Tower Research Capital
Senior Quantitative Researcher
$120K–$200K
New York, NY, United States +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 5, 2025
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
Charleston, SC, United States
Chicago, IL, United States - Education
- Research experience equivalent to a research-oriented master’s degree or ideally a PhD in mathematics, machine learning, computer science, physics, or a similar quantitative field.
About the job
Build and deploy systematic trading strategies by researching market behavior, developing predictive models, and implementing optimization-based algorithms.
What you'll do
- Analyze large data sets to test hypotheses about market behavior and model financial instruments’ valuation and returns.
- Formalize and implement trading strategies and algorithms using optimization methods.
- Build scalable research tools and platforms spanning data analysis, model calibration, and reporting.
What they ask for
- Strong quantitative research experience in systematic trading across idea generation, research, deployment, and production analysis, with impactful results.
- Effective programming skills and experience building scalable software in Python or C++, ideally both.
- Strong research experience equivalent to a research-oriented master’s degree or ideally a PhD in a quantitative field.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
Nice to have
- PhD in a quantitative field.
- Experience programming in both Python and C++.
Pay
$120,000- $200,000 USD annual base salary
Tools
Python, C++
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