Researcher

Job Description

DRW, a technology-driven principal trading firm, is seeking highly skilled Ph.D. level researchers to join its Algorithmic Trading Research Group in Tel Aviv. The role involves developing algorithmic trading strategies, identifying market inefficiencies, and predicting price movements using various techniques.

The company's office is located at the TLV expo center, next to the TLV University train station.

Role involves:

• Developing algorithmic trading strategies and improving existing strategies
• Identifying inefficiencies in the financial markets and characterizing them with mathematical models
• Predicting price movements using statistics, signal processing, and machine learning
• Applying optimization techniques to construct optimal portfolios
• Designing automated trading agents that achieve efficient execution
• Directing software developers in the translation of the research into production software

Requirements:

• A Ph.D. with a focus on machine learning, signal processing, optimization, control, or statistics
• An interest in financial markets
• Experience in handling large data sets using languages such as Python, R, MATLAB, or C++
• Significant hands-on experience with formulating a research problem, conducting the research, and developing a working system
• Excellent communication skills

DRW offers:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Access to clean data integrated with a high-performance computing grid
• Support of dedicated software developers