Research - Quantitative Strategy - Associate

Your role :

Do you have a passion for building quantitative models and technology platforms Are you a strong team player Do you long for a challenging environment where you can leverage your problem-solving skills

We're looking for a quantitative researcher to:

. build quantitative strategies to generate alpha and explain market microstructure in the Indian capital markets

. continue the design, build and maintenance of the core platform that underpins our research and products

. develop and help maintain our API offering, suite of data products and quant research tools

. work closely with quant researchers build robust, production-ready research models

. work with our internal data teams and vendors to bring new capabilities to the platform

Your team :

You'll be working as part of the Quant Research team based in Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai). Our global team spread over 8 locations consists of software developers and quantitative researchers. We develop quant-based alpha models (primarily covering Global Equities), risk analytics and partner with our fundamental analysts to deliver proprietary research and solutions for our institutional clients.

You'll play an important role in keeping our platform at the leading edge of alpha strategies and technology, whilst being lean, efficient and robust.

Your expertise :

. A degree with quantitative background.

. 5+ years experience working with the Indian market, with a deep understanding of local business practices, market dynamics, regulatory landscape, and investor behavior. Experience with derivatives, including futures, options, and other derivative instruments, is highly preferred.

. Extensive experience quantitative analyses or software development (data structures and algorithms) within the finance sector or a similar environment.

. Proficient in Python and its mainstream data/scientific libraries - able to design elegant solutions, write clean code and solve complex problems.

. Familiar with source code management, build pipelines, and Gitlab/ADO or similar

. Proficiency in English is required Hindi proficiency is highly preferred.

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