Job Description :

- The role will involve significant amounts of research accompanied by rigorous testing of models, while also keeping an eye on the firm's current strategies and their performance.

- Candidates are expected to have a research like mindset and collaborative attitude to be able to try out new ideas and build on existing ones.

Responsibilities :

- Research and development of trading strategies via analysis of market data

- Research of potential - alpha signals-

- Research and development of various Machine Learning models

- Analysis of datasets to generate descriptive statistics and propose potential applications of the same

- Developing new applications to assist traders in efficiently operating and monitoring trading strategies

- Working closely with quantitative traders to develop analytics, analyze market data sets, and troubleshoot trading issues

- Writing highly latency-sensitive and scalable code that will process large amounts of data

- Developing systems for analyzing and visualizing huge datasets

- Research on new technologies for improved data management and efficient retrieval

Required Skills :

- Excellent knowledge of C++ and python

- Strong in mathematics and should be interested in applied mathematical fields like Machine Learning, Statistical Methods, filtering, signal processing

- Excellent analytical skills and very good attention to detail

- Good understanding of Object Oriented Programming concepts and C++

- Basic knowledge of financial derivatives is a plus

- Experience with working on linux platform

- Knowledge of shell scripting is plus

- Good communication skills and interpersonal skills.

- Self motivated with an ability to work on assignments with minimal supervision

- Experience with open source visualization tools is a plus

Qualification : B.Tech or Dual Degree in Computer Science or similar from IIT or similar colleges