CareerPlan

Quantitative Researcher

London, England, GBFull-time£200k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Research alphas within markets and create systematic trading strategies from signal generation to execution.

Role type

Quantitative Researcher

Builds

Systematic trading strategies

Domain

Quantitative finance

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Alpha research, signal generation, portfolio construction, backtesting, Python, C++, Java, advanced quantitative degree (Math/Stats/Physics/CS), financial market knowledge

Preferred skills

Professional experience in alpha generation, top academic institution background

Responsibilities

Undertake innovative research projects to uncover signals in large, noisy datasets; Extract alphas to create systematic trading strategies; Back-test strategies against historical markets and take them live on the firm's trading framework

Seniority

Graduate to mid-level (~4 years experience)