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01 Research & strategies

Quantitative Researcher.

Research signals in market and order-book data, build quantitative models, and take trading ideas from a hypothesis to live performance.

02 What you’ll do

  • Explore market and order-book data to identify and evaluate potential trading signals.
  • Build backtests that account for transaction costs, execution constraints, and data quality.
  • Develop quantitative models and test their robustness across changing market conditions.
  • Work with developers to bring strategies from research into live trading.
  • Monitor performance, investigate changes, and refine models based on evidence.

03 What you’ll bring

  • A strong foundation in probability, statistics, and quantitative reasoning.
  • Practical Python skills for data analysis, modelling, and research.
  • An understanding of backtesting pitfalls, overfitting, and out-of-sample validation.
  • An interest in market microstructure and how trading strategies execute in practice.
  • The ability to explain your assumptions, document results, and work independently in a remote team.

Experience with time-series analysis, large financial datasets, or live systematic strategies is useful.