Quantitative Traders

Mercor is hiring Quantitative Traders on behalf of a leading AI Lab building the next generation of intelligent systems for algorithmic and high-frequency trading (HFT). This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with world-class AI researchers and engineers applying your trading and quantitative expertise to train evaluate and refine cutting-edge AI models for real-world high-speed market applications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with AI researchers to design train and validate trading algorithms and quantitative models including high-frequency trading strategies.

• Apply advanced mathematical statistical and computational methods to improve model stability execution accuracy latency performance and market adaptability.

• Evaluate and refine algorithmic trading frameworks to ensure robustness and profitability across multiple asset classes exchanges and time horizons.

• Contribute to the training and fine-tuning of AI systems ensuring they capture realistic market dynamics order book behavior and risk management strategies specific to high-frequency environments.

• Participate in synchronous collaboration sessions (4-hour windows 23 times per week) to review trading simulations debug models and exchange quantitative and technical insights.

Requirements

• Strong academic or professional background in Applied Mathematics Statistics Computer Science Physics Finance or Quantitative Trading.

• Deep understanding of market microstructure high-frequency trading systems probability optimisation and time-series analysis.

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages commonly used in quantitative and HFT environments (Python C Julia R or Rust).

• Experience with simulation systems trading infrastructure latency optimization or machine learning models is a strong plus.

• Excellent analytical reasoning communication and collaboration skills.

• Ability to commit to 2030 hours per week including the required synchronous collaboration periods.

Why Join

• Collaborate directly with a world-class AI research lab to train and improve models that simulate both traditional and high-frequency trading dynamics.

• Play a key role in shaping how AI systems understand and execute quantitative trading strategies in fast-moving high-volume market conditions.

• Enjoy schedule flexibility choose your own 4-hour collaboration windows and manage your 2030 hour work week around them.

• Be engaged as an hourly contractor through Mercor giving you autonomy over your time while contributing to high-impact AI and finance projects.

• Work with elite researchers traders and engineers advancing the frontier of algorithmic intelligence market prediction and execution optimization.

• Join a global network of experts driving the evolution of financial AI through quantitative innovation speed and precision.