Hunter Bond

A stealth start-up quant fund are now seeking to build a new team of Data Engineer/Data Scientist. Our client is a data-driven, research-first organization, passionate about harnessing the power of data, mathematics, and technology to develop innovative trading strategies and investment models. They seek a Data Engineer/Data Scientist to work on researching, developing, and testing statistical models that identify patterns and alpha-generating opportunities in large, complex datasets.

 

* Role: core early member, high responsibility available
* Scope of work: signal research, end-to-end infra, trading implementation
* Pay: up to $250k salary, + performance based bonuses
* Opportunity: partner + equity in fund in next 12 months
* AUM: raising >$300M fund within 12 months - $1B AUM on the horizon
* Asset: crypto, equity, options

 

Key Responsibilities:

* Conduct data science research to discover alpha-generating signals using statistical, econometric, and mathematical techniques
* Analyse vast datasets (financial and alternative) to uncover insights and patterns
* Back test strategies and ensure robustness through rigorous validation techniques
* Collaborate to deploy models into production systems
* Stay up to date with the latest academic and industry research

 

Ideal profile:

* 1-2+ years experience working in financial quant research either in trading environments for investment banking or elite level buyside/hedge funds -
* Knowledge of Equities, Derivatives Futures and Crypto
* Advanced degree (PhD or MSc) in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, or Engineering
* Strong programming skills (Python, C++, or similar)
* Tools like SQL, infra like AWS, server-less databases
* Market depth data, L1-L2, Alternative data
* Experience with data analysis, modelling and algorithm development
* Solid understanding of probability, statistics, and time-series analysis
* Familiarity with financial markets or previous experience in a trading environment is a plus
* Creative problem-solver with a rigorous, detail-oriented mindset

 

Excellent opportunity to join a small, acorn of a fund that has big ambitions. MIT, Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford educated mathematicians with a roadmap to take the fund to the next level over to next few years.

Competitive compensation and equity on offer, a collaborative, intellectually stimulating environment and career opportunity.

Data

Research

Data Science

Testing

Python

Cryptocurrency

Amazon

Database

Algorithm

Data analytics

Statistics

Analysis

Banking

Mathematics

Serverless

Roadmap planning

NoSQL

Modelling

Probability

Time Series Analysis

ML Data Engineer/Scientist  : Quant start-up : up to $250k+ 100% bonus and equity