Junior Quant Researcher - Up to £300,000

Title: Junior Quant Researcher

Company: Proprietary HFT

Location: Cambridge

Compensation: Up to £300,000

Company:

A proprietary trading firm in Cambridge, specialising in the research and development of ultra-low-latency automated trading strategies, are looking for a Junior Quant Researcher with a demonstrable background of iterating rapidly on complex mathematical experiments.

It is important that you have been involved in fast-paced research projects involving rapid iteration, as this dynamic role will require you to rapidly prototype - and ultimately move into production brand new models, often from scratch.

Role:

• You will build upon existing models as well as design new trading algorithms to increase profitability
• Work closely with a close-knit team of Traders, Engineers and Computer Scientists
• This is an early-stage hire for the team. Much of your work will be completely greenfield. You will have a very high-impact position in the team, and will be financially rewarded proportionally to your success

About you:

• Highly numerate
• Comfortable with C++ (must)
• Experience with Python
• Work well to tight deadlines
• Top grades
• Experience managing experiments/mathematical or statistical research involving rapid iteration.

Full details are available. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with max@platform-recruitment.com to learn more.