Quest Partners is seeking a Junior Equity Quant Trader to support equity systematic trading by improving execution research and helping to operate the 24-hour trading desk. We are looking for a practical data scientist with extreme interest in financial markets to help provide insights and improvements into our trading process. The role will work closely with the Head of Trading to further improve our global execution capabilities.
Please note that this would be a part of a rotational trading program that would include overnight coverage for Asia trading.
Duties And Responsibilities
Perform Transaction Cost Analysis for all firm’s equity trading
Derive new signals to improve our automated execution systems
Develop tools to facilitate the trading and operational workflows
Communicate with the management about market events and trading activities
Experience:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in any scientific field
Familiar with at least one of the common programming languages.
Basic knowledge of databases, Big Data and SQL
Ability to work with and drive insights from extremely large and noisy datasets
Passion for financial markets
The base range for this role is expected to be between $100,000 and $140,000. This does not include other aspects of compensation such as discretionary bonus and a competitive comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to a candidate will vary within the range above depending on factors such as qualifications, education, and skill level.
About The Firm
Quest is a quantitative investment advisor based in New York with over thirty-five professionals and approximately $2.4 billion in assets under management as of March 11th, 2024. Quest was founded by Nigol Koulajian in March 2001 to pursue the development of specialized quantitative investment strategies with a focus on convexity. Quest’s strategies seek to generate attractive absolute returns with significant positive skew while maintaining strong hedging characteristics particularly during tail events that may cause surprise losses in hedge fund and equity portfolios. The firm currently manages assets for some of the world’s leading pension plans, family offices, fund-of-funds, foundations, and other institutional investors.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Finance and Sales
Industries
Financial Services
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