Quant jobs / Capital Fund Management (CFM)

Quant Specialist

A role in CFM's research department that reports to the portfolio team, which designs how portfolios are built and run. It builds research tools, monitors production and develops statistical methods to validate models.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Monitor the production pipeline and fix problems before they spread
Build research tools that speed up the team
Tune the calibration of systematic decision-making
Develop reporting and visualisation tools
Create statistical methods to validate models

What they ask for

Required

Master's or PhD in a scientific field
3-7 years in quant research, data science or software
Strong Python
Linear algebra, optimisation and statistics
Git, code review and testing
Fluent English
Critical use of AI tools

Preferred

Market finance knowledge

Education: Master's or PhD in engineering, maths, physics, computer science or similar
Experience: 3-7 years in quantitative research, data science or software development
Languages and tools: Python
Git

How to prepare

Build a monitoring tool that checks a daily pipeline for drift, gaps and outliers
Practise portfolio optimisation and calibration problems in Python with proper tests
Write statistical tests for model validation, such as out-of-sample and stability checks
Create clear dashboards and reports for a technical audience
Learn to verify AI-generated code and analysis systematically

What to study

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