PhD Graduate Quantitative Researcher

Flow Traders is a proprietary trading firm seeking a PhD Graduate Quantitative Researcher for its quantitative trading team in New York. The role focuses on designing, optimizing, and deploying systematic trading models, analyzing large datasets for trading signals, collaborating with traders and technologists, and refining models using live market performance.

What you'll do:

• Design, build, optimize, and deploy state-of-the-art models and algorithms for systematic trading
• Analyze large datasets to identify patterns and signals that can be translated into trading strategies
• Collaborate with traders and technologists to bring models from research into live production
• Monitor and refine existing models based on live market performance

What they're looking for:

• A PhD degree in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or a related quantitative field
• Strong statistical and linear algebra knowledge
• Proficiency in implementing models and algorithms in programming languages such as Python or C++
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently on open-ended, ambiguous problems
• Ownership and entrepreneurship
• Experience in Deep Learning is a plus

Benefits:

• All employees are eligible to share in the company’s success through an annual discretionary variable remuneration allocated based on company, group and individual performance and contribution.