Execution Research Group Lead
About the job
- Deep expertise in quantitative methods such as statistics, stochastic calculus, and machine learning.
- Curiosity about how complex financial markets operate.
- Ability to rapidly learn unfamiliar domains, identify key bottlenecks, and reason from first principles.
- Preference for fast, data-driven feedback loops and real-world deployment.
- Proven experience mentoring researchers, setting research directions, and owning delivery.
- Take full ownership of the Execution strategy across two major equity markets.
- Drive the research agenda and decode complex market microstructure.
- Set the vision and research roadmap for execution algorithms across two equity markets.
- Apply quantitative methods to high-frequency time-series data; model stochastic environments, optimize decision-making under latency constraints, and study market dynamics.
- Rapidly test and deploy execution models in production with tight feedback loops.
- Direct, mentor, and scale a team of Researchers, collaborating with Engineers and Research Analysts to turn strategy ideas into production systems.
- Prior trading or execution experience.
About the company
Pinely is a privately funded proprietary trading group that uses in-house research and technology to trade the world’s financial markets with high-frequency trading and ultra-low latency networks. It trades with its own capital, not client money, and operates across Singapore, Cyprus, and the Netherlands with shared core technology. Researchers and technologists develop and implement strategies through an integrated tech stack and ultra-fast networks, supported by real-time risk management. The goal is to consistently profit from market opportunities by refining ideas and speed, putting its money on the line every day.
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- August 2026 careers page lists multiple research and infrastructure openings, signaling active expansion.
- Pinely still advertises top-tier competitive-programming hiring, sustaining a strong talent funnel.
- Its 2025 Amsterdam lease and 2026 office footprint show long-term commitment and scale.
What critics are saying
- No recent funding disclosures or audited financials reduce visibility into trading durability.
- Heavy reliance on proprietary trading exposes Pinely to strategy decay and exchange rule changes.
- A bad performance cycle could quickly compress bonuses, hiring, and retention across Amsterdam.
What makes Pinely unique
- Amsterdam HQ, with offices in Singapore and Paphos, anchors a global trading footprint.
- Pinely runs algorithmic high-frequency trading across dozens of international exchanges.
- The firm markets deep research hiring, especially C++, ML, and quantitative strategy talent.
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Benefits
- Flexible Work Hours
- Conference Attendance Budget
- Professional Development Budget
- Tuition Reimbursement