Quantitative Analyst
Quant Analyst
We are a technology led hedge fund based in New York City. We are looking for an experienced Quant Analyst to monitor the full life cycle of our data process, from the raw scraped data to the final trading signal. The ideal candidate will be a junior to mid-level professional who has experience with databases, programming, and working in linux.
Frequent interaction with traders, quants, and senior management will be required so communication and collaboration skills are essential.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Build processes and tools to extract and clean datasets
- Analyze datasets and propose potential applications or trading signals
- Monitor and enhance the data management and monitoring infrastructure
- Research new technologies for improved data management
- Manage all market reference and price data feeds
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Graduate degree, with concentration in computer science, math, physics, engineering, or other related quantitative/analytical field from a top college or university.
- At least 2 years of SQL database management and writing stored procedures
- Strong general programming background with experience coding in Python (numpy, pandas, jupyter)
- Familiarity with the mechanics of securities markets and exchanges
- Experience working with and applying statistical tests to large data sets
- Comfortable occasionally working in linux
Non-Technical Skills:
- Must be detail oriented with very strong organizational and communication skills.
- Demonstrable reliability, judgment, responsibility.
- Interest in financial markets and trading.