The Voleon Group
Quantitative Trading Strategist
$160K–$200K
Berkeley, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 11, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in a quantitative trading environment with an emphasis on quantitative research.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or quantitative discipline.
About the job
Improves systematic trading strategy implementation by combining market expertise and quantitative research across execution, securities lending, and portfolio financing.
What you'll do
- Measure and improve algorithmic execution quality; research market topics and present findings.
- Develop production code, packages, data pipelines, and trading applications.
- Collaborate with trading and R&D teams, provide market microstructure expertise, and manage external broker and trading partner relationships.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of experience in a quantitative trading environment emphasizing quantitative research.
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or quantitative discipline.
- Highly capable in Python, R, and SQL, including writing production-level code.
- Proficient in basic statistics and able to apply valid methods to real-world data; comprehensive understanding of market microstructure.
Pay
$160K – $200K USD base salary
Tools
Python, R, SQL
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