Quantitative Researcher

Salary Range: 120000 to 140000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

Responsibilities

• Research, develop, and implement new systematic alpha signals across fixed income markets. 
• Take research ideas from initial concept through testing, validation, implementation, and live trading. 
• Improve strategy monetization with a focus on execution quality and transaction cost efficiency. 
• Analyze trading behavior and market structure across electronic fixed income venues. 
• Apply statistical, machine learning, and quantitative techniques to real-world investment problems. 
• Build scalable research and trading tools to support systematic investment strategies. 
• Partner with portfolio managers, researchers, and technology teams on strategy development and implementation. 
• Clearly communicate research findings, methodology, and investment recommendations to internal stakeholders.

Qualifications & Preferred Experience

• 5+ years of experience in systematic fixed income research within a hedge fund, asset manager, proprietary trading firm, or sell-side trading environment. 
• Strong quantitative background with a degree in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Econometrics, Quantitative Economics, Statistics, or a related discipline. 
• Demonstrated experience researching and developing systematic investment strategies. 
• Strong understanding of statistics, machine learning, and quantitative modeling. 
• Experience in systematic credit is strongly preferred. 
• Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or another relevant language, with the ability to develop clean and scalable research code. 
• Familiarity with fixed income market structure and electronic trading venues is a plus. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex quantitative concepts clearly.