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Quantitative Researcher
🚀 Quantitative Researcher | Equity Mid/High Frequency Trading
📍 Oxford | Hedge Fund
We're partnering with a highly innovative hedge fund in Oxford that's expanding its world-class quantitative research team. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of systematic trading, developing alpha-generating strategies from idea generation through to live execution.
You'll be researching complex, large-scale datasets, uncovering predictive signals, and collaborating with some of the industry's brightest researchers and engineers in a genuinely cutting-edge environment.
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What we're looking for:
- ✅ Advanced degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline
- ✅ 2+ years' experience in Market Making, High-Frequency Trading, or a similar quantitative trading environment
- ✅ Strong Python skills, including data analysis, modelling, and machine learning
- ✅ Deep understanding of statistical research and inference using large datasets
- ✅ Curious, analytical mindset with exceptional attention to detail
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What's on offer?
- 🔥 Extremely competitive salary, bonus, and benefits
- 🔥 Greenfield research environment with significant impact and autonomy
- 🔥 Work alongside elite quantitative researchers and engineers
- 🔥 Challenging problems, cutting-edge technology, and genuine intellectual freedom
If you're passionate about systematic trading and building alpha in a fast-moving environment, I'd be keen to speak with you.
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