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Quantitative Systematic Trader - PhD: 2026

Sydney, New South Wales💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-24

Core

Develop new electronic trading strategies by investigating market data ideas, running backtests, and monitoring real-time performance in financial markets.

Role type

Senior IC quantitative systematic trader (PhD level)

Builds

Electronic trading strategies for derivatives and listed financial products

Domain

Financial markets, quantitative trading, derivatives

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, C++, mathematics, statistics, logical reasoning, analytical problem-solving

Preferred skills

Low-level programming, strategic games experience

Technologies

Python, C++, proprietary data sets

Responsibilities

Investigate market data ideas to discover trading signals, run backtests to assess signal strength, collaborate with technologists to deploy strategies, monitor real-time performance, brainstorm new ideas with researchers and traders

Seniority

PhD level, entry-to-mid career (2026 cohort)

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