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Global Quant Trading Company Recruiting Senior Researcher / HK

Eka Finance advertises a senior researcher role at an unnamed trading business. The researcher builds predictive models and optimisation methods for multi-asset portfolios.

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.

Research predictive market models.
Develop portfolio optimisation algorithms.
Test statistical relationships in large datasets.

What they ask for

Required

Mathematical modelling
Statistical research
Programming
Independent research
Financial-market interest

Preferred

C++ or Python

Education: An advanced quantitative degree is required; exact level unspecified.
Experience: Demonstrated impactful research; no year minimum stated.
Languages and tools: C++
Python
Markets: multi-asset

How to prepare

Optimise a portfolio with explicit constraints.
Test cross-sectional and time-series predictors.
Check robustness outside the research sample.

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Eka Finance and doesn’t handle applications.