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Junior Quantitative Analyst

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$150K/yr

The ideal candidate is a motivated junior quant researcher/developer with knowledge and interest at ... live trading * Finally, there is no limit on what can be done or on the significance of the ...

All Options

Quantitative Trader

Austin, TX · On-site

All Options is looking for a Quantitative Trader to join our Trading team in our Austin, TX office ... Provide coaching and feedback for junior traders, encouraging skill development. * Promote a team ...

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Quantitative Trader

Austin, TX · On-site

All Options is looking for a Quantitative Trader to join our Trading team in our Austin, TX office ... Provide coaching and feedback for junior traders, encouraging skill development. * Promote a team ...

Anson McCade

Discretionary Trader

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$200K - $260K/yr

... quantitative researchers to enhance trading strategies across a range of Asset classes. Responsibilities as a Junior discretionary Trader : * Support senior traders in tracking and adjusting ...

TransMarket Group

Senior Trader

Chicago, IL

Build and maintain quantitative model tools and analytics * Manage real-time execution of trading system * Collaborate with Senior Traders and Junior Traders to contribute to learnings and strategies

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Junior Quantitative Analyst

Junior Quantitative Analyst

WorldQuant

Austin, TX • On-site, Remote

$150K/yr

Other

Medical, Dental, Retirement, PTO

Posted 25 days ago

Job description

The Role: 
  • We seek candidates interested in being based in our Austin office to work alongside a Quantitative Portfolio Manager
  • The ideal candidate is a motivated junior quant researcher/developer with knowledge and interest at the intersection of financial markets, machine learning, and data engineering. 
  • Key responsibilities include:
  • Searching for, understanding, and cleaning raw datasets from WQ's data library
  • Drawing on intuition about both finance and ML models to appropriately featurize data
  • Carrying out controlled experiments to discern the economic value of their features and feature combinations
  • Productionize features and models via DAG scheduler
  • Contribute day-to-day improvements to our overall Python codebase.
  • Attention to and genuine interest in the detail of the financial data being used is valuable - the candidate should be motivated to develop their domain expertise by engaging in what may seem to be tedious inspection and understanding of data sources in order to produce appropriate and high quality models
  • The candidate will be mentored closely by an experienced member of our team and gain experience in understanding complicated financial data, real world forecasting models, and experience the joy of seeing their work through to production with an impact on live trading
  • Finally, there is no limit on what can be done or on the significance of the contribution.  Creative use and development of any tools which scale, automate, systematize, or improves this research process is a highly valued contribution, with an enormous space available for creativity and impact
What You'll Bring:
  • Undergrad, Masters or PhD degree from a top university, with a major in computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, engineering, or quantitative finance discipline
  • Demonstrated ability to program in Python and/or C++, with a strong background in data structures and algorithms
  • Working knowledge of Linux
  • Strong problem-solving abilities
  • Strong moral integrity and work ethic
Our Benefits:
  • Core Benefits: Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of:
    • twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee's start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month,
    • three personal days, and
    • ten sick days.
  • Perks: Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code
  • Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site
  • Employee resource groups
Pay Transparency:

WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.  We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations.  When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual's experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

The Base Pay Range For This Position Is $150,000 USD.

At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws.  If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at WQHR_US@WorldQuant.com, and we will address your concerns promptly.

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