Quantitative Researcher — Short-Horizon Systematic Trading
Core
Find trading opportunities, test ideas, and turn research into live systematic trading strategies.
Role type
Senior IC quantitative researcher (short-horizon systematic trading)
Builds
Live trading strategies for a proprietary trading firm
Domain
Systematic trading (equities, futures, stat arb, HFT, digital assets)
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, backtesting, validation, large market datasets, short-horizon/high-turnover strategy design, alpha/predictive signal research
Preferred skills
Experience with different datasets, signals, or trading environments
Responsibilities
Hypothesis generation, backtesting, validation, production deployment, explaining personal research contributions
