Quantitative Researcher (Full-Time - Master’s/Bachelor’s)

About the role

Join Radix Trading as a Quantitative Researcher to identify trading opportunities using strong quantitative and coding skills. Work on diverse projects to understand market dynamics and trading strategies, contributing to the firm's success early in your career.

Role and Responsibilities

• Identify trading opportunities using quantitative skills and coding proficiency.
• Collaborate on various projects to gain insight into market dynamics and trading strategies.
• Contribute to the firm's bottom line within the first few weeks.
• Apply a data-driven and probabilistic approach to testing new ideas.
• Adapt based on new data, results, and feedback.
• Focus on projects with high value creation potential.

Candidate Qualities

• Persistent drive to improve beyond accomplishments.
• Creative problem solving and probabilistic thinking.
• Team mindset valuing collaboration and idea sharing.
• Mental flexibility and self-awareness for adaptation.
• Orientation towards making money and practical results.

Research and Trading Skills

• Strong intuition and deep thinking with data sets to design new alphas.
• Ability to quickly analyze data for empirical relationships.
• Familiarity with classical statistical methods and eagerness to learn new ones.
• Motivation to question finance/trading data and seek answers.
• Experience setting up research frameworks and executing projects.
• Understanding of financial products, market dynamics, and microstructure.

Technical Skills

• Programming experience in low-level languages like C++.
• Ability to solve complex problems by leveraging language nuances.
• Desire or experience in applied machine learning and modern AI techniques.