Hedge Fund is looking for a Senior Quant Trader - You will be working alongside talented Senior portfolio managers, IT and quantitative team. Objective : create the Data Science pole of the high-frequency trading desk from scratch. Participate in the identification of new arbitrage opportunities and the improvement of existing strategies from all trading data, but also from new data sources. Experience:
• Building high-performance components for both live trading and simulation defining and increasing automation and robustness of the research infrastructure including alpha estimation, risk modeling, and backtesting components
• Participate in the identification of new arbitrage opportunities and the improvement of existing strategies from all trading data, but also from new data sources. - NLP
• Investigate data cases regarding strategies
• Data scientists function in a high-level Programming experience in one or more of the following; Python, R, VBA, SQL, Alteryx. from a trading desk perspective i.e worked with traders
• Participate in the entire research and strategy development chain: brainstorming, modelling, data, signal study, backtesting, strategy implementation in a production environment, and signal performance monitoring.
• Sourcing integrating, curating and analyzing new datasets
• Actively furthering our understanding and efficient use of data
• Working in architecture and building of the architecture
• Collaborating with research colleagues and supporting their efforts to fully leverage the firm's data assets
• Actively participate in the entire research and strategy development chain: brainstorming, modeling, data, signal study, backtesting, strategy implementation in a production environment, and signal performance monitoring.
• Financial background
• Delivering high-quality research, processes and tooling in support of our research goals
• Relevant degree subject (Maths, Statistics, Data Science or another Science related subject) An interest in finance and the investment management industry
• Proven experience in combining and leveraging multiple datasets
• Exposure to machine learning
• Excellent communication skills Location: Paris Salary: € Competitive Bonus REFER A FRIEND If you're interested in this opportunity, forward you're CV ASAP. Alternatively, if you would like to know more information or have a confidential discussion please contact Shanaz Rob - call on 44 (0)203 603 4474 or shanaz.robsrinvestmentpartners.com for more details Follow our page for updates : https://www.linkedin.com/company/srinvestmentpartners