Quantitative Analyst

Overview

Quantitative Analyst role at a privately funded quantitative trading firm, developing and enhancing high-frequency trading strategies by analyzing financial data, building predictive models, and collaborating with trading and technology teams.

What you'll do

• Work alongside senior traders to implement and enhance automated trading strategies, ensuring they operate efficiently and effectively.
• Analyze production trades to identify areas for improvement.
• Develop and propose enhancements to trading strategies based on your findings.
• Design and implement monitoring tools to detect potential issues in production strategies, ensuring timely identification and resolution.
• Write comprehensive, scalable scripts in C++ and Python to analyze production strategies, focusing on risk attribution, performance breakdowns, and other critical metrics.
• Develop innovative and scalable post-trade systems to analyze a wide range of statistics across all production strategies, enhancing overall strategy performance.
• Create and implement tools for centralized market data analysis across various exchanges, improving data integration and insights.
• Oversee the deployment and release cycles of trading systems, collaborating with senior traders to ensure smooth and effective rollouts.

What you'll need

• Degree in a highly analytical field such as Engineering, Mathematics, or Computer Science from top tier global institutes.
• Basic familiarity with Linux and command-line tools.
• Foundational programming skills in C/C++.
• Scripting experience in Perl/Python/Shell.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, with advanced mathematical and quantitative reasoning skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts.
• Strong quantitative mindset with a keen interest in data-driven problem-solving.

Nice to have

• Experience with high-frequency trading systems and infrastructure.
• Knowledge of market microstructure and high-frequency trading strategies.
• Familiarity with low-latency programming and optimization techniques.

Details

• Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India.