Junior Quantitative Researcher at AlphaGrep Securities

AlphaGrep, a quantitative trading and investment firm, is seeking a Junior Quantitative Researcher to join their team in Shanghai. The candidate will apply quantitative modeling techniques to understand and predict market behavior and write code to grow AlphaGrep's business.

Responsibilities:

• Designing, implementing, and deploying trading algorithms
• Exploring trading ideas by analyzing market data and market microstructure for patterns
• Creating tools to analyze data for patterns
• Contributing to libraries of analytical computations to support market data analysis and trading
• Developing, augmenting, and calibrating exchange simulators

Requirements:

• Bachelors/Masters/PhD degree from Top tier institute
• 0-2 years related working experience
• Software Development experience, preferably in Python, C++ or R/Matlab
• The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills
• A working knowledge of Linux/Unix
• Familiarity with machine learning (a plus)
• Experience with data analysis, market research and data modeling (a plus)
• Brilliant problem-solving abilities
• Software development experience as demonstrated through course work, research projects, or open source activities, preferably in C++, Python or R/Matlab
• A passion for new technologies and ideas

What AlphaGrep Offers:

• Great People
• Transparent Structure
• Relaxed Environment
• Health & Wellness Programs