Quant Research Lead
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
11 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Role mission: lead the quantitative research function responsible for systematic alpha discovery model integration and strategy development (for example: cross-border and statistical arbitrage) ensuring smooth delivery of high-quality research into the live trading pipeline.
Responsibilities
Research & Strategy
Drive alpha ideation experiment design backtesting and strategy construction.
Evaluate signals model outputs and features for robustness and generalization.
Oversee delivery of strategies to production and build live and post-trade testing tools to refine strategies.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Integrate new engineered features into research workflows.
Partner with Modeling to leverage and test ML models within strategies.
Work with Data Engineering to maintain high-quality research-ready data.
Coordinate with trading teams to transition strategies to production.
Process & Infrastructure
Maintain research standards: reproducibility documentation experiment tracking.
Guide best practices for backtesting simulation and performance diagnostics.
Team Leadership
Manage and mentor quantitative researchers.
Hire and train new and junior quants in research methods and market microstructure.
Qualifications :
7 years in quantitative research or ML-driven trading.
Strong background in statistics ML applied math or related fields.
Expertise in Python and systematic research tooling.
Deep knowledge of market microstructure and feature/alpha construction.
Demonstrated ability to lead research teams and ship production strategies.
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Administrative Skills
- Facilities Management
- Biotechnology
- Creative Production
- Design And Estimation
- Architecture
About Company
BHFT is a proprietary algorithmic trading firm. Our team manages the full trading cycle, from software development to creating and coding strategies and algorithms.Our trading operations cover key exchanges. The firm trades across a broad range of asset classes, including equities, eq ... View more
