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Junior Quantitative Researcher

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Remote
Hiring Remotely in New Jersey, USA
Junior
Remote
Hiring Remotely in New Jersey, USA
Junior
The Junior Quantitative Researcher will assist in improving trading strategies, conduct quantitative research, and analyze financial data to identify alpha patterns.
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Job Responsibilities:

  1. Support and improve existing trading strategies.

  2. Assist senior quantitative researchers to carry out quantitative strategy design, research and development in global futures, stock, options and cryptocurrency markets.

  3. Statistically analyze large-scale tick-by-tick financial data to extract alpha patterns.

 

Qualifications:

  1. Applicants must have graduated with advanced degrees from top universities, majoring in science and engineering, preferably Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, EE, and Physics. Have formal training of independent academic research.

  2. 1-3 years of work experience in systematic alpha research/equity trading.

  3. Programming skills: proficient in the following programming languages - C++ and Python.

  4. Mathematical basics: having a good understanding of data science, being critical in learning knowledge, understanding at least one of statistical modeling, machine learning, econometrics or optimization.

  5. Being fast, critical and reasonable in thinking.

  6. Good communicator, being rigorous, patient, and having a strong sense of teamwork.

  7. Highly motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.

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Scientech Research Jersey City, New Jersey, USA Office

101 Hudson St, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, 07302

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