Quantitative Researcher (Full-Time - PhD+)

About the role

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

Role and Responsibilities

• Identify trading opportunities using quantitative research and coding skills.
• Collaborate on various projects to understand 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.

Qualifications

• Currently a PhD student, postdoc, professor, or similar advanced research position.
• Strong analytical background in math, physics, computer science, statistics, or engineering.
• Persistent drive to improve and creative problem-solving skills.
• Team-oriented mindset valuing collaboration and idea sharing.
• Mental flexibility and self-awareness to adapt to feedback.
• Orientation towards making money and practical application of research.

Research and Trading Skills

• Strong intuition and deep thinking with data sets to design new alphas.
• Ability to quickly analyze data to identify empirical relationships.
• Familiarity with classical statistical methods and eagerness to learn new ones.
• Experience or interest in modern AI and applied machine learning is a plus.
• Understanding of financial products, market dynamics, and microstructure.
• Programming experience in low-level languages like C++ with problem-solving skills.