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Quantitative Researcher - Discretionary Oil

Houston💼 Full-time💰 $150,000–$150,000🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and refine fundamental supply-and-demand models for global crude oil markets to generate actionable market outlooks and probabilistic trade recommendations for the trading desk.

Role type

Quantitative Researcher (Discretionary Oil)

Builds

Proprietary quantitative analytics and data visualization tools for evaluating trade hypotheses and backtesting market signals.

Domain

Energy (Crude Oil) + Quantitative Finance

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, SQL, Econometric techniques, Statistical forecasting, Supply and Demand Modeling, Data validation, Automated data pipelines, Statistical anomaly detection

Preferred skills

Domain expertise in global oil markets, Geopolitical risk analysis

Technologies

Python, SQL, Statistical libraries

Responsibilities

Design and refine fundamental supply-and-demand models incorporating production capacity, refinery utilization, and geopolitical factors. Architect and enhance proprietary analytics tools for trade hypothesis evaluation and backtesting. Conduct time-sensitive quantitative analyses of market dislocations (supply disruptions, regulatory shifts). Develop data validation frameworks to assess dataset integrity. Optimize automated data ingestion pipelines for fundamental market data. Formulate and present proprietary trade ideas to senior traders and portfolio managers.

Seniority

Mid-level (1+ years experience)

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