one equities, or futures trading are all welcomed.

What's on offer

• Opportunity to work alongside top tier traders and researchers
• Meaningful ownership of high impact trading problems
• Competitive compensation and performance driven rewards
• Strong focus on learning, mentorship and long term development
• Collaborative, low ego culture with direct exposure to decision makers

Note: If you don't hear back within 3 days, your application was unfortunately not successful.