Trexquant
Quantitative Researcher - PhD (USA)
$150K–$200K
New York, New York +1 · Full-time · Posted Jul 1, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York
Stamford, Connecticut - Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or another STEM discipline
About the job
Develop and test machine-learning models, statistical methods, and systematic strategies to find predictive patterns in global financial markets and move successful research into live trading.
What you'll do
- Build machine-learning models, predictive features, and statistical methods using large structured and alternative datasets.
- Evaluate academic research and design experiments, simulations, and hypothesis tests to validate ideas.
- Collaborate with researchers to develop production-ready strategies.
What they ask for
- PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, or another STEM discipline.
- Strong interest in machine learning, statistics, or artificial intelligence.
- Excellent programming skills in Python.
- Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Pay
$150,000 to $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python
AI focus
Develop machine-learning models and predictive methods for financial-market research and systematic trading.
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